Principe de Paz Presbyterian Cemetery 

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LOCATION: Anacahuitas Street, Mercedes. Inside fence of Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, east of first access road.

SURVEYED: 2004 by Ofelia and Josie Martinez .

W/O=WIFE OF, H/O=HUSBAND OF, D/O=DAUGHTER OF, OBIT=FROM OBITUARY

HISTORY: Principe de Paz (Sp. Prince of Peace) Presbyterian Church was organized November 3, 1912 under the name Iglesia Presbyteriana Mexicana. The Presbytery of Tamaulipas appointed an organizing commission composed of Rev. W.A.Ross and G. Andres F. Cisneros of San Benito. There were eleven charter members.

In the early 1950s, the church began missions in La Feria, McAllen and Weslaco, and helped organize Bethany Presbyterian Church in Mc Allen, and San Pablo Presbyterian Church in Weslaco. At this time, the name of the Mercedes church was changed to El Principe de Paz. A four-room annex was constructed, and the sanctuary and pastoral residence were sold. In 1971, a new sanctuary was built.

The church building is at 1340 S. Georgia Street in Mercedes, and the present minister is Rev. Hector V. Reynoso. There is an active Sunday School, youth choir, and men’s and women’s groups. All services are in both Spanish and English.

In 1913, the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company, developers of Mercedes, donated land too high for agricultural use to churches for cemeteries. The 1.5 acre Presbyterian "cemetery corner" is adjacent to the Catholic, Baptist and Lutheran cemeteries. The Presbyterian Men’s Group maintains the cemetery. There are approximately 160 burials. Oldest marked grave is that of Lydia Lopez, 1913. ._____.

SURNAME

GIVEN NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

COMMENTS

ALANIZ

JESUS

-

1972

 

ALMANZA

MARIA

1894

1980

 

ALMANZA

ANTONIO

1932

1993

 

ALMANZA

NARCISO

1885

1982

 

ALMANZA

ADELA

1940

2000

 

ANZALDUA

GABRIEL

2002

2002

Baby, 4 days old

APARICIO

BABY

1955

1955

D1

APARICIO

ROMEL

1942

2002

SON/O PAULA APARICIO

APARICIO

PAULA VERA

1920

31JAN 2005

[SON ROMEL, BROTHER. RODOLFO VERA]

ARTEGA

ELOISA V.

1917

1968

E1

AVILA

PAULINO

1903

1943

C2

AVILA

JUAN A.

1919

1972

 

AVILA

IRINEA

1884

1953

D2

AVILA

ESTER BECERRA

-

1949

C1

AVILA

JUANA

1882

1936

B1

BARBOSA

SALOMON

1913

1964

E2

BARBOSA

MANUEL

-

-

 

BARRERA

SANTANA

-

1972

 

BENAVIDEZ

JOSE

1915

1991

 

BUENFIL

CECIA

1964

2003

 

BUENFIL

SOCORRO

1940

1993

 

BUSTAMANTE

MARGARITA

-

1937

B2

BUSTAMANTE

CELESTINO

-

1925

A1

CANCINO

FRANCISCO

-

-

 

CANCINO

LUSINA

-

-

 

CANTU

GUADALUPE

1915

1951

 

CANTU

NARCISO JR.

1926

1947

C4

CANTU

MARGARITA

1900

1973

 

CANTU

RONNIE

1889

1959

D4

CANTU

CARLOS

1908

1989

 

CANTU

AMINTA

1908

1997

 

CANTU

BODICIA

1884

1974

 

CANTU

IMELDA J.

1959

1975

 

CONALY

AMELIA V. HAROLD

1914

1973

See Villarreal, Amelia

CUESTAS

MARIA

1906

2004

 

CUESTAS

JUANA

1879

1947

C3

CUESTAS

ASENCION

1878

1939

B3

CURIEL

MARCOS (MARK)

1973

1996

 

CURIEL

SALOMON

-

1929

A2

DE ALEJANDRO

ADELBERTO

-

-

 

DE LA CERDA

ELIZABETH

26NOV 1950

21NOV 2005

OBIT. D/O ARTURO & CRUZ; SISTER/O DAN, ASAEL, ARTURO; NIECE OF EVA YSAGUIRRE; GARZA FH

DE LA CERDA

JUAN

1904

1924

 

DE LA CERDA

LEONOR

1902

1981

 

DE LA CERDA

SEGUNDO

1879

1927

A3

DE LA CERDA

VICENTE

1928

1999

 

DE LA CERDA

SANTIAGO

1923

1971

 

DE LA CERDA

CRUZ

1913

1993

 

DE LA CERDA

SENOVIA

1880

1976

 

DE LA CERDA

ARTURO

1905

1985

 

FLORES

FRANCISCO

-

1975

 

FLORES

LUCAS

-

1918

A4

FLORES

LUCY V.

1919

2001

 

GALVAN

ESTELA

1898

1932

B10

GALVAN

LEONARDO JR.

1930

1931

B9

GARCES

JUAN

-

1962

E6

GARCES

ROSA P.

1885

1973

 

GARCIA

PAULA

-

1939

B5

GARCIA

RAMON

-

1974

 

GARCIA

JOSE

1906

1999

 

GARCIA

SENAIDA

-

1977

 

GARCIA

JUAN E.

-

1937

B4 JUANA?

GARCIA

SILVERO

1860

1934

B7

GARCIA

ELVIA

1901

1945

C5

GARCIA

DONACIANO

1875

1961

E3 H/O CAYETANA ?.

GARCIA

CAYETANA

1900

1983

W/O DONACIANO?

GARCIA

PEDRO

1887

1937

B6

GARCIA

RAMON

1904

1949

C6

GARZA

FIDENCIO

1908

1956

D5

GARZA

FELA V.

1908

-

 

GARZA

GABRIELA

-

1922

A5

GARZA

JOSEFA

-

1954

D6

GARZA

ISIDRO PEREZ

-

1922

A6

GOMEZ

RAMONA A.

-

1957

D7

GONZALEZ

PAUL JR.

1945

1949

C7

GONZALEZ

DOMINGO

-

1980

 

GONZALEZ

LEOGALDA

19?3

1958

D9

GONZALEZ

M.E.

-

1958

 

GONZALEZ

AGAPITO

1868

1958 D8

RELATION TO FELIPA?

GONZALEZ

FELIPA

1892

1981

RELATION TO AGAPITO?

GORENA

JUAN JOSE

-

1930

B8

HUERTA

MATEO

-

1925

A7

JOHNSTON

SAMUEL WARREN

-

1984

D11

LEAL

CARMEN C.

-

1968

E7

LEAL

FELIZ JR.

1950

1989

 

LOPEZ

LIDIA R.

-

1914

A8

LOPEZ

TABITA

-

1922

A9

LOPEZ

CONCEPCION

-

-

 

MARTINEZ

GEORGE O.

1913

1978

 

MARTINEZ

AMPARO S.

1913

1983

 

MARTINEZ

GUADALUPE M.

1911

1988

 

MARTINEZ

ANGELA

?

1992

DOUBLE W/CLARO M.

MARTINEZ

CLARO

1910

2003

DOUBLE W/ ANGELA M.

MARTINEZ

GILBERTO

1906

1977

 

MARTINEZ

ANTONIO

-

1947

C8

MARTINEZ

ANTONIO JR.

-

1967

E8

MORALES

FRANCISCA

1907

1990

 

MORALES

REFUGIO

1901

1972

 

ORTEGA

LUISA

1900

1902

 

PEDRA

ISARIA V.

1905

1934

 

PEDRAZA

PAULA

1934

-

B12

PEREZ

RICARDO

1957

1987

 

RESENDEZ

PILAR (CELAN?)

-

1934

B13

REYES

ALEJANDRIA N.

1914

1972

 

REYNA

RANO

1963

1964

 

RIOS

ROY

-

-

 

RODRIGUEZ

JESUS

1893

1935

 

RODRIGUEZ

MARIA G.

1899

1978

 

RODRIGUEZ

FELIMONA

1918

1965

E10

ROWLAND

DANIELA

-

1928

A10

ROWLAND

VIRGINIA T.

-

1932

B14

RUIZ

SANTOS GOMEZ

-

1986

 

SALAZAR

JUANITA

-

`1918

A11

SANCHEZ

PILAR

1879

1944

C9

SANCHEZ

LEONEL

1939

1972

 

SAUCEDA

LUIS

-

1974

 

TAMEZ

ARNULFO

-

-

 

TAMEZ

EMILIA

-

-

 

TAMEZ

JOSEFINA

1900

1965

E13

TAMEZ

?

1890

1955

D12

TREVINIO

TORIBIO

1886

1943

 

TREVINIO

CELESTINA

1901

1979

 

TREVINO

ADELINA

1921

2004

AN UNKNOWN MAY BE BURIED IN THIS PLOT

TREVINO

PAULINA

-

1987

UNKNOWN MAY BE BURIED IN PLOT W/ PAULINA,DORA,MANUEL

TREVINO

DORA

-

1933

UNK. MAY BE BURIED IN PLOT W/ PAULINA, DORA, MANUEL

TREVINO

MANUEL

-

1974

UNK. MAY BE BURIED IN PLOT W/ PAULINA, DORA, MANUEL

UNKNOWN

JOSE

 

1967

E14

UNKNOWN

-

-

-

22 GRAVES UNMMARKED

UNKNOWN

ESTELITA

1901

1924

A13

UNKNOWN

-

1917

1918

 

VASQUEZ

LUZ R..

1884

1964

E12

VELA

DONACIANO SR.

1870

1922

A2

VELA

MANUELA G. (MEME)

22FEB 1915

6NOV 2005

OBIT. AGE 90; D/O AMADO & DOLORES GUZMAN; W/O DONACIANO; SIS/O LUPE, AMADO & LEOCARIO GUZMAN, ANGELITA ANGULO, PAULITA CAVAZOS, TOMASITA SALAZAR, BEATRICE GONZALEZ

VELA

NIEVES

1888

1969

E11

VELA

MANUEL N.

1924

1955

D13

VELA

MANUEL

1905

1930

B16

VELA

ENRIQUE JR

1928

1979

 

VERA

RODOLFO

1925

1985

B/O PAULA APARICIO

VILLARREAL

ADELINA

1885

1920

 

VILLARREAL

JOSE

1873

1948

C11

VILLARREAL

V.V.

1903

1977

 

VILLARREAL

MARIA

1902

1972

 

VILLARREAL

AMELIA

1914

1972

HAROLD CONALY?

YANEZ

MARGARITA

1914

1977

 

YANEZ

JOSE

1912

1978

 

YBARRA

GUADALUPE

1904

1961 E4

SEE NAMESAKE 1917-96

YBARRA

QUIRINEO

-

1937

B11

YBARRA

FELIPE

1904

1985

 

YBARRA

GUADALUPE

1917

1996

SEE NAMESAKE 1904-61

YSLAS

EGAL A.

1931

1960

E5