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Manuel Guerra Gonzalez & Dolores Molina

submitted by Manuel S. Guerra
My parents were Joel A. Guerra and Ana Reilly. My paternal grandparents were Manuel Guerra Gonzalez and Dolores Molina.

If one looks at the inner corner of the house (last photo), you will see pipes running left and right. There was a gutter system that collected all the rain water and directed it to the cistern seen in the courtyard. I remember seeing my grandmother Dolores Molina de Guerra using rainwater to rinse/wash her hair. I imagine the cistern was originally built to use cistern water for household neccessities.
This house served as a Mexican Consulate during the Mexican Revolution around 1913. Also, Manuel Guerra Garcia (Starr County Political Boss) and wife, Virginia Cox resided there while their own house was being built. That would be in the same block but on the corner closer to the Rio Bravo.
My great-grandfather, Epifanio Guerra Guerra, bought the house from the Catholic Diocese in 1914. My father, Joel A. Guerra (1914-2010) and Tia Julianita (1916-2010) were born there. That same house was donated back to the Diocese by my aunt, Juliana Guerra de Moreno, for CCD and other church related activities. There is a plaque where the house is donated in memory of Manuel Guerra Gonzalez and wife, and also for two of my siblings who died at an early age. My grandparents were the last inhabitants of that house.
This house ownership history was started by Tia Juliana Guerra de Moreno until her husband got ill and she gave up the search to take care of him. She had tracked owners back to 1862.

Manuel Guerra Gonzalez

Lola Molina DeGuerra

Epifanio Guerra Guerra

701 Estrella St, Roma, Texas

Ownership History
Vendor	Vendee	Kind of Instrument	Date of Instrument	Date of File	Book & Page	Compensation
Jose Ma. Garcia & Others	E. R. Hord	District Court Judgement	06 Jan 1862		C720	Cause #128
Ann S. Hord	Camilo Saenz	Deed	03 Sept 1870	09 Sept 1870	D308	$50.00
Camilo Saenz	Ignacio Trevino	Spanish Deed	13 Jun 1871		J184	$100.00
Ignacio Trevino	Nicholasa & Jesus Trevino	UD	15 May 1883	15 Aug 1883	F361	$100.00
Nicholasa Trevino de Buitron, et al	Jose Manuel Guerra y Garcia	UD	27 Jul 1895	26 Aug 1895	P19	$105 Mex
Manuel Guerra y Garcia & Wife	J.M. Clos	UD	20 Nov 1896	23 Nov 1896	P515	$2000 Mex
J.M. Clos	Missionary Oblate Fathers	UD	07 Oct 1903	09 Oct 1903	V77	$10.00
Oblate Fathers	Epifanio Guerra	UD	23 Apr 1914	11 Feb 1926	V53, Pg 242-243
Anastacia Guerra y Gonzalez	Manuel Guerra y Gonzalez	UD	03 Feb 1927	23 Feb 1927	V58, Pg 97-99	$10.00
Incorporation of Roma, TX 1936
Josefa Guerra Y Gonzalez	Manuel Guerra	UD	09 Oct 1940	23 Sept 1943	V124 Pgs 510-11	$10.00
Daniel Guerra y Gonzalez	Manuel Guerra y Gonzalez	UD	24 Feb 1951	27 Feb 1951	V165, Pgs 215-216	$10.00
Manuel Guerra y Gonzalez	Juliana Guerra de Moreno	UD	05 Aug 1952	03 Sept 1952	V178, Pgs 400-402	$10.00