I am looking for information on the Mallen/Mayen family and/or the Ezquerro/Esquerro family of El Rosario (or anywhere else), Sinaloa, Mexico. I am a descendant of Rafael Ezquerro and Adela Mallen, who were born in the middle 1800's. Their children were Ester, Aurerlio, Carlos, Rafael, Margarita

If you have any information, I'd really appreciate it!

Diputados constituyentes del estado de Sinaloa, 1831:
List includes: Jose Esquerro

See http://omega.ilce.edu.mx:3000/sites/estados/libros/sinaloa/h...

Fernando,
Thank you very much for your reply to my posting regarding the Mallen/Ezquerro family in Sinaloa. However, the link that you put in the posting isn't working. Is there any way you can email me the information or "save as" an html file and email that to me?

Let me know, I am anxious to see what you are talking about.

Muchas gracias!!!!
Elena

Try this more general link and once the table of contents comes up hunt around for the particular page

http://omega.ilce.edu.mx:3000/sites/estados/libros/sinaloa/h...

(You need to put all of the above link onto one continuous line)

I just saw this! How could I miss this post almost 2 years later.

Thank you for this information! What is your association with Sinaloa, or the Ezquerro family?

Thank you...

Elena

Hi Elena,
In answer to your question, I am a descendant of the Inzunza family that lived in Mocorito, Sinaloa, from the 17th century onwards. The family is mentioned in books like Eustaquio Buelna's Apuntes sobre la Historia de Sinaloa (circa 1885), Jose Ramon Velazquez' Apuntes de Mocorito (1994) and Gustavo Aguilar Aguilar and Wilfredo Ibarra Escobar's El Origen de la Banca en Sinaloa (1998). The last tome mentions at least one Esquerra (with an a). My grandfather Pedro Inzunza Gaxiola had a business relationship with an Esquer in Sinaloa at the end of the 19th century. My feeling is that the Ezquerro, Esquerra and Esquer families may all be branches of the same Spanish settlers in Sinaloa -- I have seen documents where in fact the same gentleman will be referenced in the text of the document with a "z" and yet he signs his name with a definitive "s".

Fernando,
Thank you very much for your information. I had suspected that somehow the Ez(s)querro's and Esquer's were related somehow. Once I locate my Ez(s)querro's documents, to see where they are from I will be able to verify more.

Thank you for helping and adding to this community and HAPPY RESEARCHING!

Elena

Elena,

I have been studying the early settlers of Sonora and Sinaloa. Unfortunately there were many mis-spellings of names in church and civil records. This is very common especially with basque names since the language is not related to Spanish. The Ezquerr or Esquer family is Basque and have long been associated with the Mallen de Navarrete family. Please feel free to contact me at calitrade@hotmail.com. I am also descended from both families. I have information on both dating to the 1600's before they arrived in Mexico.

My name is Luis Ezquerro Chao,son of Luis Aurelio Ezquerro y Alvarado y Sofia Chao Rueda; grandson of Carlos M. Ezquerro Mallen y Sofia Alvarado Mallen; and great grandson of Rafael Ygnacio Ezquerro Murua y Adela(ida)Mallen I live in Mexicali Baja California Mexico, and you may reach me in my E-mail lezquerro1960@hotmail.com, I´m looking for my roots so I really apreciate if you have any thanks.

Luis!
You are my cousin! I have talked to Carlos Ezquerro from Tijuana on the phone - maybe 1 1/2 years ago. Do you know him? I mailed him some old pictures of Adela Mallen to the PO BOX in San Ysidro.

Anyway, I would love to share more information with you. I have pictures of Adela(ida) and her children. I also found them living in the United States in 1880... I am at work right now and I will write you later.