House 2
Falcon (Ramireño de Abajo) ranch, Zapata County, Texas
Revilla 15 grant, Zapata County, Texas
c. 1801
The house was constructed soon after Eugenio Ramirez' (second) marriage, to Maria Rita de la Garza Falcon, in 1800. Her grandfather was Capt. Blas de la Garza Falcon, founder of Camargo.
Source: W. Eugene George, Lost Architecture of the Rio Grande Borderlands (Texas A&M University Press, 2008), 52, 60-61.
People
Maria Rita de la Garza Falcon. She was born circa 1782. Her father was Juan Jose de la Garza Falcon, and her mother was Candida Francisca Guerra.
Jose Eugenio Ramirez Hinojosa. He was born circa 1758. His father was Jose Cristobal Ramirez, and his mother was Maria Matiana Hinojosa. He owned Revilla 16 (tract), Revilla 14 (tract), Revilla 15 (tract), Revilla 17 (tract).
Tomas Ramirez. His father was Jose Eugenio Ramirez Hinojosa, and his mother was Maria Rita de la Garza Falcon. He owned Revilla 17 (tract).
House 2, Falcón. Bob Humphreys, Eugene George, 1959. Source: W. Eugene George, Lost Architecture of the Rio Grande Borderlands (Texas A&M University Press, 2008), 60.
