Jauregui/Lomeli

There's no clear cut answer to your questions but here are a few scenarios.

All of us see the same situations, different surnames but same circumstances within our family groups. There are several things occurring when families inter-marry.

1. These families, the Jauregui's and the Lomeli's or Lomelini's lived within very close proximity of each other.
2. Both of these families, the Lomeli's and the Jauregui's were for the most part, Espanoles and usually they wanted their children to marry only Espanoles.
3. There were only a couple of handfuls of Spanish families in each community or Rancho.

4. Courting was strictly supervised by the parents, in many cases, the parents decided whom their daughters could court. I don't say date because dating was for the most part, non-existent. The groom to be's parents would visit the bride to be's parents to ask for her hand in marriage, meaning that they had to approve and ensure that the bride or the groom came from an approved family.
5. Inheritance, if there was any meant that property or belongings must stay within the same families.

I'm sure some other Ranchos members will have much more insight into this phenomenon.

Alicia,
San Jose, Ca

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Jauregui/Lomeli

Does anyone know why the Lomeli's and Jauregui's had such a close relationship that many of them married each other?