House of Camino

Origin
The Camino family were a Spanish/Italian noble family tracing back to the Lords of Treviso in Italy; as like very promiminent and wealthy from the late 1500's to the early 1900's; they also held very powerful and high positions in goverment and were a very well known in Los Altos in Jalisco. They owend from several silver and gold mines from Fresnillo to Calvillo to Pinos. They were very wealthy land owners during the Spanish rule of New Spain. They owned several large haciendas all over the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia. They descend from Juan del Camino, President of the Audencia of Guadalajara appointed by Phillip III of Spain in 1603. They can trace their roots back to the conquistador Juan del Camino who is a descendant of Rizzardo da Camino in the late 1300;s, Lord of Treviso in Italy. the father of he above mentioned.The founder of the Huanuscano branch of Camíno which broke off from the greater branch of the Camíno family from Fresnillo, was D. Eugenio del Camíno, legitimate child of D. Andres del Camino, Hacenado of Los Angeles in Noria-Pinos, Zacatecas; who at age 33 came to Huanúsco and created this branch and originally was seated as "Hacéndado" at "El Carreton". His consort was Dona Maria de los Dolores Martinez-Martinez de Valades. He had 3 legitimate children. Eúgenio I, his heir, and his older son who died at a young age, Fernando del Camino, and by his second wife Dona Nicolasa de Velasco, the young Maria Guadalupe del Camino born in Calvillo. The hacíenda only lasted 1 generation, before becoming an hijido of the reowned Hacienda de la Luz in his son's rule.

La Hacienda de la Luz
The first Hacendado or second according to some was D.Mariano del Camino(1853-1916). The hacienda of La Luz was given to D. Mariano by decree of Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico; apprx. 25,000 acres of land, at once D. Mariano combined the La Luz and El Carreton in 1895 to make a total of apprx. 32, 000 acres of land. As soon as that was taken place he also combined several other of his domains including present day La Higuera, which was 1200 acres; La Presa de los Serna; another 1,500 acres and upon tha marriage of his wife Dona Arcadia she had inherited the Arroyo de Soto upon her second cousin's death, as well as Media Luna and parts of San Pedro was annexed. By the end of 1896 the total domains of the family were around 63,000 acres in present day Huanusco-Calvillo valley area.
The family resised in there domains of Arroyo Soto where Dona Arcadia was born until 1897. Hacienda de la Luz but wasn't settled or occupied until 1899. The last Hacendado was Manuel I del Camíno in 1917; son of Don Mariano del Camino. In which he was disposed by the the radicals of Emiliano Zapata during the . After the hacíenda was made part of the country of Mexico. As like the other thousands and thousands of other haciendas in Mexico. Several members of the family died during the seige of the Hacienda by Emiliano Zapata and his militia, they tried protect and fought Zapata, but lost at the end in 1915.

Descendancy
There are approximatley less then 300 known living descendants of this house.
The family is very well known for its practice of incest until this day, in
order to keep pureness of Spanish Blood.

Pretender

The current pretender to the Hacíenda and the House is Maríano II Camíno who currently resides at La Lúz. His Heir Aprrent is his son Samuel del Camíno,
who is also related to several other hacienda pretenders in the area of Huejuacar.

List
Seated At El Carreton
Hacendado Eugenio I del Camino (1849-1891)
Seated At La Luz
Hacendado Mariano I del Camino (1891-1909)
Hacendado Manuel I del Camino (1909-1910)
*Pretender* Mariano II Camino (1962-Present)
*Heir Apparent* Samuel I Camino

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