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[Taphrospilus]

Anas diazi Ridgway, 1886 OD v.3 (1886) - The Auk - Biodiversity Heritage Library
(Mr. Augustin Diaz, D. E. , Director)

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Mexican Duck Anas diazi Ridgway, 1886
Augustin Diaz (1829–1893) was a Mexican explorer, geographer and military engineer. He was Director of the Mexican Geographical and Exploring Commission. A mammal is named after him.

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Augustín Díaz (1829-1893) Mexican military engineer, geographer, explorer (?Apolinar Diaz de la Fuente fl. 1859) (Anas).

From https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/download/2859/2368/2674 I would say he was born 1830

Los padres de Agustín, el señor Agustín Hermosillo y Díaz y la señora María Dolores Noriega, vieron nacer a este su hijo primogénito el 26 de febrero de 1830 en la ciudad de México.

Desde este año de 1888 hasta el de su muerte, ocurrida en Xalapa la tarde del 19 de junio de 1893, se dedicó por entero a trabajar en el levantamiento de la carta general de la república, utilizando para ello todos los medios técnicos a sualcance.

No bird:

• Romerolagus diazi Ferrari-Pérez, 1893 Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión - Biodiversity Heritage Library and plate Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Apolinar Diaz de la Fuente — Wikipédia seems to me completely wrong. But feel free to correct me or add anything of value to this thread.

 

[l_raty]

Here as:

Nestor Agustín Díaz Noriega​

 

[Taphrospilus]

@ James I think you picked his father in the key. See also Laurents post.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

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No bird:

• Romerolagus diazi Ferrari-Pérez, 1893 Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión - Biodiversity Heritage Library and plate Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Maybe somewhat superfluous, but ...

Also note that the Book/Catalogue/Catalog, where the Non-Bird (Volcano Rabbit) Romerolagus diazi FERRARI PÉREZ 1893 appeared for the first time (as "Lepus diazi FERRARI PÉREZ, sp. nov."), is also titled:
• Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión, precedido de algunas notas sobre su organización y trabajos, alt. Catalogo descriptivo de los objectos remitidos por la Comisión Geografico–Exploradora, de la República Mexicana, á la Expocion Internacional de Chicago ... (1893).

... by/por el Ingeniero Director Agustín Díaz (Colonel de Estado Mayor Especial, Ex-Professor en el Colegio Militar y en la Escuela Especial de Ingenieros), foreword signed 1st of March 1893 (only a few months prior to his passing).

Just an observation.

Hopefully of some help/use?

It's all in Spanish (and as such ... I'm lost)

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Re. the Duck itself ..

This fine new species is respectfully dedicated to Professor Augustin Diaz, C. E., director of the Geographical Exploring Commission of Mexico, under whose intelligent direction the exceedingly beautiful collection, of which the type specimens form part, was formed.

[from here (also in 1886)]
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[James Jobling]

I have chosen the best of all worlds; Hermosillo y Diaz is the patronym, and Noriega is the matronym.

 

[James Jobling]

Hermosillo is not a given name, but a surname. Nestor's father was plain Agustin Hermosillo y Diaz (i.e. Hermosillo and Diaz) (Hermoso is a Spanish nickname meaning handsome)

 

[l_raty]

I have chosen the best of all worlds; Hermosillo y Diaz is the patronym, and Noriega is the matronym.

There is no picture, but it FindAGrave suggests he may be called "Agustín Hermosillo y Díaz" on his grave :

Agustín Hermosillo y Díaz (1839-1893) - Find a...

Military Engineer, Surveyor, Cartographer. Agustín Hermosillo y Díaz was a student at the Military College, where he graduated as a colonel of engineers. He was head of the Geographical Exploration Commission. He made the General Letter of the Mexican Republic (Carta General de la República...

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[PScofield]

Nestor Agustin Hermosillo y Diaz y Noriega

Father's Name Agustin Hermosillo y Diaz
Mother's Name Maria Dolores Noriega
Birth & Christening: 26 Feb 1830
Event Place Centro, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, México

Juan María Agustin Hermosillo y Noriega
Father's Name Agustin Hermosillo y Diaz
Mother's Name Maria Dolores Noriega
Birth & Christening: 24 June 1828
Event Place Centro, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, México

Source: "México bautismos, 1560-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMML-DFX : 23 February 2022), Nestor Agustin Hermosillo Noriega, 1830.

 

[l_raty]

Birth & Christening: 24 June 1828

(Not critically important, but christening: 25 June 1828.
"En veinte y cinco de Junio de mil ochocientos veinte y ocho, [...] bautizé á un niño que nació ayer, [...]")

This contradicts the biography linked by Martin in his first post above, that says that the cartograph was a "hijo primogénito". It might perhaps be better to find hard evidence that "our Agustín Díaz" was not indeed the elder son...?

 

[PScofield]

This contradicts the biography linked by Martin in his first post above, that says that the cartograph was a "hijo primogénito". It might perhaps be better to find hard evidence that "our Agustín Díaz" was not indeed the elder son...?

Indeed: I can find no contemporary account that distinguishes which is "our man": Nestor or Juan Maria

 

[PScofield]

Marriage records of both brothers indicate that the younger Nestor Agustin Hermosillo y Diaz y Noriega was commonly called Agustin Diaz and the youngest Eligio Luis Gonzaga Hermosillo y Diaz y Noriega who was commonly called Luis Diaz.

 

[l_raty]

Here a death registration.

In the city of Xalapa-Enríquez, at 11 AM on 20 Jun 1793, the citizen Marcos Gomez, native of Mexico, single, military engineer, 37 yo, declared that, at 5 PM on the previous day, the Señor Don Agustín Diaz, of same origin as him, military engineer, 65 yo, married to Doña Angela Rodriguez and son of Don Agustín Diaz and Doña Dolores Noriega, had died in this town of broncho-pneumonia.

As things can never be easy, the age he was given here would actually match Juan better. (Not perfectly, though -- Juan would have turned 65 on 24 Jun 1793, thus five days after the reported death.) I assume "Angela Rodriguez" may be accepted as a corruption of M[ari]a de los Ang[eles] Rodriguez, as can be read on Agustín's marriage record ? On this record, Agustín was 26 yo on 12 Mar 1856, which matches Nestor Agustín (born in Feb 1830) perfectly. (The information in a marriage record should in principle be more trustworthy than what is found in a death record.)

Did you find a marriage record for Juan, Paul ? The second scan you posted is the marriage of Luis, born in 1831 -- the third son of the household.

 

[PScofield]

Yes this 2nd marriage in post #12 is for the youngest brother Eligio Luis Gonzaga Díaz Noriega my mistake

Attached marriage of Juan María Agustin Hermosillo y Noriega born 1827, married on 27 Sept 1850 to Guadalope Arce attached. He went by Juan Diaz