Eusebio Gonzales --- two of them!

With the diligence of a bulldog, my genealogist in Seville has given me information that is perplexing as much as interesting.  In the Silvan family, Cristencia (whom he tells me may be spelled Crescencia) Silvan Hernandez married Eusebio Gonzales in Fuentesauco, Zamora, Spain in May 1906.  There have been several questions that arose based on differing names on documents in the family as well as a mystery about a military medal he earned and never received.

With my curious nature, I wanted to find out why this man was called Eusebio Gonzales Hidalgo on the certified birth record one of his children received from Spain some years ago and on other documents he was called Felix/Felis/Feliso Gonzales Hernandez.

There is a story in the family that tells me he and his sister, Isabella, were orphaned at a young age.  A family in Fuentesauco had daughters and added Isabella to their family, adopting her but refusing to accept Eusebio.  He lived in an orphanage and was treated badly so he ran away and joined the Spanish military.

The next part of his life shows he married Cristencia Silvan, the aunt to my grandmother, Manuela Silvan.
The ship's manifest lists him as Felix G. Hernandez.
Why Hernandez I wondered?  Was his name changed to Hernandez because Cristencia's parents made a home for him?  Was he related to Agustina Hernandez, Cristencia's mother's family?  The questions shot rapidly through my head.

I wanted answers.  Fernando Hidalgo de la Terada in Seville tried to find Eusebio's military records.  We wanted to find that elusive military medal he'd earned all those years ago but never received.  Now the story gets fuzzier!  Here is Fernando's findings:

Hello Patricia,

I've received your family's certificates but... I think there is a problem with your information because Eusebio González Hidalgo and Félix González Hernández are not the same person, as you can see in the attached with all the information the certificates have given to us. In fact, Eusebio González Hidalgo married another person in 1907 and died in Fuentesauco in 1977... and Félix González Hernández married Crescencia in 1906...

II.- Celestino Silván. Natural de Fuentesaúco, en 1822. Jornalero. Casado con Agustina Hernández, natural de Villamor, hija de Miguel Hernández, natural de Villamor, jornalero, fallecido antes de 1884, y Margarita Martín, natural de Villaescusa (Zamora), fallecida antes de 1884. Fueron padres de:

1. Juan Francisco Silván Hernández (tomo 5, fol. 162-163v). Casado en la Iglesia de Santa María de Fuentesaúco el 23 de abril de 1900 (tomo 5, fol. 145v), con Rita Marzo Trascasas Marzo, natural de Toro, en 1881, hija de Manuel Trascasas y Manuela Marzo, naturales de Toro.
2. Crescencia Silván Hernández, natural de Fuentesaúco, 15 junio 1884, tomo 10, pág. 114, hija de Celestino y Agustina. Casada en Fuentesaúco con Félix González Hernández, el 5 de mayo de 1906 (tomo 5, fol. 257).

Eusebio González Hidalgo. Natural de Fuentesaúco, Zamora, 14 agosto 1881, tomo 8, página 171, hijo de Luciano González Vicente, natural de Fuentesaúco, jornalero, hijo de Bernardo González, labrador, fallecido antes de 1881, e Isabel Vicente, naturales de Fuentesaúco, y María Hidalgo, natural de Fuentesaúco, hija de Ángel Hidalgo, jornalero, y Marcelina Antón, naturales de Fuentesaúco. Casado con Gabina Alba Zamorano en Fuentesaúco el 27 de abril de 1907. Falleció en Fuentesaúco el 9 de marzo de 1977 (tomo 2, folio 130).

 THE CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE IN MY MAILBOX IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  A VERY EXCITING PART OF THIS EMAIL FROM FERNANDO RELATES TO THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE HE FOUND FOR CELESTINO SILVAN AND AGUSTINA HERNANDEZ!  Curiouser and curiouser!