Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (1870-1938)

Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía aka Laue, Reygadas

Born 24 May 1870 in Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Daughter of Enrique Guillermo Antonio Mexía and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 12 Jul 1938 at age 68 in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

Ynés Mexía is Notable.

Ynés Mexía was a California botanist and environmentalist whose work focused on Mexico.

Ynés was born in 1870, the daughter of Enrique Antonio Mexía and Sarah (Wilmer) Ramsey Mexía. Her father was a Mexican diplomat and her mother was from a prominent Catholic family of Baltimore. The Mexía family owned a large amount of land in Texas (previously Mexico) that eventually became the city of Mexia, Texas in Limestone County.

She was married twice, first to Germán Laue in 1898 but was widowed in 1904. She married Agustín Antolín Reygadas in 1907 but later divorced. After her divorce, she was a social worker until hiking with the Sierra Club inspired her to enroll in botany classes at UC Berkeley.

She had a 16-year long career in botany, over which she collected approximately 145,000 specimens, of which 500 were previously undiscovered, and is given credit for two new species. She was actively involved in the Sierra Club and Save the Redwoods League.

She passed away in 1938.

She was honored in a Google Doodle on September 15, 2019.

Sources

María-Cristina García, Mexía de Reygades, Ynés (1870–1938), Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Publication Date: April 1, 1995. Most Recent Revision Date: August 2, 2020.
"Ynés Mexía: Google Doodle Honors tenacious Mexican-American and explorer". Canada Journal - News of the World. September 15, 2019.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNB-HVF : 20 February 2021), Yniz Mercia in household of S R Mercia, Springfield and Tehuacana, Limestone, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 376A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,317.
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/203027833/ynes-enriquetta_julietta-mexia : accessed 14 October 2021), memorial page for Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia (24 May 1870–12 Jul 1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #203027833; Maintained by Shipbird (contributor 46951838) Cremated.

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