According to the family legend the forefathers of José Maríafull name José, Salvadór, Francisco, Javier, Rafael del Corazón de Jesús descended from Moctezuma; according to historical records the Carvajals were first noted in Málaga province in the 16th century, having founded the town of Campillos.Julio Neira, Introducción, [in:] José María Hinojosa, La Flor de Californía, Santander 1979, p. 15 Along the strictly male paternal line the Hinojosas, another local family, throughout the centuries as wealthy landholders ensured their dominant position in the county. The list of Campillos’ mayors reads like the Hinojosa genealogical tree; also José María's father Salvador Hinojosa Carvajal (1869-1936)Alfonso Sánchez Rodríguez, La poesía de José María Hinojosa [PhD thesis Universitat de Lleida], Lérida 1995, p. 2-5, La Correspondencia de España 30.12.11, available here and his uncleLa Correspondencia de España 19.04.19, available here held the alcaldia post in the late Restoration period; Salvador, influential within the local conservative realm,Julio Francisco Neira Jiménez, De musas, aeroplanos y trincheras (poesía española contemporánea), Madrid 2015, , p. 79 served also as diputado provincial.Diario de Córdoba 12.02.22, available here In 1893see Asunción Hinojosa Carvajal entry, [in:] myheritage service, available here, Rosa Ruiz Gisbert, José María Hinojosa, el gran olvidado, [in:] Isla de Arriarán XXIX (2007), p. 181 he married Asunción Lasarte Xuarez (1872-1932),El Siglo Futuro 13.02.33, available here descendant to another affluent landholder family from the nearby Estepa.Sánchez Rodríguez 1995, p. 2-5. Asunción Lasarte was daughter to José Lasarte Andrés and Asunción Xuárez de Sanabria, Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Estudio histórico sobre una familia extremeña, los Sánchez Arjona, Ciudad Rodrigo 2001, , p. 478 The couple lived on family estates in Campillos and Alameda;Alfonso Sánchez Rodriguez, Casas de familia Hinojosa, [in:] Luna de Hipnos service, available here they had 6 children,Ruiz Gisbert 2007, p. 181 José María born as the second oldest son.
