Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy was a Mexican rancher, philanthropist, and matriarch of one of the most influential families in South Texas during the nineteenth century. She was one of the few 19th-century upper-class women of Mexican origin in Texas.
- Occupation
- rancher
- Citizenship
- Mexico, New Spain
- Born
- January 31, 1823
- Died
- March 16, 1885
