Antonio Torres

   Another name for Antonio was Blas Antonio Torres.

  General Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Baptisms, p. 122

Hijo: Antonio Torres
Padres: Tadeo Torres y Micaela Varela
Padrino: Domingo Montoya ³⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Seventh Plaza of Alburquerque
Household #234
Antonio Torres, mestizo age 40, weaver and his wife María Antonia Lucero, mesitzo age 26 with their two sons ages forteen and six, and their two daughters age eight and four.

New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, p. 13

• He appeared on the Spanish census in 1802 in San José de Los Ranchos de Alburquerque, New Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Antonio Torres and his wife María Antonia Lucero

Antonio married Teresa de Jesús Montaño, daughter of Pedro Montaño and María Paula Gallegos, on 5 Feb 1769 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Teresa de Jesús Montaño was born in 1650 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
31 Mar 1769, Alburquerque, Antonio Torres (24) of Tomé, son of Tadeo Torres, deceased, and Micaela Varela, and Teresa de Jesús Montaño (19), daughter of Pedro Montaño and Paula Gallegos, españoles.

Witnesses: Isidro Sánchez, notary; Ignacio Lucero (38), Eusebio Rael (72).

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1896

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Marriages, p. 24
Parents: Tadeo Torres & Micaela Barela residents of Tomé
Parents: Pedro Montaño & Paula Gallego of Alburquerque
Padrinos: Martín Gallego y Leonor Gonsales. ⁴¹²

Antonio next married María Antonia Lucero 30 Feb 1779 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²³ (María Antonia Lucero was born about 1764 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
16 Feb 1779, Alburquerque, Blas Antonio Torres (33), español of this district, widowed in first marriage of Terea Montaño, son of Tadeo Torres, deceased, and Micael Varela, and María Antonia Lucero (20), daughter of Sebastian Lucero, deceased, and María Archuleta.

Witnesses: Manuel de Arteaga, notary; José Lucero (25), Cayetano Gallegos (26), Juan José Candelaria (25).

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1898

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Marriages, p. 37
Blas Antonio widowof Teresa Montaño
María Antonia Lucero daughter of Sevastian Lusero, deceased and María Archuleta of Alburquerque.
Witnesses: José Lucero and Calletano Gallego. ⁴¹²