Simón Tadeo Quintana

  General Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada Baptisms, Vol. I, p. 51
Padres: Nicolás Quintana y María Ana de Herrera
Padrinos: Pedro Ascencio Tafoy y Ana (n.s.) ³²⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Simón Quintana, español, 39, farmer; with his wife, María Torres, española, 36; one son age 18; and one daughter, age 7.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 85.

Simón married María Concepción Torres, daughter of Salvador Torres and Catarina Naranjo, on 22 Feb 1767 in Santa Clara Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁵⁰⁹

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
2 Feb 1767, Santa Cruz de la Cañada. Simón Tadeo Quintana (22), español, son of Nicolás Quintana and Mariana Herrera, and María Torres (20), española of Chama, daughter of Salvador Torres and Catarina Naranjo.

Withnesses: Manuel de Arteaga, notary; Joaquín Mestas (29), Simón Martín (25) of Chimayo, José Sánchez (49), José Manzanares (24).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 8, p. 1509.