María Gerónima Chávez

  General Notes:

Santa Fé St. Francis Parish and Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light, p. 16

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Los Altos de San Jacinto, Cuyoacan, Nueva España. ³³ 1845, p. 37

Tercera plaza de los Chaves

Household #684
Antonio Serna, mestizo, age fifty-one & a weaver, married to Felipa Jaramillo (parents of Gertrudis Serna) , mestiza, age fifty; with four sons, ages twenty-four, nineteen, fifteen and eight; and four daughters ages twelve, nine, five and two

Household #685
José Sanches, coyote, 47, farmer; married to Juana Tereza Herrera, española, 34; three sons, ages nineteen, seventeen & fifteen; four daughters, ages twelve, nine, five and two

Household #686
José Miguel Chaves, coyote, 20, sheep herder; married to María Gertrudis Serna (daughter of Antonio and & Felipa in Household #684), mestizo, 19; one son, age five; and two daughters, ages four and six months

Household #687
María Josefa Nuñes, española, native of Mexico, 49, widow

Household #688
Mariano Chaves, español, age thirty-four, weaver; married to María Manuela Romero (sister of Bárbara in #690), española, age twenty-nine; with their four sons, ages fifteen, thirteen, eight and six; and their two daughters, ages four years old and six months old

Household #689
José Anastacio Chaves, español, 29, farmer; married to María de la Luz Sanches, española, 21; and one son, age two

Household #690
Francisco García, español, 39, farmer; married to Bárbara Romero, española, 31; two sons, ages twelve and three; two daughters, ages eight and six; and one female servant, Apache

Household #691
Domingo Baca, español, 55, farmer; married to Manuela Vallejos, española, 52; with one daughter, age twenty-one

Household #692
José Romero, español, 26, farmer; married to Mariana Baca, española, 20

Household #693
Lorenzo Romero, español, 38, shoemaker; married to María Geronima Chaves (sister to José Anastacio in #689), española, 37; two sons, ages fourteen and eleven; and four daughters, ages twelve, nine, four and 2 months

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 37-38

María married Lorenzo Romero, son of Benaventura Romero and Teodora Baca, on 12 Feb 1775 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Lorenzo Romero was born in Aug 1751 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 13 Aug 1751 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
4 Feb 1776, Ysleta. Lorenzo Romero (21), español, son of Ventura Romero and (name omitted), and María Gerónima Chaves (20), española, daughter of Miguel Chaves and Gertrudis Montoya. ~ Julían Sánchez, notary.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1586

  Marriage Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages, p. 20

Testigo: Juachín Mestas y Bictoria Sanches ³⁴