Anselmo Catarino Gallegos

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ⁴³⁸
On 9 Jul 1789, María Antonia at the age of six days, the legitimate daughter of the soldier, Anselmo Gallegos, and María de la Cruz Silva, was baptized. Her godparents were Manuel Antonio Gallegos and Maria de la Luz Ortiz.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 48

• He served in the military. ⁴⁰⁵
Anselmo Gallego, son of Manuel Gallego and Juana María Baca, enlisted on 11 Jan 1779 at the age of 33, from Santa Fe, farmer, 5'5", black hair/beard, black eyebrows with blue eyes, swarthy, discharged 22 Feb 1798, died 26 Mar 1805, married.

"Spanish Englistment Papers 1770-1815," New Mexico Genealogist, March 1998, from The New Mexico Genealogists: The First 40 Years CD, p. 15

Anselmo married María de la Cruz Silva, daughter of Felipe de Silva and Juana Gallegos, in 1768 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María de la Cruz Silva was born about 1751.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
14 Jan 1768 - Tomé. Don Anselmo Catarino Taroya of Santa Fé, son of Capitán Manuel Tafoya, deceased, and doña Juana María Baca, and doña María Pascuala Cruz Silva (17), daughter of Felipe Silva and Juana Gallegos.

Witnesses: Joaquín José Pino, notary; don Diego Antonio Sánchez (37), Gregorio Benavides (47).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1860