José Nicolás Torres

  General Notes:

Baptisms, Nuestra Señora de Immaculada Concepción de Tomé, Vol. I, p. 177

Padres: Marcial Torres y Getrudis Benabides
Padinos: Domingo Chaves y Getrudis Aragón ²⁶⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ²⁶⁶
Baptisms, Nuestra Señora de Immaculada Concepción de Tomé, Vol. I, p. 451

Padres: Nicolás Torres y Juana Chávez
Abuelos paternos: Marcial Torres y Gertrudes Benabides
Abuelos maternos: Antonio Chávez y Magdalena Montoya

• Census: U.S. Federal, in 1850, in Manzano, Valencia, New México Territory.
Nicolás Torres age 60
Juana Torres age 25
Juan P Torres age 6

[National Archives Microfilm Publication M432; Roll: M432_470; Page: 377B]

José married Juana Chávez, daughter of Antonio Chávez and Magdalena Montoya, on 26 May 1843 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.⁴⁶ (Juana Chávez was born about 1826.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
14 May 1843 - Tomé. Antonio José Nicolas Torres (36), farmer, son of Marcial Torres and María Gertrudis Benavides, both deceased, and María Juana Chaves (17), daughter of Manuel Antonio Chaves, deceased, and Magdalena Montoya.

Witnesses: Mariano Andés Chaves (47), Juan Antonio Baca (49), both farmers and married.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1916

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepcón de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 96

Testigos: Mariano Andrés Chaves, Jauan Antonio Baca, y Rafael Montaño ⁴⁶