José María Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Information. ⁴³⁸
Father Guerra certified on 7 Feb 1817 that he was unable to locate the baptisma record for José María, the legitimate son of Pablo Chaves and Maria Manuela Armijo. José María informed him that his godparents were Ventura Chaves and his wife, Maria Josefa de Luna, citizens of the puesto of Atrisco.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 98

José married María Bárbara Luna, daughter of Manuel de Luna and María Lucía García Jurado, on 4 Aug 1817 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (María Bárbara Luna was born on 18 Jan 1781 in Los Garcías, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 25 Jan 1781 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José María Chaves and María Bárbara Luna, Alburquerque and Belén, 5 Feb - 17 May 1817. AHAD-368, f. 474-79.

José María Chaves, 22, español, was the legitimate son of Pablo Chaves and the late Manuela Annijo, parishioners of the parish of Alburquerque. María Bárbara Luna, 17, española, was the legitimate daughter of Manuel Luna and María Lucía García, parishioners of the mission of Belén. The couple was related in the third degree of consanguinity.

Father Guerra questioned José María who stated that he was related to most of the people of his station the area and was a life-long resident of Alburquerque.

Witnessess: Francisco Durán, 55, citizen of Alburquerque.
José Apodaca, 57, citizen of Alburquerque.

The investigation continued at Belén before Pather Rubí de Celis. María Bárbara Luna stated that she had her parents' pennission to wed.

Witnesses:
José Silva, 60. citizen of Belén.
José Torres, 56, citizen of Belén.

Father forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 8 February 1817. On 17 May, Bishop Castañiza granted a dispensation subject to a penance in alms to assist with the need of their parish church. They were to kneel and pray the rosary on separate three days. The banns were to be proclaimed. Assuming no new impediment arose, Father Rubí de Celis was
to marry the couple and to grant them the nuptiatial blessing.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 97-98

1- The original left out a generation here. María Bárbara Luna was the daugher of María Lucía García and the granddaughter of Micaela Baca.

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepción de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 47 ⁴⁶