Rafael Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1802, in Los Garcías, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Feliciano Montoya, his wife, Antonia Teresa Montoya, with their son Antonio José Montoya, and their daughters, María Josefa Montoya; María Antonia Montoya; Juana María Montoya; and María Jacinta Montoya, and their servant María de la Luz.

Next Door
Juan Bautista Chaves with his wife Antonia Teresa Montoya and their son Rafael Chaves

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 138

• Census: Mexican, in 1833, in Socorro, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ²⁶⁵
Bauptista Chaves age 60
Teresa Montoya age 56

Juan Bautista's son was next door

Rafael Chaves age 43
Juana Nepumucino age 12
Juana María age 8
María Rita age 6

NM Censuses of 1833 & 1845, Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Río Abajo, p. 3

Rafael married María Bárbara Padilla, daughter of Juan Domingo Padilla and Juana Rita Baca, on 1 Aug 1814 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (María Bárbara Padilla was born on 4 Apr 1796 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶ and was baptized on 6 Apr 1796 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1 Aug 1814 - Belén. Rafael Chaves and Bárbara Padilla. Dispensed, 3rd degree consanguinity, traverse line.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 328