Cristóbal de Castro

Cristóbal married María Bernarda de Gamboa on 19 May 1705 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
10 May 1705, Santa Cruz de la Cañada. Cristóbal de Castro (20), native of Real de Sombrerete, son of Miguel de Castro and Juana Guerrero, and Bernarda Gamboa, parents unknown.

Witnesses: Miguel de Quintana, notary; Juan Manuel Chirinos (40), José de Atienza.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 299

Cristóbal next married Juana de Atienza y Alcala, daughter of José de Atienza Sevillano and Estefania Moreno de Trujillo, in 1727 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁹⁹⁴

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸⁰
13 Aug 1727, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Cristóbal de Castro, 42, native of the royal mines of Sombrerete, resident of the jurisdiction of la Cañada, widower of Barnarda de Gamboa, son of Miguel de Castro and Juana Gerero, both deceased and natives of Sombrerete, with Juana de Atienza y Alcala, 33, donsella, resident of the said la Cañada, daughter of José Atienza y Alcala and Estefania Morena de Trujillo, natives of Mexico and also residents of said la Cañada and villa of Santa Cruz.

Witnesses:
Thomas Nuñes, 60, married and native of Sombrerete
Martin Fernandes, 48, married and native of Sombrerete
Roque Jaramillo, 45, married and native of the City of Mexico and resident of the villa of Santa Cruz
Simon Martin, 46, married and native of this realm and resident of the new villa of Santa Cruz.

"New Mexico Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, part 1," New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 49, Mar 2010, p. 8