Juan José Rivas

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Juan José Rivas, español, 24, farmer; married to Manuela Chaves, española, 21; one son age one year; and one daughter, age five years.

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 48

Juan married María Manuela Chávez, daughter of José Chávez and María Margarita García, on 20 May 1782 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (María Manuela Chávez was born about 1769 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
25 May 1782, Belén. Juan José Ribas (21), español, son of Manuel Ribas (deceased) and María Escobedo, and María Manuela Chaves, española, daughter of José Chaves and Margarita García (both deceased).

Witnesses: Manuel de Arteaga, notary: José García, Miguel Baca (35), Joaquín Torres (36).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 8, p. 1562