Diego López

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Since Juana Cedillo was the wife of Carlos Lopes, it is very likely that she is the mother of Miguel, Diego and María Lopes. While Juana was married to Carlos, they lived in the Ysleta District. No records from the time Juana and Carlos were in this district survive today. The ages of the three Lopes children given in the census of 1750 makes their birthdate (11716-1725) during the time Juana and Carlos were located there, and right before Carlos died, sometime before 7 Sep 1725. Added to this, all four individuals, Juana Sedillo and her three Lopes children, are "intervined as godparents and witnesses." [Lucienne García Delouche Fuller, "The Lost Lopez Line," NMG, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 40-47]


#92 Miguel Lopes, coyote, 30; wife, Manuela Martín, 21; 5 children: María, 9; Antonio, 8; Feliciana, 7; Joachín, 5; Bárbara, 3; brother-in-law María Herrera, 50, widow Antonio Trujillo; her daughter, Lugarda, 14.

#93 Juana Sedillo, 55, widow of Francisco García (also widow of Carlos López and mother of Diego, María and Miguel)

#94 Diego Lopes, coyote 29,wife, Juana Candelaria, 25; four children: Marta 8; Bisente, 6; Anna María, 5; Tomasa, 4; Manuela, India, servant, 12.

#95 Alonzo Garíca, lobo 32; wife, María Lopes, coyote 32; 3 children: Francisco, 7; Casilda, 6; Miguel, 3.

~Spanish & Mexican Census 1750-1830, p. 80

Diego married Juana de la Candelaria, daughter of Ventura Candelaria and Petrona Efigenia García de Noriega, on 13 Apr 1739 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Juana de la Candelaria was born about 1724 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴²⁶ and died after 1790 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ⁴¹²
13 Apr 1739, Diego López, soltero, m. Juana de la Candelaria. Witnesses: José Chabes and María Luiza de Aragón.

~San Felipe de Neri Marriages, p. 7