María Antonia Gallegos

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
On 9 Jul 1789, María Antonia at the age of six days, the legitimate daughter of the soldier, Anselmo Gallegos, and María de la Cruz Silva, was baptized. Her godparents were Manuel Antonio Gallegos and Maria de la Luz Ortiz.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 48

María married Diego Antonio Sánchez, son of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Álvarez del Castillo.⁴³⁸ (Diego Antonio Sánchez was born on 12 Jun 1776 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸, baptized on 22 Jun 1776 in San Agustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and died before 1838 in Socorro, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸ Diego Antonio Sánchez and María Antonia Gallegos, Belén, 6 Oct - 31 Dec 1805, AHAD-361 ,f.541-46.

Diego Antonio Sánchez, 29, español, was the legitimate son of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, both deceased. María Antonia Gallegos, 16, española, was the legitimate daughter of the late Anselmo Gallegos and María de la Cruz Silva, citizens of Santa Fé and residents of Belén. Diego Antonio informed Father Bernal that he and Maria Antonia were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity.

Witnesses:
TToribio García Jurado, 7S, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, signed his testimony
Juan Torres, 68, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction
Francisco Padilla, 44

Father Bernal stated that he had known Diego Antonio since his birth in that area, and that María Antonia had been in the area for a short time. He added that María Antonia was poor, and her mother was a widow.

In Durango. on 30 Dec 1805, Vicar General Millán Rodríguez recommended a dispensation. Bishop Olivares y Benito approved a dispensation on 31 Dec. He ordered Father Bernal to publish the banns three times. Assuming no new impediment arose, he was to proceed with the marri'age and grant the nuptial blessing.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 48