María Manuela de Luna

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Second Plaza of Belén

• Household# 764
Jaun de Luna, Spanish age 39, weaver with wife María Guadelupe García and their four sons ages 8, 6, 4 and 2

• Household # 765
Mariano Luna, Spanish age 25 with his wife Bárbara Aragón, Spanish age 18

• Household #766
Bárbara Yturrieta, Spanish age 56, widow (of Felipe Luna), with five sons, ages 31, 27, 21, 19 & 13 and one female Apache servant, age 38, with her son aged 5 months.

• Household #767
José Torres, Spanish, farmer, aged 33 and his wife Manuela de Luna, Spanish age 29 and their three sons, ages 8, 6, 3 and their daughter aged four months

New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, p. 42

María married José de la Cruz Torres, son of Juan Domingo de Torres and María Marta Sedillo, on 16 Oct 1781 in Isleta Pueblo, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (José de la Cruz Torres was born in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 26 Feb 1809.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
16 Oct 1781 - Jose dela Cruz Torres, s/ Juan Torres and Maria Rita Garcia, m. Maria Manuela de Luna, d/ Phelipe de Luna and Barbara Yturrieta of Belén, Padrinos: Nicolas Torres and his wife, Josefa Padilla. Test: Francisco Borrego, Miguel Baca, and Paulin Baca.

~ Isleta Marriages, p. 29