Buenaventura Silva

   Another name for Buenaventura is Bentura Silva of can be found spelled Buena Ventura.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Méxican, 1827, Sabinal, New México, Republica de México. ²⁷⁰
Buena Bentura Silba, Rita Torres, Manuel Silba, Mariano Silba, Jesus Silba, María Guadalupe Silba, María Josefa Silva, María Marta Silba, Sención Silba.
~Spanish & Méxican Census 1790-1830, pg. 254

Buenaventura married Antonia Rita Tórres, daughter of Cayetano Cristobal Tórres and María Feliciana Vallejos, on 6 May 1789 in San Augustin de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Antonia Rita Tórres was born in 1774 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴ and was christened on 14 May 1774 in San Augustin de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
6 May 1789, Betura Silva, son of José Silva and Febronia Baca, both deceased, of Belén marries Antonia Rita Tórres, daughter of Cayetano Tórres, deceased, and Felician Vallejo of Sabinal. Padrinos: Jose Carillo and his wife, Catharina Barreras of Belen. Test: Estevan Padilla of los Padillas, Jose Francisco Salas Y Juan Antonio García of Sabinal. Witnesses to the marriage: Xavier Garcia, Diego Antonio Sanches and Geronimo Naranjo.
~Isleta Marriages & Baptisms, pg 45