Lorenzo Romero

  General Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 131

Lorenzo Romero baptized 13 Aug 1751
Padres: Bentura Romero y Teodora Baca
Padrinos: José Baca y su Madre Josefa Gallegos ³⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³

Tercera plaza de los Chaves

Household #684
Antonio Serna, mestizo, age fifty-one & a weaver, married to Felipa Jaramillo (parents of Gertrudis Serna) , mestiza, age fifty; with four sons, ages twenty-four, nineteen, fifteen and eight; and four daughters ages twelve, nine, five and two

Household #685
José Sanches, coyote, 47, farmer; married to Juana Tereza Herrera, española, 34; three sons, ages nineteen, seventeen & fifteen; four daughters, ages twelve, nine, five and two

Household #686
José Miguel Chaves, coyote, 20, sheep herder; married to María Gertrudis Serna (daughter of Antonio and & Felipa in Household #684), mestizo, 19; one son, age five; and two daughters, ages four and six months

Household #687
María Josefa Nuñes, española, native of Mexico, 49, widow

Household #688
Mariano Chaves, español, age thirty-four, weaver; married to María Manuela Romero (sister of Bárbara in #690), española, age twenty-nine; with their four sons, ages fifteen, thirteen, eight and six; and their two daughters, ages four years old and six months old

Household #689
José Anastacio Chaves, español, 29, farmer; married to María de la Luz Sanches, española, 21; and one son, age two

Household #690
Francisco García, español, 39, farmer; married to Bárbara Romero, española, 31; two sons, ages twelve and three; two daughters, ages eight and six; and one female servant, Apache

Household #691
Domingo Baca, español, 55, farmer; married to Manuela Vallejos, española, 52; with one daughter, age twenty-one

Household #692
José Romero, español, 26, farmer; married to Mariana Baca, española, 20

Household #693
Lorenzo Romero, español, 38, shoemaker; married to María Geronima Chaves (sister to José Anastacio in #689), española, 37; two sons, ages fourteen and eleven; and four daughters, ages twelve, nine, four and 2 months

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 37-38

Lorenzo married María Gerónima Chávez, daughter of Miguel Durán y Chávez and María Antonia Gertrudis Santisteban, on 12 Feb 1775 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.⁵⁴ (María Gerónima Chávez was born in 1750 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 11 Oct 1750 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
4 Feb 1776, Isleta. Lorenzo Romero (21), español, son of Ventura Romero and (name omitted), and María Gerónima Chaves (20), española, daughter of Miguel Chaves and Gertrudis Montoya. ~ Julían Sánchez, notary.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1586

  Marriage Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages, p. 20

Testigo: Juachín Mestas y Bictoria Sanches ³⁴