Bernardo Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
On 1 Jun 1777 at Isleta Pueblo, fray Joaquín de Jesús Ruíz baptized twenty-one-day-old Bernardino de Jesús, the legitimate son of Santiago Chaves and Margarita Varela, españoles. His godparents were José Chaves and María Ysabel Aguirre.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 29

• Family Connection: ⁴⁶
6 Feb 1831 - Rumualdo Chaves, son of Bernardo Chaves and Gertrudis Gutierres, married María Josefa Silva daughter of Bentura Silva and Marí Rita Torres, all of Sabinal. Tests: José Chaves, Juaquín Castiyo and Rafael Mariño.

Tomé & Belén Marriages, p. 130

• Census: Mexican, in 1827, in Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ²⁷⁰
José Gonzales, Miguela García, Manuel Gonzales, Tomasa Gonzales, Reyes Gonzales, María Gonzales

Pablo Gutiérrez

Bernardo Chávez, Gertrudis Gutiérrez, Jesús Chávez, Tomasa Chávez, Esteban Chávez, Salomé Chávez, Candelaria Chávez

Justo Chávez, Josefa Ribali, José Antonio Chávez, José Chávez, Manuel Chávez, Marí de Jesús Chávez, María Elena Chávez, María Petra Chávez

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 251

Bernardo married María Gertrudis Gutiérrez, daughter of Juan Ysidro Gutiérrez and Victoria de la Luz Salazar, Shortly After 2 Aub 1804 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (María Gertrudis Gutiérrez was born on 8 Sep 1784 in Santa Ana, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 15 Sep 1784 in Santa Ana Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Bernardino de Jesús Chaves and María Gertrudis Gutiérrez, Belén, 5 Aug - 16 Sep 1802, AHAD-359, f. 71 75; 30 Jun 1803 - 20 Feb 1804, AHAD-360, f. 87-93; 25 Jun - 2 Aug 1804 , AHAD-360, f. 548 -55.

Bernardino de Jesús Chaves, 25, español, the legitimate son of Santiago Chaves and the late Margarita Varela, citizens of the first plaza of Los Chaves. María Gertrudis Gutiérrez, 18,espanola, was the legitimate daughter of Juan Ysidro Gutiérrez and Victoria Salazar, citizens of San Antonio del Sabinal. The couple was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity on a transverse line. In Belén, the couple told Father Bernal they had the approval of their parents and knew they were related.

Wimesses:
Toribio Garda Jurado, 72 of the plaza of los Garcías.
Pedro Padilla, 71 from el Sausal.

In Durango, on 16 Sep 1802, Canon Fernández Valentín stated that a dispensation on the basis of angusti loci was not justified by the witnesses, but given the great distance from New Mexico to Durango he approved the marriage proceed on the condition that the parish priest reexamine the witnesses concerning angusti loci and that such a procedure should be followed in all future cases.

On 30 Jun 1803 Father Bernal redid the proceedings. Bernardino repeated his previous statements. María Gertrudis added that she had been born in the Bernalillo, but had lived in the Belén jurisdiction for more than twelve years.

Witness: Jose Garda Jurado, 79, citizen of the plaza of Belen.

Father Bernal forwarded the documents to Durango. On 20 Feb 1804, Visitor General Pedro Millán Rodríguez, acting for Bishop Olivares y Benito, granted a dispensation. Father Bernal prepared a third petition on 21 Jun 1804 in which the proceedings were repeated, which indicates that he had not received the earlier approval.

Witnesses:
Toribio García Jurado, 73.
José García Jurado, 71, citizen of los Bacas.
Santiago Trujillo over 60, citizen of los Trujillos.

Father Bernal forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 23 Jun 1804, citing the first two submissions and indicating that he was uncertain whether they had been received in Durango.

On 2 Aug 1804 Visitor General Millán Rodríguez explained his reasoning for granting a dispensationon the basis of angusti loci. He weighed a number of factors. Given the great distance to New Mexico, he had approved of the marriage. He admonished the priest that in the future he was to follow instructions in all cases. The petitioners and witnesses were to be instructed regarding impediments and basis for obtaining a dispensation. Because the petitioners were ignorant, rural people, they could not know or understand the scandalous cause of angusti loci even though they were from honest families. The male petitioner was over 24. The parish priest should have explained the problems to the couple.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 28-29