María Manuela de Guadalupe Chávez

  General Notes:

Our Lady of Belén Baptisms, p. 13

Padres: don Antonio Chaves y doña Mónica Pino
Padrinos: don Paulin Baca y doña María Lugarda Tafollla ²⁶

María had a relationship with Jose Ygnacio Calixto Chávez, son of Juan José Chávez and Ana María Aragón.⁴³⁸ (Jose Ygnacio Calixto Chávez was born on 11 Oct 1801 in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico ²⁶⁶ and was baptized on 14 Oct 1801 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Ygnacio Calixto Chaves and María Manuela de Guadalupe Chaves, Belén and Sabinal, 12 Oct 1838-19 Jan 1839, AHAD-396, f. 346-56.

José Ygnacio Calixto Chaves, mexicano, single, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, was the José legitimate son of Juan Chaves and Ana Maria Aragón, both deceased. María Manuela Chaves, mexicona, single, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, was the legitimate daughter of Antonio Chaves and Maréa Monica Pino. The couple was related in the first and second degrees of consanguinity on a transverse line.

Witnesses:
Felipe Sandoval, 36 citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.
Juan Labadia. 33, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.
Manuel Calles, 37, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.

A letter from Father Madariaga from Tomé on 1 Nov 1838 indicated that José Ygnacio Chaves lost his parents as a young man and had lived the home of his brother who acted as his second father. He grew up with with Manuela Chaves and engaged in carnal acts with her. As a result, she became pregnant.

Father Madariaga forwarded the proceedings to Durango. Bishop Zubiría stated that he was unable to grant a dispensation because it was beyond his authority. He ordered the denial sent to the priest in Tomé on 19 Jun 1839.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 185