María Leocadia Candelaria

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #63
Antiono de la Candelaria, 39; wife Andrea Gutierrez, 30; Juana Rosalia Candelaria, 13; Juan Joseph Candelaria, 12; Maria Leocadia Candelaria, 11; Antonio Francisco Candelaria, 9; Ynes Candelara, 6; and Joseph Matheo Candelaria, 3.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Census 1750 - 1830, p. 78

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Plaza 4 of Alburquerque 1790

Miguel García, mestizo, 24, tailor; married to Lescandia Candelaria, española, 40; with two sons, ages nineteen and eighteen; one female servant, coyote, widow and her daughter, age ten.

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 9

María married José Gallegos.

María next married Miguel Jesús García on 28 Aug 1787 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Miguel Jesús García was born about 1766 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 49
Leocadia Candelaria is the widow of José Gallego
Padrinos: Pedro García y su esposa, Josefa Chaves. ⁴¹²