Antonio Rafael Otero

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Antonio Otero, son of Pedro Otero and Juliana Alarí, was thirty-one when he enlisted as a soldier in 1813. He is most likely Antonio Rafael, born in 1775, since there are no other Oteros in New Mexico. He and his wife Lugarda Garcia are also known from the baptisms of their grandchildren.

One son, Francisco Antonio, who married Elena Aragón on 6 May 1823, had several children at whose baptisms Antonio Otero and Lugarda Garcia are given as paternal grandparents: Juana María, 24 Jun 1825; Manuel de la Trinidad, 28 Feb 1829; Manuel Antonio, 17 Oct 1840; and four others in between.

Another son was Miguel, married to Josefa Chaves. Miguel's parents are known in the same way, two of whose children were: José Gregorio, 19 May 1833, and José Andrés, 9 Dec 1835.

A third son, Juan, was married to Josefa Sánchez; Juan's wife and parents likewise known through the baptism of a son, José Margarito, 22 Feb 1841.

Old Antonio, his wife Lugardia Garcia still living, died on 30 Mar 1845.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 11176-11192

Antonio married María Lugarda García, daughter of José Francisco García and Ana María Molina, on 16 Sep 1799 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².^,412 (María Lugarda García was born about 1786 in Valencia, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died after 30 Mar 1845 in Valencia, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico ²⁵².)

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 61

Padrinos: Cristóval García y Manuela Otero
Testigos: Ygnacio Ballejos y Jacinto Sánchez ⁴¹²