Carlos José Pérez Mirabal

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Carlos José Pérez Mirabal dropped the Pérez part of his name in most records in New Mexico. He was married to Beatriz de Tafoya Altamirano & they were padrinos for two marriages, one, 13 Feb 1734 and the other on 14 Sep 1738. They lived in the Santa Clara area for the first half of the century, moved to Santa Fe by 1758, and finally to the Río Abajo. There he had family connections with the Gonzales Bas family (his mother-in-law's family). He had a son, named Juan Paulino, who was born (baptized) on 3 Jul 1741. Chavez states that he had a second son, Miguel, who lived in San José de las Huertas in 1808. This is more likely his grandson. His name, age and place of marriage link him to Fray José Pérez Mirabal who was a missionary at northern Pueblos from 1722 to 1763.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 10345-10357.

• Background Information: ⁴⁷¹
Kiva, Cross & Crown by John L. Kessell
Kessell mentioned that "Fray Juan José Pérez de Mirabal" was "a Spaniard from Málaga" who spoke Tiwa, and was the priest at Taos and San Juan where he managed the building of the churches at both pueblos.

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Carlos Mirabal shows up twice in the 1750 census

25 Jul 1750, in Santa Cruz de la Cañada listed as "don Carlos Miraval with six servants" (p. 28) and in Puesto de Chama he is listed as "don Carlos Mirabal, widower; 12 in household, including don Vizente and don Carlos" (p, 30)

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 28 & 30

Carlos next married Beatriz Tafoya Altamirano, daughter of Juan Tafoya Altamirano and Antonia González Bas.²⁵²