Valentina Baca

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the Spanish census in 1750 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #90
Valentina Baca, Coyote, widow of Antonio Modesto (Juado García) with children, Antonio age fifteen, Rose age thirteen, Lazaro age seven, José Antonio age six and Rita age three.

Spanish and Mexican Census, 1750 - 1830, p. 80

Valentina married Antonio Modesto García Jurado, son of Ramón García Jurado and Antonia de Espínola, on 31 Dec 1725 in Bernalillo Nuestro Padre San Francisco, Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁴⁸¹.^,1576 (Antonio Modesto García Jurado was born about 1700 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁴⁸¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸¹
11 Dec 1725, Modesto García Jurado, 25, more or less, a resident of this villa de San Phelipe de Alburquerque, son of Alferes Ramón Garsía Jurado, a native of Mexico City, and doñ Antonia de Espinola, a native of the said villa, deceased, with Valentina Baca, of unknown parents, a resident of the Puesto de San Francisco de Vernalillo.

Witnesses: Francisco Gutierres, 30, more or less; José Gallegos, 25, both natives of this realm and residents of the outpost of San Francisco de Bernalillo; José Aragón, 30, more of less, resident of this outpost; Bartolomé Gutierres, 36, a resident of this outpost.

Finding no impediment, the couple was married and veiled on 31 Dec 1725 by Fry Domingo de Araos with witnesses: Diego Antonio Montoya and his wife María Magdalena Baca.

"NM Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, Installment Number Two," NM Genealogist, Vol. 49:2, Jun 2010, p. 77