José Manuel Torres

  General Notes:

Baptisms, Nuestra Señora de Immaculada Concepción de Tomé, Vol. I, p. 111

Padres: José Torres y Teodora Silva
Padinos: José Dionisio Silva y María Juliana Silva ²⁶⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Mexican, on 12 Mar 1827, in San Antonio del Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Teodora Silva, widow, José Manuel Torres, Encarnación Torres

Spanish and Mexican Census, 1750-1830, p. 256.

• Census: U.S. Federal, in 1860, in Sabinal, New México Territory.

Manuel Torres age 50, Farmer
Trindad Abeita age 40
Estevan Torres age 10
Martina Torres age 8
Teodora Torres age 6.

José married María Trinidad Abeyta, daughter of Santiago Abeyta and Ysabel Cervantes, on 14 Jul 1827 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.⁴⁶ (María Trinidad Abeyta was born about 1808 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
14 Jul 1827, Belén, José Manuel Torres of Sabinal, son of José Torres and Teodora Silva, and María Trinidad Abeyta (19), daughter of Santiago Abeyta and Ysabel Cervantes.

Witnesses: Antonio Gallegos (42). Salvador Jiron (51-60), Salvador Jaramillo (51).

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1906.

  Marriage Notes:

Tomé & Belén Marriages, p. 125

Padres: José Torres y Teodora Silva Santiago Abeytia y Ysabel Serbantes (Cervantes)
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