Rafaela Augustina Chávez

  General Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 156

Hija: Margarita Agustina Chaves
Padres: don Juan Chabes y doña Magdalena Barela
Padrinos: Juan Felipe Barela y doña Mónica Barela ³⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Belén, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Plaza 4 of Belén - San Antonio de los Trujillos - Entire Listing & Related Families

Household #813
Lieut. don Santiago Trujillo, español, 51, rancher; married to doña Victoria Chaves, española, 49; five sons: ages eighteen, sixteen, fourteen, nine and five; four daughters: ages seventeen, twelve, seven and three; and on female servant, india, sixteen

Household #814
Don Nicolas Torres (uncle of Santiago Trujillo), español, 58, farmer; married to Francisca Padilla, español, 44; five sons: ages twenty-five, twenty-three, sixteen, fourteen and six; two daughters: ages sixteen and eight; one female servant, india, 21, single and her two sons

Household #815
José Matheo Barreras (son of José Barreras and María Dolores Quintana), español, 23, musician; married to Juana Tomaza Gonzales, española, 19; and their daughter age one

Household #816
José Barreras, español, 53, sheep herder; married to María Dolores Quintana, española, 46; one daughter age sixteen

Household #817
Pedro Antonio Silva, español, 25, rancher; married to Bárbara Polonia Trujillo (daughter of Santiago Trujillo & Victoria Chaves), española, 23; two sons, ages five and seven months; and one daughter, age three

Household #818
José Antonio Montoya, español, 41, weaver; married to María Rosa Trujillo (sister of Santiago Trujillo), española, 58; one daughter age sixteen; and one grandson, age five

Household #819
José Philpe Barreras (son of María Rosa Trujillo), español, 29, farmer; married to Augustina Chaves, española, 20; one son age two; one daughter age four; and one female servant, coyote, age seventeen

Household #820
Juan Cruz Trujillo (brother of Santiago and María Rosa Trujillo), español, 37, farmer; married to Ana María Gonzales, española, 34; three sons, ages sixteen, twelve and four; three daughters, ages fourteen, eight and six

Household #821
José Gregorio Chaves, español, 26, farmer; married to María Gertrudis Manchego, mestiza, 27; one son, age nine months

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, pp. 44-45

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1802, in Belén, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Plaza de los Trujillos 1802

• Lieut. Don Santiago Trujillo (parents were Ysidro Trujillo & Francisca Xaviera Torres); wife, Victoria Chaves; sons: Santiago Trujillo, José Manuel Trujillo, José Pablo Trujillo; daughters: Manuela Trujillo, Gertrudis Trujillo
• Don Nicolás Torres (brother of Francisca Xaviera Torres); wife: Francisca Padilla; son: Agustín Torres; daughter: Josefa Torres
• Mariano Torres (son of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla); wife, María Ysabel Armijo
• Pedro Tafoya; wife, María Manuela Torres (daughter of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla)
• Lorenzo Torres (son of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla); wife, Juana Nepomucena Ruiz
• Pedro Antonio Silva; wife, Bárbara Trujillo (daughter of Santiago Trujillo & Victoria Chaves)
• José Antonio Montoya; wife, Dolores Trujillo
• Juan Cruz Trujillo (brother of Santiago Trujillo)
• Cristóval Trujillo (son of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• Guadalupe Trujillo (possible daughter of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• Francisco Chaves; wife Eulalia Trujillo (daughter of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• José Barreras (son of María Rosa Trujillo, sister of Santiago and Juan Cruz Trujillo); wife, Rafaela Chaves
• Bárbara Barela (daughter of María Rosa Trujillo, who is the sister of Santiago and Juan Cruz Trujillo & widow of Juan Cristóbal Lucero, Juan José Trujillo and Diego Antonio Durán y Chaves); sons: Lorenzo Trujillo, Manuel Antonio Trujillo; daughter: Ana María Chaves
• Francisco Silva (brother of Ramón Silva); wife, María Manuela Montoya (daughter of María Rosa Trujillo)
• José Manuel García; wife, Teresa Peralta
• Ramón Silva (brother of Francisco Silva); wife Rafaela Baca

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p.137

Rafaela married José Felipe Barreras, son of Marcial Barreras and María Rosa Trujillo, on 7 May 1786 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (José Felipe Barreras was born about 1761 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
7 May 1786 - José Felipe Barreras of Belén, son of Marcial Barrera and Rosa María Trujillo, married Rafaela Augustina Chaves, daughter of Juan Chaves and Magdelena Varela of los Chaves.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages & Baptisms, p. 39