Manuel Antonio Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³ Segunda plaza de los Chaves

Household #667
José Serna, mestizo, 35, weaver; married to Mónica Baca (sister to Josefa next door, daughter of Miguel in #669), española, 22; with two sons, ages six and five

Household #668
Miguel Antonio Chaves, español, age thirty-three, farmer; married to Josefa Baca (daughter of Miguel in household #669), española, age twenty-two, with one son, age two years old; and two daughters ages eight and four.

Household #669
Miguel Baca (father of Pedro, Josefa and Mónica Baca), español, 49, sheep header, widower (of Bárbara Polonia Chaves, sister of Miguel Antonio in household #673); with three sons ages sixteen, twelve and nine; and one daughter, age six

Household #670
Pedro Baca (son of Miguel next door), español, 29, farmer; married to María Ysabel Suaso, española, 19

Household #671
Juliana Herrera, española, 39, widow (of Bernardo Durán y Chaves, brother of Manuel Antonio Chaves in household #668)

Household #672
Christóval Gallego, mestizo, 26, weaver; married to María Ysadora Baca (daughter of Miguel in #669 and sister to the other Bacas in Plaza 2 of los Chaves), española, 20; with one son, age three.

Household #673
Miguel Antonio Chaves (brother-in-law of Miguel Baca in #669), español, 38, farmer; married to María Ursula Romero, española, 34; with two sons, ages eight and one; and three daughters, ages twelve, nine and six.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 - 1823 - 1845, p. 37

Manuel married María Josefa Baca, daughter of Juan Miguel Baca and Bárbara Polonia Chávez, in 1775 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (María Josefa Baca was born about 1768 in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1775, Belén - Manuel Chaves (30), español, son of Bernardo Chaves and María Quintana, and Josefa Baca, parents unknown.

Witnesses: Julián Sánchez, notary; Bernardo Padilla, José Antonio Jollanco.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 316