Francisco Galiz

Francisco married Manuela Sánchez, daughter of José Sánchez and María Guadalupe de los Reyes Padilla.⁴³⁸ (Manuela Sánchez was born on 2 Apr 1799 in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶ and was baptized on 6 Apr 1799 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Francisco Galiz and Manuela Sanchez, Isleta, 15 Nov 1820 - 13 Jan 1821, AHAD-373, f. 268-75.

Francisco Galiz, 29, single, español, the legitimate son of the late Lorenzo Galiz and the was late María Isabel Marino, citizens of Puerto de Santa María in Spain. Manuela Sánchez, 18, española, single, a citizen of the plaza of Los Enlames in the Isleta jurisdiction, was the legitimate daughter of José Sánchez and Guadalupe Padilla, both deceased.

As an ultramarino, Francisco required a dispensation to marry. Manuela testified that her godparents were Juan José Silva and his sister-In-law Bibiana Sánchez.

Witnesses:
José Loreto Alderete, 36, español, married, citizen of Belén, had known Manuela since birth and Francisco for about years.
José Antonio Tafoya, 35, español, married, citizen of the Belén area
Mariano Yturrieta, 35, español, married, citizen of the Belén area.

In Isleta Pueblo on 15 Oct 1820, Father Sánchez questioned Manuela's godparents who stated that they granted their permission for her to marry Francisco. He then forwarded the proceedings to Durango. On 5 Jan 1821, Antonio Avila, secretary of the bishopric returned Was the investigations because Galiz was in that city, an investigation to take place th ere on the bishop's order.

That investigation began on 9 Jan 1821. Francisco GaJiz stated that he had left his homeland when he was between 16 and 17. At th at time he was an orphan and had no one from whom to obtain pennission to go to the New World except his godfather, Francisco Ruiz. In 1808, Galiz embarked on the San Fernando, which was under the command of Capt. Antonio Ordaz. After disembarking at Veracruz, he went Mexico City where he lived at the home of Valentin Solano for thirty-nine days. Finding nothing to do, he went to San Luis Potosí where for three months he enjoyed the hospita1ity of the home of Julian Cosío. Later he went to Zacatecas and stayed at the home of Capitan Domingo Perón eleven days before moving on to the real of Fcesnillo. There he stayed with Capt. Pedro León Coyantes. It was suggested by Nicolás Maciel, a businessman, that Francisco go to Durango. There he went to wotk fot three months in a mine owned by Joaquín de Ameraga. The mine, called La Menneja, was located in the real of Santa Rosa. After leaving the mine, he returned to Durango, remaining without work for five months. Francisco then went to Parral looking for work and stayed in the home of Joaquín Uchaniques, the administrator of the mine called San Juanico, for twenty-three days. He moved on to the real of Batopilas where he lived in the home of Ángel Bustamante for three months and twenty-three days. From there he went to New Mexico, where he stayed in the home of Capitan Bartolomé Baca for seven years. He farmed a small tract of land where he met his intended, Manuela Sánchez, about three years earlier.

Witnesses:
Nicolis Maciel, a citizen of the Durango are and a businessman stated that he had known Galiz since 1815, when he came recommend by Pedro Coyames, a citizen o f F'resnillo. He did not know where Francisco was from or why he had come to New Mexico, but he knew him to be a practicing Christian and apparent1y free to marry.
Jose Baca, corporal of the company of Santa Fé, had known Francisco Galiz for a year, having seen him in the home of the governor of that province, Facundo Melgares.
Pedro Pino. deputy to the Spanish Cortes.

In Durango, on 13 Jan1821, Bishop Castañiza granted a dispensation subject to a penance. That year the couple would go to confession and take communion more than required by Church precepts. Every day for a week they were to kneel and recite a decade of the rosary. They were also obligated to present certificates of baptism to their priest within a year.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 127-128