José Rafael Romero

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ²⁴⁸
15 Oct 1848, Socorro. Dionisio Torres (26), farmer, native of San Pedro Celestino, son of Pablo Torres and Fautina Gutiérrez, and Ana María Romero (18), native of the same place, daughter of Rafael Romero and Josefa Silva.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1919

• Baptismal Record:
17 Mar 1805, 3 days old, José Rafael, son of Luíz María Romero and Juana Perea, vecinos de las Huertas.

Padrinos: Luciano García and María Candelaria Padilla.

[source: AASF Film Reel 8, Baptisms, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Sandia, San Felipe Pueblo, Fr. 1013]

• Census: Mexican, in 1833, in Polvadera, Nuevo México, Republica de Méjico. ²⁵⁶
Rafael Romero, age 27
María Josefa Silva, age 23
María Bibiana, age 3

NM Census of 1833 & 1845, Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Río Abajo, p. 23.

José married María Josefa Silva, daughter of Pedro Antonio Silva and Bárbara Polonia Trujillo, on 12 Jan 1829 in Socorro, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. (María Josefa Silva was born on 6 Jul 1808 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶ and was baptized on 7 Jul 1808 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
30 Dec 1828, Socorro. Rafael Romero (23), son of Luis María Romero and Juana Perea, both deceased, and María Josefa Silva, daughter of Pedros Antonio Silva and (Bárbara Apolonia Trujillo).

Witnesses: José Antonio García de Noriega (78), Felipe Mariano Dolores Lucero (44), Manuel Trujillo (44), all married.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1598