José Luis Contreras

José married Juana Catarina Durán y Chávez, daughter of Eusebio Durán y Chávez and María Vibiana Martín Serrano, after 1 Oct 1796 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (Juana Catarina Durán y Chávez was born in 1778 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Luis Contreras and Juana Catarina Chaves y Durán, Alburquerque, 20 July - 1 Oct 1796, AHAD-98, f. 584-91.

José Luis Contreras, 24, espaúol, citizen of El Paso, the legitimate son of the late Antonio Valerio Contreras and Francisca Antonia Márquez, all of El Paso. Juana Catarina Durán y Chaves, 22, of Alburquerque, was the legitimate daughter of Eusebio Chaves y Durán and Viviana Martinez. Contreras stated that he had had sexual relations with a married sister of his intended bride, and though Juana Catarina knew of his conduct, they both wished to marry. Juana Catarina also acknowledged having had sexual relations with José Luis of her own free will. She knew that José Luis had had relations with her sister from conversations they had had, but she loved José Luis and wanted to marry him. She stated that much earlier she had thought of marrying another person, but did not actually give her word to do so.

Bishop Olivares y Benito granted a dispensation on 1 October 1796.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, p. 122