María Cristerna Ortega

  General Notes:

USGenWeb Archives, Socorro: given with Jose Francisco García de Noriega as parent of:

Jose Francisco García who married Gregoria Chávez in Socorro on 9 Mar 1850 [date given as 23 Feb 1851 in Socorro Marriages, 1821-1853, p. 69];

Ygnacio María who married María Apolonia Martín in Socorro on 1 Aug 1829 [Socorro Marriages, 1821-1853, p. 13];

María Encarnacion who married José María López on 10 Nov 1821 in Socorro [Socorro Marriages, 1821-1853, p.1] and Blas Antonio Nieto on 28 Dec 1823, also in Socorro [Socorro Marriages, 1821-1853, p. 6] ³³

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Francisco García, Spanish, age 27, farmer married to Cristerna Ortega, CQ, age 21 with three sons ages seven, foud and one; one daughter age five and one brother age twenty.

Next door:

José García (possible brother of Francisco above), Spanish, age 27 married to Loretta Armijo (possible mother of Cristerna above), Spanish age 40, along with three sons ages eighteen, fourteen and four.

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 74

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1818, in Corrales, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰ 1818 Corrales

Household #12
José García age 58, wife María del Loreto Armijo, age 60; sons: José del Carmen, age 28; José Miguel, age 25.

Household #13
Juan Lucero, 30; wife, María Gertrudis García (daughter of Francisco and Cristerna in Household#19), 24; son: José Pelacio Lucero, 3

Household #15
Antonio García, 49; married to Loreza Carrillo, 50

Household #18
Jose Miguel Pacheco, 26; married to María Guadalupe García, 22

Household #19
Francisco García, age 70 (born in 1853); wife Cristerna Ortega, age 46 (likely 50 or more); family: Salbador age 34; Ygnacio age 20; Ana María age 30; Encarnación age 16; and María de Jesús age twelve.

Household #20
José Francisco García (son of the couple above), age 28 and is wife, María Gonzales age 26.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, pp. 176-177

María married José Francisco García de Noriega, son of Luis García de Noriega and Juana Rosalía Candelaria, on 29 Dec 1781 in Sandía Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²³⁷ (José Francisco García de Noriega was baptized on 10 Dec 1753 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España,¹⁴⁷⁷ died in Oct 1826 in Socorro, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico and was buried on 29 Oct 1826 in Socorro, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ²³⁷
29 Dec 1781, José Francisco García, Spanish of Alburquerque, married María Cristerna Ortega, Spanish of Corrales. Padrinos: Bicente López and María Antonia Chávez both of Alburquerque.

San Antonio de Sandía Marriages, 1771-1864, p. 5