Bernardo Serna

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #159
Juan Serna, Mulatto, age fifty, married to Antonia Montoya, Spanish, age forty-five, with children: Josefa age twenty-eight and single; Cristóbal age twenty-six; Juan age twenty-four; Juan Roque age fifteen; Antonio age thirteen; Andrés age eleven; María age nine; Antonio age seven; Ana María age five; María Clara age four; Pedro Antonio age two and Bernardo age one; and two orphans, Manuel age two and Antonio age one.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 85

Bernardo married María Bárbara Griego in 1767 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María Bárbara Griego was born about 1752 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
28 Dec 1767, Tomé. Bernardo Mariano Serna (19), español, son of Juan Serna and María Antonia Montoya, and María Bárbara Griego (15), mestiza of San Gabriel de las Nutrias, natural daughter of María Antonia Griego.

Witnesses: Joaquín Pino, notary: Diego Antonio Sánchez (38), Manuel Gonzales (45) of San Gabriel de las Nutrias, Francisco Silva (65)

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 10, p. 1815