Diego Antonio Sánchez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record:
At Isleta Pueblo, 22 Jun 1776, Diego Antonio, español, born 12 Jun 1776, the legitimate son of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Castillo, was baptized. His Padrino was Juan Felipe Baca.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 48 ⁴³⁸

Diego married María Antonia Gallegos, daughter of Anselmo Catarino Tafoya and María de la Cruz Silva.⁴³⁸ (María Antonia Gallegos was born on 3 Jul 1789 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 9 Jul 1789 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸ Diego Antonio Sánchez and María Antonia Gallegos, Belén, 6 Oct - 31 Dec 1805, AHAD-361 ,f.541-46.

Diego Antonio Sánchez, 29, español, was the legitimate son of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, both deceased. María Antonia Gallegos, 16, española, was the legitimate daughter of the late Anselmo Gallegos and María de la Cruz Silva, citizens of Santa Fé and residents of Belén. Diego Antonio informed Father Bernal that he and Maria Antonia were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity.

Witnesses:
TToribio García Jurado, 7S, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, signed his testimony
Juan Torres, 68, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction
Francisco Padilla, 44

Father Bernal stated that he had known Diego Antonio since his birth in that area, and that María Antonia had been in the area for a short time. He added that María Antonia was poor, and her mother was a widow.

In Durango. on 30 Dec 1805, Vicar General Millán Rodríguez recommended a dispensation. Bishop Olivares y Benito approved a dispensation on 31 Dec. He ordered Father Bernal to publish the banns three times. Assuming no new impediment arose, he was to proceed with the marri'age and grant the nuptial blessing.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 48