José de la Cruz Torres

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish, in 1790, in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Second Plaza of Belén

Household# 764
Jaun de Luna, Spanish age 39, weaver with wife María Guadelupe García and their four sons ages 8, 6, 4 and 2

Household # 765
Mariano Luna, Spanish age 25 with his wife Bárbara Aragón, Spanish age 18

Household #766
Bárbara, Spanish age 56, Yturrieta widow (of Felipe Luna), with five sons, ages 31, 27, 21, 19 & 1 3and one female Apache servant, age 38, with her son aged 5 months.

Household #767
José Torres, Spanish, farmer, aged 33 and his wife Manuela de Luna, Spanish age 29 and their three sons, ages 8, 6, 3 and their daughter aged four months

New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, p. 42.

José married María Manuela de Luna, daughter of Felipe de Luna and Bárbara Yturrieta, on 16 Oct 1781 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (María Manuela de Luna was born about 1771.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
16 Oct 1781 - Jose dela Cruz Torres, son of Juan Torres and Maria Rita Garcia, married Maria Manuela de Luna, daughter of Phelipe de Luna and Barbara Yturrieta of Belén, Padrinos: Nicolas Torres and his wife, Josefa Padilla. Test: Francisco Borrego, Miguel Baca, and Paulin Baca.

~ Isleta Marriages, p. 29.

José next married María Teodora Silva, daughter of José Manuel Silva and María Febronia Baca, on 14 Oct 1800 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (María Teodora Silva was born in 1776 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴, christened on 13 Apr 1776 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴ and died after 1833 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ⁴⁶
Diligencia Matrimonial took place on 13 Sep 1800 and they were married on 14 Oct 1800. José Tórres (español, 30 +), widowed in first marriage to Manuela de Luna, son of Juan Domingo Tórres and Marta Sedillo (deceased), married María Teodora Silva (española, 24), daughter of José Silva and María Febronia Baca (both deceased), all of Plaza de los Bacas. Padrinos: José Antonio Padilla and his wife María Reyes Gutiérrez. Tests: Juan Domino Padilla (60), Juan Antonio Páes (49), Juan Dionisio Baca (57).
Witnesses: Augustín Gonsale, José Montoya, José Luna.

~Tomé and Belén Marriages, pg 25-26.