Antonia Rita Torres

  General Notes:

San Agustín de la Ysleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 173

Hija: Antonia Rita Torres
Padres: Cayetano Torres y Feliciana Ballejos
Padrinos: Nicolás Torres and Francisca Padilla ³⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• Family Connection: ⁴⁶
6 Feg 1831 - Rumualdo Chaves, son of Bernardo Chaves and Gertrudis Gutierres, married María Josefa Silva daughter of Bentura Silva and María Rita Torres, all of Sabinal. Tests: José Chaves, Juaquín Castiyo and Rafael Mariño.

Tomé & Belén Marriages, p. 130

• Census: Spanish, in 1790, in Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ³³
Household #882
Feliciana Vallejos, español, 59, widow (of Cayetano Torres); one granddaughter, española, age sixteen

Household #883
Bentura Silva, español, 26, farmer; married to Antonia Rita Torres (daughter of Cayetano & Feliciana), española, 15; one daughter, age six months

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Census, p. 48

• Census: Méxican, in 1827, in Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ³⁸⁵
Buena Bentura Silba, Rita Torres, Manuel Silba, Mariano Silba, Jesus Silba, María Guadalupe Silba, María Josefa Silba, María Marta Silba, Sención Silba.

Spanish and Mexican Census, 1750-1830, p. 254

Antonia married Buenaventura Silva, son of José Manuel Silva and María Febronia Baca, on 6 May 1789 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Buenaventura Silva was born about 1764 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁸⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
6 May 1789, Betura Silva, son of José Silva and Febronia Baca, both deceased, of Belén marries Antonia Rita Torres, daughter of Cayetano Torres, deceased, and Felician Vallejo of Sabinal. Padrinos: Jose Carillo and his wife, Catharina Barreras of Belen. Test: Estevan Padilla of los Padillas, Jose Francisco Salas Y Juan Antonio García of Sabinal. Witnesses to the marriage: Xavier Garcia, Diego Antonio Sanches and Geronimo Naranjo.

~Isleta Marriages & Baptisms, p. 45