Juan Antonio López de Oca

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Juan López, Mestizo age thirty & a day laborer, his wife Tomasa Gutiérrez, Spanish age twenty-one and their two sons, ages three and one year old.

Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, p. 5

Juan married Tomasa Gutiérrez, daughter of Leonardo Antonio Gutiérrez and María Gertrudis Giron, in 1785 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Tomasa Gutiérrez was born on 11 Jun 1765 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^40,248 and was baptized on 26 Jun 1765 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
3 Nov 1785, Juan Antonio López, (25), español, son of Vicente López and Juana Montes de Oca, española, married Tomasa Gutiérres, (20), española, daughter of Leonardo Gutiérres and María Giron, española. Witnesses: Francisco Xavier Anaya, (65), Pablo Anaya, (38). Rosalio Cháves, (56), Lasaro Baca, (39), all from Alburquerque. Padrinos: Antonio Cháves and his wife Catalina Baca.

Juan next married Cipriana Córdova 7 Sep1787 in Sandía Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²³⁷

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ²³⁷
7 Sep 1787, José Antonio López, son of Vicente López and Juana Montes de Oca of Alburquerque, married Cipriana Cordova, widow of Margil Montoya. Testigos: Fautin Carbajal and his wife Lorenza Susana López.

~Sandia Marriages 1771-1864 New México Marriages, Church of San Antonio de Sandia 1771-1864, p. 10