María Alcaria Ortiz

From the Rancho Pancho website, compiled by Claire Ortiz Hill

http://rancho.pancho.pagesperso-orange.fr/Alcaria.htm

Alcaria Barbero was born on March 10, 1858.

Her father is considered to have been Pablo Barbero (Rodriguez) and her mother Cruz Valencia (child of José Valencia and Tomasa Riberia) who was born in about 1824 in Santa Fe and died December 28, 1901 in Santa Fe. It is to be noted that Cruz seems to have been a widow in 1860.

However, have a baptismal record for Maria Alcaria baptized March 14, 1858. It is a little mysterious because her last name is given as Valencia and she is said to be the legitimate daughter of Ramon Valencia. Above his name is written Pablo Barbero in a different hand. The mother's name runs off into the margin of the microfilm, but looks like Maria Martiana. Above that name is written Cruz Valencia. It gives the paternal grandparents as José Valencia and Maria Tomasa Ribera and the maternal grandparents as Pablo Ortega and Francisca Ortiz. Though the document is in Spanish, a note in English reads, as far as I can tell: B. Alcaria Maria. Names above are of the uncle and aunt; not the names of parents of girl(??). This makes it look as if Pablo and Cruz were not Alcaria's parents. (LDS 0016894).

According to the Santa Fe Baptisms book, 1939-1851, p. 1: Maria Martiana Hortega was baptized on February 25, 1839 and born the day before.

• Her father was Pablo Hortega and her mother Francisca Ortiz.
• Her paternal grandparents were Pablo Hortega and Francisca Herrera and
• her maternal grandparents were Antonio Ortiz and Gertrudis Roibal.
• Her godparents were Ygnacio and Rosario Sanchez.

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Alcaria married José Francisco Ortiz, the son of José Eldifonso Ortiz, known as Alfonso. They parented

• Sofio;
• Antonia, November 1886-February 1979;
• Lourdes June 1891-March 1957;
• Francisco 1879-1880,
• Pedro 1876-1880,
• Luisito.
• Francisco (Frank), who was born in Santa Fe on November 26, 1897 and died there on December 1, 1992.

Pedro, Luisito and Francisco died in an epidemic as children.

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[Memories of Alcaria from her grandchildren are given on the website.]

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Alcaria died on March 14, 1946. There is a notice of her death front page of The New Mexican for March 14, 1946, just below an article saying that her son Frank V. Ortiz, a favorite for the mayoral nomination in the early meeting of the convention had withdrawn his candidacy at the final session the previous night (unfortunately, the microfilm cuts part of the story out.)

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Notice of Alcaria's death on the front page of the New Mexican:

Frank V. Ortiz' Mother Dies. Mrs. Alcaria B. Ortiz, 84, mother of Frank V. Ortiz, secretary of the Democratic commission died early this morning at her home, 411 E. Alameda St. after a brief illness.

Mrs. Ortiz is survived by

• two sons.
  • Frank and
  • Sofio, of La Jors, Colo.; and
• daughters,
  • Mrs. Tonita O. Callahan and
  • Mrs. Lourdes O. Howland, of Santa Fe;
• and over a score of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was a member of La Union, Highlanders, Sacred Heart Sodality, St. Francis Altar Society and the St. Francis Third Order. Burial arrangements will be announced later.

Both she and her husband are buried in Rosario Cemetery.