María Guadalupe Valdez

From New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations from the Archivos Historicos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, ed. Rick Hendricks, comp. John B. Colligan (Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), Pg. 53:

http://lib.nmsu.edu/depts/archives/documents/ahadnmpi2.pdf

Andres Trujillo and Maria Guadalupe Valdez, Santa Cruz de la Canada and Pojoaque, 22 Oct. - 22 Dec. 1806, AHAD 362, f. 393-98.

Andres Trujillo, 37, widowed of Juliana Pena, was the legitimate son of the late Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gomez del Castillo and a citizen of the Pojoaque jurisdiction. Maria Guadalupe Valdez, 26, was the widow of Juan Sanchez and the legitimate daughter of Bernardo Valdez and Maria Manuela Suazo, citizen of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz. They were related in the fourth degree of affinity on the basis of copula licita (a permitted sexual relation). Maria Guadalupe was a poor widow with four small children and was living on the meager means her late husband left her. Andres would be able to provide for her. The couple asked that the proceedings be forwarded to Father Castro, Maria Guadalupe's priest. Andres stated that he had had carnal relations with her before they knew they were related. Having learned about the relationship six months earlier, they had abstained from further sexual relations. They had not had sex to facilitate a dispensation.

Witnesses for Andres:

• Paulin Espinosa, 62, he explained that one of Maria Guadalupe's children was an eight-year-old boy, and the other three were young girls.
• Cristobal Archuleta, 57.

Relationship:

• Juana Lujan - 1st degree - Maria Lujan
• Francisca Gomez - 2nd degree - Figueria Sanchez
• Josefa Gomez - 3rd degree - Pedro Ignacio Sanchez
• Andres Trujillo - 4th degree - Juan Sanchez

Father Martinez de Arellano forwarded the proceedings to Father Castro in Santa Cruz. On 26 Oct. 1806, Father Castro questioned Maria Guadalupe Valdez. She stated that she had lived in the area for 12 years and for 15 years before that in the Abiquiu area.

Witnesses:

• Joaquin Garcia, 66, citizen of the Santa Cruz jurisdiction.
• Antonio Ascencio Lucero, 63, citizen of the Santa Cruz jurisdiction.

Father Castro forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 28 Oct. 1806. On 22 Dec., Vicar General Millan Rodriguez granted a dispensation.

Burial Certificates:

• 1. In Santa Cruz on 4 May 1798, Father Ortega buried Juan Sanchez, 29, husband of Maria Guadalupe Valdez.
• 2. On 2 Sept. 1801, Father Hozio, interim priest of the Santa Fe presidio, buried Juliana Pena, wife of Jose Andres Trujillo, citizen of Pojoaque.

  ---

GEDCOM Source

@R-1262306719@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=39806366&pid...