José Tenorio de Alba

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁵⁵⁹
José Tenorio de Alba was the son of Nicolás Tenorio and María de Rada from Zacatecas, and nephew of Miguel Tenorio [Robert Martínez, "Notes on the Tenorio de Alba Family of Zacatecas," Herencia, vol. 11, p. 41] whom he followed into New Mexico. Don José Tenorio died in Alburquerque on 4 Feb 1755.

"The Genealogy and Dowry of Doña Eduarda Yturrieta," Sunshine and Shadows in New Mexico's Past, 1540-1848, p. 82-93, published 2014 by Rió Grande Books, or in Herencia, Vol. 13, pp. 32-38, published by The Hispanic Genealogical Society.

• Census: Spanish, 1750, Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #118 don Jospeh Tenorio de Alva y Corona, Spanish, widower of María Montes Vijil, who had been married to Domingo Romero, leaving children Juana Teresa Romero, 35; José Mariano, 23; Pedro, 18; Bárbara, 11: María Luisa,9; Teresa, Native American servant, 40 with children: Feliciano, 12; Juan Domingo, 10; María Luisa, Native American servant, 20; Francisca, Native American servant, 15.

Household # 119 Salvador Jaramillo, Spanish, 50; wife doña Tomasa Tenorio de Alba y Corona, Spanish, 45; orphan, Spanish, Cristóbal, 8; 3 Native servants: Antonia, 30 with three children: Francisco, 12; María, 7 Antonio, 25; Rosa, 18 with daughter, 15 days old.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 82

José married María Montes Vigil, daughter of Francisco Montes Vigil and María Jiménez de Ancizo, on 9 Feb 1722 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (María Montes Vigil was born in 1689 in Nueva Galicia, Nueva España, baptized on 20 Mar 1689 in Catedral de Aguscalientes, Aguscalientes, Nueva Galicia, Nueva España and died on 4 Feb 1748 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁵⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
6 Feb 1722, Santa Fé, José Tenorio (24). Native of the city of Zacatecas living in Santa Fé for three years, son of Nicolas Tenorio, deceased, and María Herrad, and María Vigil (34), widow of Domingo Romero de Pedraza who died fighting the French (Villasur Expedition), daughter of Teniente de Capitan Francisco Montes Vigil and Doña María Jimenez de Anciso. ~ Witnesses: Don José Manuel Giltomey (notary); Dimas Jiron de Tejeda (33) who knew groom four years ago; Antonio Lujan (23), Soldier; and Jun Lucero de Godoy (42). Pair married 9 Feb 1722, with witnesses Vicente de Armijo and Petrona López.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1887