Bernardo Padilla

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish, 1750, Rancho de Padilla, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household 1
Francisco Padilla, widower; his son; Juan Domingo; Diega Padilla, widow and her daughter María Lucía; servant: Juan; Bernardo Padilla & his wife doñ Quiteria Chabes; three step-childre: Victoria, Leonardo, Antonio; brother Pedro Padilla; servants: Miguel & Feliciana.

Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 93

Bernardo married Quiteria Durán y Chávez, daughter of Pedro Durán y Chávez and Juana Montoya y Hinojos, before 1750 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ⁵⁰⁹ (Quiteria Durán y Chávez was born in 1712 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died before Oct 1796.)

Bernardo next married Teresa Tafoya, daughter of Pedro Tafoya and Augustina Silva, on 26 Sep 1786 in San Augustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Teresa Tafoya was born about 1769 in Los Padillas, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record. ³⁴
26 Sep 1786, San Augustín de la Isleta, Bernardo Padilla, widow of Quiteria Chaves, of Los Padillas, married Theresa Tafoya, daughter of Pedro Tafoya and Augustina Silva of Belén. Dispened: 2nd with eth degree family affinity.

~ Isleta Marriages, p. 40