Francisco Silva

  General Notes:

[sourc: Deaths 1821-1853, San Miguel Church, Socorro, NM, LDS microfilm #16996, p. 110, San Lorenzo de la Polvadera: "27 Feb 1849"]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Mexican, in 1845, in Polvadera, Socorro, New México Territory. ²⁵⁶
Francisco Silva, age 72
Juana Romero, age 46
Manuel Silva, age 25
Josefa Silva, age 13
Sisilia Silva, age 11

NM Censuses of 1833 & 1845, Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Río Abajo, p. 44.

Francisco married María Encarnación Torres, daughter of Mateo de Jesús Torres and María Antonia Agapita Sedillo, on 28 Dec 1811 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (María Encarnación Torres was born on 25 Mar 1798 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶ and was baptized on 27 Mar 1798 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They had marriage banns published. ⁴⁶
28 Dec 1811 Francisco Silva, son of José Manuel Silva and Lionarda Salazar, married María Encarnación Torres, daughter of Matías Torres and María Antonia Silva.

Tomé & Belén Marriages, p. 3.

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
24 Nov 1811, Belén. Francisco Silva (18), son of José Silva and Leonarda Salazar, and María Encarnación Torres (15), daughter of Matias Torres and María Antonia Sedillo.

Witnesses: Salvador Armijo (40) and Pedro Baca (47).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1832.

Francisco next married María Juana Lorenza Romero, daughter of Lorenzo Romero and María Gerónima Chávez. (María Juana Lorenza Romero was born about 1790-1799 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)