Alta Gracia Maldonado

   Another name for Alta is Rosa Maldonado.

  General Notes:

For more information on the Maldonado/Montaño family see:
• Herencia, Vol. 6 #1, Jan 1998, pp. 16-21, "A Montaño Metamorphosis, or Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave," by Robert B. Isaac
• Herencia, Vol. 23 #2, Apr 2015, pp, 33-48, "The Real Identity of Juan Montaño - A Proof Summary," by Gilbert Trejo Maldonado and Robert Baldonado Isaac ^{1588, 1589}

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Mexican, in 1845, in Lemitar, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ²⁵⁶
Tomás Serna, age 70
Alta Gracia Maldonado (daughter of Pascual & María Antonia next door), age 44
Juan Serna, age 16
Ramón Serna, age 13
María Antonia Serna, age 10
Ysidro Serna, age 8
Brijida Serna, age 6

Pascual Maldonado, age 80
María Antonia Jaramillo, age 59
Francisco Maldonado, age 19
María Juliana Maldonado, age 18

Miguel del Luna, age 46
María Anastacia Lucero, age 40
María Manuela Luna, age 15
José Miguel Luna, age 13
Serefina Luna, age 10

Juand de Luna, age 26
Perfecta Serna (daughter of Tomas Serna & Alta Gracia Maldonado), age 18
José Antonio Serna, age 3

NM Census of 1833 & 1845, Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Río Abajo, p. 37.

Alta married Tomás Serna, son of Mariano Serna and María Rosa Salazar, on 2 Jul 1827 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.⁴⁶ (Tomás Serna was born about 1775 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
2 Jul 1827, Tomé. Tomás Serna, mexicano, son of Mariano Serna and María Rosa Salazar, and María Altagracia Maldonado, mexicana, daughter of Pascual Maldonado and María Antonia Jaramillo.

Witnesses: Mguel Torres (45), Diego Baca (44). Miguel Piñeda (44), José María Gabaldón.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1819.

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepcón de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 78

Tomás Serna and María Altra Gracia Maldonado
Witnesses: Miguel Torres and Antonio Baca, both of Tomé. ⁴⁶