Blas Antonio Velásquez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Belén, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Plaza 5 de Belén

Household #833
Jacinto Varela, español, 26, farmer; married to Úrsula de Jesús Ulibarrí, española, 17; one daughter; six months

Household #834
Francisco Varela (father of Jacinto and María de la Luz), español, 90, sheepherder; married to Pasquala Candelaria, mestiza, 51: one son, age twenty-two; and one daughter, age thirty-two

Household #836
Blas Velásquez, español, 27, farmer; married to María de la Luz Varela, española, 19

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 46

Blas married María de la Luz Varela, daughter of Francisco Varela and Pasquala Candelaria, on 9 Jun 1790 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.⁵⁴ (María de la Luz Varela was born in 1771 in Belén, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
9 Jun 1790, Blas Antonio Velásquez, español, son of Pedro Velásquez and Clara Arinenta, both deceased, married María de la Luz Varela, española, daughter of Franciso Varela and María Pasquala Candelaria, all of Belén. Padrinos: Santiago Torres and his sister, María Dolores Torres.

San Agustín de la Ysleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 48