Joaquín Álvarez del Castillo

   Another name for Joaquín was Joaquín Álvarez del Castillo.

  General Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Baptisms, p. 124 ³⁴

Hijo: Juachín Jainto Caxtillo
Padres: el Capitan don Juan Miguel del Castillo y doña Bárbara Baca
Padrinos: Bernabe Baca y doña Jasinta Palaez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Dates & Events: ²⁵²
Joaquín del Castillo, son of Miguel by his first wife, married Ana María Andrea Vallegjos, by whom he had at least two children, María and Antonio José. María became the wife of Francisco Xavier Cháves in 1799. Antonio José married María Gudalupe Pino on 22 Jun 1810.

Joaquín must have married a second time because his widow upon his death on 18 May 1821, at the age of seventy-eight, was Juana Sánches.

The Castillos of the Ríp Abajo belong to this Alvarez del Castillo family.

~Origins of New Mexico Families, pgs. 158-159.

• Census: Spanish, in 1790, in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ⁴⁸²
Second Plaza
Juachín Castillo, Spanish, rancher, 49, married to Anna María Andrea Vallejos, Spanish, 27 years, 2 sons, 10 years, 3 years, 1 male Indian servant, 11 years, belonging to the Apaché nation
~Río Abajo, p. 219.

• Census. ⁶³

1802 Census of Belen, p. 135
Juaquín Castillo, wife, Ana Andrea Ballejos; daughter: Maria Gertrudis Castillo.

Joaquín married María Andrea Vallejos, daughter of Juan Vallejos and Barbara de Luna, on 1 Nov 1781 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (María Andrea Vallejos was born in 1768 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 9 Apr 1812 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
1 Nov 1781. Joachín Albares del Castillo, son of Juan Miguel Albares del Castillo of Los Chaves, married María Andrea Vallejos, daughter of Juan Vallejos and Bárbara de Luna of Valencia.

Padrinos: Antonio JoséAlbares del Castillo and his wife Lugarda Gallego.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 29.