Jose Ygnacio Calixto Chávez

  General Notes:

Baptisms, Nuestra Señora de Immaculada Concepción de Tomé, Vol. I, p. 60

Padres: Juan José Chaves y Ana María Aragón
Padinos: Jacinto Sanches y su esposa, María Gertrudis Álbarez del Castillo ²⁶⁶

Jose had a relationship with María Manuela de Guadalupe Chávez, daughter of Antonio Chávez and Mónica Pino.⁴³⁸ (María Manuela de Guadalupe Chávez was born on 25 Dec 1811 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶ and was baptized on 27 Dec 1811 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Ygnacio Calixto Chaves and María Manuela de Guadalupe Chaves, Belén and Sabinal, 12 Oct 1838-19 Jan 1839, AHAD-396, f. 346-56.

José Ygnacio Calixto Chaves, mexicano, single, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, was the José legitimate son of Juan Chaves and Ana Maria Aragón, both deceased. María Manuela Chaves, mexicona, single, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, was the legitimate daughter of Antonio Chaves and Maréa Monica Pino. The couple was related in the first and second degrees of consanguinity on a transverse line.

Witnesses:
Felipe Sandoval, 36 citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.
Juan Labadia. 33, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.
Manuel Calles, 37, citizen of the Belén jurisdiction.

A letter from Father Madariaga from Tomé on 1 Nov 1838 indicated that José Ygnacio Chaves lost his parents as a young man and had lived the home of his brother who acted as his second father. He grew up with with Manuela Chaves and engaged in carnal acts with her. As a result, she became pregnant.

Father Madariaga forwarded the proceedings to Durango. Bishop Zubiría stated that he was unable to grant a dispensation because it was beyond his authority. He ordered the denial sent to the priest in Tomé on 19 Jun 1839.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 185