Rafaela García

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in San Antonio de Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.
San Antonio de Sabinal

Household #879
Pedro Chaves (brother to Pablo), coyote, farmer age 25 and his wife Dolores Molina, española age 21, their son age three and their daughter age one.

Household #880
Pablo Chaves (brother of Pedro), coyote, 20 farmer; married to María Rafaela García, española, 18

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 48

• Census: Mexican, in 1827, in Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. ²⁷⁰
Pablo Chabes, Rafaela García, Benito Chabes, José Chabes, Luz Chabes

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 257

• Census: Mexican, in 1845, in Polvadera, Socorro, New México Territory. ²⁵⁶
Pablo Chaves, age 80
Rafaela Garcilla, age 70
Benito Chaves, age 35
Juan Manuel, age 15

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

Rafaela married Pablo de la Cruz Chávez, son of Unknown and María Rosa Chávez, on 4 May 1790 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Pablo de la Cruz Chávez was born in 1770 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 6 Jan 1850 in Socorro, New México Territory.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³⁴
4 May 1790 - Pablo de la Cruz Chaves, natural son of María Rosa Chaves, deceased, married María Rafaela García, daughter of Pasqual García and Ygnacio Manuel Fajardo, both deceased, of Sabinal. Padrinos: Joaquín Fajardo and his wife María Rosa Torres. Testigos: Loreto Antonio Torres, Juan Antonio García, and Juan José Silva. The same sitnessed the marriage, and were also of Sabinal.

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