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- [S403] New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations, From the Archivos Históricos delArzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, 38-39.
Gertrudis Chavez (ONMF: 163) wife of Francisco Silva (ONMF: 289) was nota daughter of Nicolás Durán y Chavez as documented in Origins of NewMexico Families by Fray Angelico Chavez. Prior to marriage, Nicolás hada son, Juan Jose by Juana Montaño. While (he) was traveling out of NewMexico, Juana Montaño had given birth to a boy christened Nicolás and waspregnant with her third child, Gertrudis, when Nicolás return to NewMexico. Nicolás, the younger, and Gertrudis, natural children of JuanaMontaño, were said to have been fathered by "a decent man named Urbán".Nicolás Durán y Chavez was forced to marry Juana Montaño.
This information comes from the testimony of Antonio Chavez, half-brotherof Gertrudis Chavez, given during the pre-marital investigation of JoseManuel Silva and MarÃa Josefa Silveria Sánchez.
- [S404] Arcihivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango (AHAD), -30, f. 56-71.
DM 14, April 1778-13 March 1779 Isleta
Testimony of Antonio Durán y Chavez, half brother of Gertrudis Durán yChavez
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