Maria Isabel Martinez was born about 1825 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, United States.[1]
Residence
In 1850, Maria Isabel Martin, age 27, lived in Northern Division, Taos, New Mexico Territory, with her husband, Lorenzo Romero, age 35, a farmer; and their children: Refugio Romero, age 12; Juan de Jesus Romero, age 8; Maria del Rosario Romero, age 3, and Jose Antonio Romero, a newborn. (When the 1850 Census was conducted, Maria Isabel Martin and her husband and children lived in the same area, The Northern Division of Taos County in New Mexico, as that of her parents. Her parents were Miguel Antonio Martin and Maria de Jesus Romero, who lived nearby with their children who still lived at home. One of the families was enumerated by Census takers on the 25th of Nov; while the other was taken the 7th of December.)[1]
In 1860, Isabel Martinez, age 34, lived in Arroyo Hondo, Taos, New Mexico Territory, with her husband, Lorenzo Romero, age 46, a farmer; and their children: Juan de Jesus Romero, age 17, a farm laborer; Rosario Romero, age 12; Jose Antonio Romereo, age 8; Maria de luvina Romero, age 8; Jose Geronimo Romero, age 5; Marcelina Romero, age 2; and Crecencia Romero, age 3-months old.[2]
In 1870, Maria Isabel Romero, age 43, lived in Cucharas, Huerfano, Colorado Territory, with her husband, Lorenzo Romero, age 56 and a farmer, and their children: Jose Antonio Romero, age 16; a farm laborer; Mary de Luvina Romero, age 15; Jose Geronimo Romero, age 14, a sheep herder; Maria Marcelina Romero, age 11; Maria Crecencia Romero, age 9; Jose Margarito Romero, age 6; and Jose Leandro Romero, age 1.[3]
Death
Maria Isabel Martinez Romero died Apr 1877 (age 52) in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, and she was interred at South Saint Mary Cemetery, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA.[4][5]
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 January 2020), memorial page for Maria Isabel Martinez Romero (unknown–Apr 1877), Find A Grave Memorial no. 98014947, citing South Saint Mary Cemetery, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585) .(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98014947)
↑ Romero, Maria Isabel Martinez buried 4-13-1877 wife of Lorenzo Romero, daughter of the deceased Miguel Martin and Maria de Jesus Romero, Nuestra Senora de los Siete Dolors Death records, no marker(http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/cemr.htm)
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