Jose Ciriaco Mestas (bef. 1862)

Born before 24 Jun 1862 in Santa Clara, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States

Husband of Maria Margarita Vigil — married 6 Nov 1888 in San Juan de Los Caballeros, San Juan, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States

Descendants

Biography

Jose Ciriaco was born before 1862.

Birth

• Jose Ciriaco Mestas was born before 24 Jun 1862 in Santa Clara, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States.^[1]

Early Years

• In 1870, Ciriaco Mestas, age 7, lived in San Jose, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, with his father, Mariano Mestas, age 47, a Justice of the Peace; and with his mother, Guadalupe Mestas, age 30; and with Ciriaco's siblings: Juan B. Mestas, age 18; Juana Maria Mestas, age 13; Jose Rafael Mestas, age 9; Agapito Mestas, age 4; and Feliz Mestas, age 1.^[2]

Marriage

• Ciriaco Mestas married Maria Margarita Vigil on 06 Nov 1888 at San Juan de Los Caballeros, San Juan, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States.^[3]

Residence

• In 1900, Ciriaco Mestas, a farmer; lived in San Juan, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, with his wife, Margarita Mestas, age 28; and their children: Sofia Mestas, age 17; Romulo Mestas, age 9, and Pablo Mestas, age 4.^[4]
• In 1910, Ciriaco Mestas, a farmer; lived in Rio Chama, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, with his wife, Margarita Mestas, age 40; and their two sons: Romulo Mestas, age 18, and Pablo Mestas, a farm laborer on a home farm.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWDV-VJMM : 20 January 2020), Jose Ciriaco Mestas, 1862.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SS-HF5 : 19 March 2020), Ciriaco Mestas in entry for Mariano Mestas, 1870.
3. ↑ "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWF6-7PPZ : 20 January 2020), Ciriaco Mestas, 1888.
4. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLS-DMF : accessed 28 October 2020), Siriaco Maestas, Precinct 3 Rio de Chama, Chamita, Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 2B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,001.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSJ-9FP : accessed 28 October 2020), Ciriaco Mestas, Rio Chama, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 298, sheet 8B, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 916; FHL microfilm 1,374,929.