Domingo Romero de Pedraza (abt. 1736 - bef. 1805)

Born about 1736 in Nuevo México, Nueva España

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Lugarda Montoya — married 8 Jul 1759 in Santa Fé, Nuevo México, Nueva España

Descendants

Died before 31 May 1805 before about age 69 in Santa Fé, Nuevo México, Nueva España [uncertain]

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Biography

Domingo was born about 1736, probably to Antonio Romero de Pedraza and Nicolasa del Castillo. In 1750, his father was dead and his mother remarried to Miguel Ortiz.^[1] In 1759 he married Maria Lugarda Montoya^[2] and they had six known children:

1. José Maríano, born in 1761
2. Juan Domingo de la Trinidad, born in 1763
3. Polonia, born in 1765
4. Juan José Manuel, born in 1767
5. Juan Miguel, born in 1771
6. José Patricio, born in 1774

In 1776, their son Juan Domingo was murdered by Comanche indians when he was 13 years old.^[3] In 1790 Domingo and Lugarda were still living in Santa Fe with two of their sons.^[4] Domingo died in 1805.^[5]

Research Notes

1. Domingo's birth is determined by the death of his father in 1736. He may have been born earlier. The 1790 census lists his birth about 1748. It needs to be confirmed that he was the son of Antonio Romero de Pedraza.

Sources

1. ↑ Olmsted, Virginia Langham. Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830. (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1981), p. 3; 1750 Santa Fe Census, Miguel Ortis; Nicolassa del Castillo; Miguel Romero; María Romero; Domingo Romero.
2. ↑ "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD53-2MG : 20 January 2020), Domingo Romero and Lugarda Montoya, married 8 Jul 1759, Santa Fe, New Mexico; FHL microfilm #16,905, image 50.
3. ↑ Valencía y Valdez, G. M., editor. Aquí́ Se Comienza: A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Albuquerque, (Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2007), pp. 347-348.
4. ↑ Olmsted, Virginia Langham. New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845. (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1975, Rev. 2015), p. 65; 1790 Santa Fe Census, household #511, Domingo Romero, age 52, lumberman; Lugarda Montolla, age 45; 2 sons: 20,12; 1 male servant; 18; 1 female servant: 15.
5. ↑ Christmas, Henrietta M, Jeanette Gallegos, and Patricia S. Rau. New Mexico Burials, Santa Fe - St. Francis Parish and Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light (la Castrense), 1726-1834. (Albuquerque, N.M: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2007), p. 172; Domingo Romero, buried 31 May 1805, Santa Fe, New Mexico, married to Lugarda Montolla.

See also:

• The Great New Mexico Pedigree Database: By the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico