Adelaida (Valdez) Cruz (1867)

Born Dec 1867 in Colorado Territory, United States

Wife of Jose Eduardo Cruz — married 28 Nov 1878 in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, USA

Descendants

Biography

Adelaida was born in 1867.

Birth

• Adelaida Valdez was born Dec 1868 in Colorado Territory, United States.^[1]

Marriage

• Adelaida Valdez married Eduardo Cruz on 28 Nov 1878 at Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, USA.^[2][3]

Residence

• In 1880, Adelaida Cruz, age 14; lived in Huerfano, Colorado, with her husband, Eduardo Cruz, age 24, a farmer.^[4]
• In 1885, Adelaide Cruz, age 21; lived in Huerfano, Colorado, with her husband, Edward Cruz, age 27, a laborer; and their daughter, Maria A. Cruz, age 6; along with Francis Martinez, age 18, a boarder and a laborer.^[5]
• In 1900, Eduardo Cruz, age 45, a bartender, lived in Walsenburg town, Huerfano, Colorado, with his wife, Adelaida Cruz, age 33; and their two daughters: Carmelita Cruz, age 13; and Emilia Cruz, age 9.^[1]

Research Notes

• Adelaida's marriage document listed the names of her parents as Nerio Valdez and Juana Rosalia Medina.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMZ-GWQ : accessed 14 October 2020), Adlelaida Cruz in household of Eduardo Cruz, Precinct 6-8, 16, 18, 21 Walsenburg town, Huerfano, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 142, sheet 29B, family 719, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,124.
2. ↑ Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=FSMarriageColorado&indiv=try&h=900087655)
3. ↑ Huerfano County, Colorado, Marriages: Valdez, Adelaida - Huerfano; and Cruz, Eduardo - Huerfano;11-28-1878; Grooms Parents: Jose Salvador Cruz and Maria Agueda Montez; Brides Parents: Nerio Valdez and Juana Rosalia Medina; Witnesses: Felipe S. Cruz and Valentina Moran.(https://kmitch.com/Huerfano/marv.html)
4. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: 91; Page: 232A; Enumeration District: 060(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6742&h=13841167&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61366)
5. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M158; NARA Roll Number: 4(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ColoradoStateCen1885&indiv=try&h=98114)