tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post4477017509460956760..comments2024-01-06T17:09:06.096-07:00Comments on The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog: Possible Ancestry of Certain 2008 Presidential CandidatesRobert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-16657940527171833852008-12-04T09:58:00.000-07:002008-12-04T09:58:00.000-07:00Greetings Robert,I was surfing the Internet and by...Greetings Robert,<BR/><BR/>I was surfing the Internet and by chance stumbled upon your blog. I found your blog fasinating and have signed up for your blog list.<BR/><BR/>My name is Robert Carl Montoya (I go by Carl) and my great grandmother was Margarita Bourguignon, oldest daughter and child of Phillip and Maria Gonzales. So I guess we are distant cousins on the Bourguignon side.<BR/><BR/>Margarita married Donaciano Montoya and his Father-in-law helped him set up a mercantile in Las Palomas in Sierra County (just south of T or C). This is where they raised their family of seven children (the 8th died as an infant). <BR/><BR/>My Montoya side came from the Tome/Valencia area although the 1860 census showed my grandfather and family, Jose Maria Montoya, living in Albuquerque during the 1860 census. My Mother is a Chavez and on both sides of the family I have a Tafoya connection. I also have Armijo, Torres and Gonzalez connections among the many families.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy genealogy immensely but with my job I have little time to pursue this hobby--maybe one day when I retire. I worked for the U.S. Government in Washington DC for many years and recently moved to the Philadelphia area as a Fed. I'm a former Foreign Service Officer and lived in London, England for five years. I was actually born in T or C, NM but was raised in the Phoenix, AZ area. I still have a large core of Montoya family members in T or C, which I am very close to.<BR/><BR/>Well back to work. I'm looking forward to your blogs and learning more about our New Mexico roots.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>Carl MontoyaMontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594756179033790514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-4031539523780321072008-12-04T09:57:00.000-07:002008-12-04T09:57:00.000-07:00Greetings Robert,I was surfing the Internet and by...Greetings Robert,<BR/><BR/>I was surfing the Internet and by chance stumbled upon your blog. I found your blog fasinating and have signed up for your blog list.<BR/><BR/>My name is Robert Carl Montoya (I go by Carl) and my great grandmother was Margarita Bourguignon, oldest daughter and child of Phillip and Maria Gonzales. So I guess we are distant cousins on the Bourguignon side.<BR/><BR/>Margarita married Donaciano Montoya and his Father-in-law helped him set up a mercantile in Las Palomas in Sierra County (just south of T or C). This is where they raised their family of seven children (the 8th died as an infant). <BR/><BR/>My Montoya side came from the Tome/Valencia area although the 1860 census showed my grandfather and family, Jose Maria Montoya, living in Albuquerque during the 1860 census. My Mother is a Chavez and on both sides of the family I have a Tafoya connection. I also have Armijo, Torres and Gonzalez connections among the many families.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy genealogy immensely but with my job I have little time to pursue this hobby--maybe one day when I retire. I worked for the U.S. Government in Washington DC for many years and recently moved to the Philadelphia area as a Fed. I'm a former Foreign Service Officer and lived in London, England for five years. I was actually born in T or C, NM but was raised in the Phoenix, AZ area. I still have a large core of Montoya family members in T or C, which I am very close to.<BR/><BR/>Well back to work. I'm looking forward to your blogs and learning more about our New Mexico roots.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>Carl MontoyaMontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594756179033790514noreply@blogger.com