tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208413272024-03-14T03:30:26.572-06:00The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History BlogRobert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.comBlogger503125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-37664911118358244812022-12-08T08:46:00.013-07:002022-12-08T08:52:39.819-07:00The Spanish Dialect Unique to New Mexico and Colorado<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fVonK4AEiWQ" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">News correspondent Jeremy Jojola, who originally is from New Mexico, created this homage to New Mexican and Spanish language. He says that it's Northern New Mexico, but truthfully my parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts spoke this dialect down in South in Socorro, NM. This language is so familiar to me, even I don't understand it completely. I wish I had recorded my parents and grandmothers when they were alive. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">One of the kids uses the term "<i>queque</i>" for "cake". This is funny, because my aunt uses the term "<span><span><i>queque de j</i><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>amón" </i>when referring to a chocolate cake that she, my mom, and grandmother made for Christmas. The </span></span></span><i>j</i><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>amón </i>probably referred to the lard that was put in the cake, as that term usually means "ham." It was very delicious, and had the consistency of something like banana-nut bread, which my mom also made.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Enjoy this video!</span></span></div>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-68213447442856135072022-11-22T08:46:00.002-07:002022-11-22T08:46:40.024-07:00Cavernous Malformation and the Baca Family<p>There is a high incidence of Cavernous Malformation among Hispanic families in New Mexico, specifically among descendants of Cristobal Baca II and his son Manuel Baca. Manuel Baca was a progenitor of Baca families who returned to New Mexico in 1693 after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.</p><p>This genetic mutation can cause <a href="https://www.alliancetocure.org/cavernous-angioma-in-depth/symptoms/hemorrhage/" target="_blank">brain hemorrhaging</a> among many other symptoms. Obviously, this can be a life altering and life threatening condition.</p><p><a href="https://www.alliancetocure.org/genetics/common-mutations/ccm1-common-hispanic/" target="_blank">CCM1, the Common Hispanic Mutation </a>, does not skip generations, and children of those who are affected have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the disease. </p><p>Estimates are that there are 5 million descendants of the <a href="https://www.alliancetocure.org/genetics/common-mutations/ccm1-common-hispanic/tale-of-three-cristobals/" target="_blank">Baca family</a>, and that anyone who has 7 generations of New Mexican (Hispanic) ancestry are probably descendants of the Baca family. Among the ancestors identified as probable carriers of the illness are two children of Manuel Baca, (Maria) Josefa Baca and Cristobal Baca III. Cristobal Baca III has the most descendants identified as affected by the disease. In addition, half of Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca 23 children inherited the disease. He was the grandson of Cristobal Baca III.</p><p>Both Josefa Baca and Cristobal Baca III are my ancestors multiple times and Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca is my 4th great-grandfather, along my paternal Baca surname line. </p><p>I'm not by any definition an expert on this topic, but I felt I should share this information. If you are interested in finding out more about this illness, I suggest visiting the site <a href="https://www.alliancetocure.org/" target="_blank">Alliance for the Cure: Cavernous Malformation</a>.</p><p>Sources for this post are in its textual links.</p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-72726999061533917522022-09-18T18:19:00.005-06:002022-09-18T18:21:19.036-06:00Video Link - "Santiago Torres: Early Settler of Socorro, New Mexico".<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I posted a new video on The Socorro Genenealogist YouTube channel, <a href="https://youtu.be/Yo29nN3XB4o" target="_blank">Santiago Torres: Early Settler of Socorro, New Mexico</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Yo29nN3XB4o" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1143" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-tDhqeio3j5byT9VfRHTWVIlr8izShf37s_1MFU-Q9xBaZZBP0W1gezBs8kOOBjV1c95BVoTs-4p4vEyMUxvRXLrj9DIITUzPUuz7yRRWnUeVunL8FM9sAY0n-DSW-z6OHmJ2Yc3XpDralD7SbjsStFIR4foXZI0118MMXTPURVtPjJ94SY/w400-h225/tempsnip.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Santiago Torres and his family arrived in Socorro around 1820. His descendants make up one of the two Torres families of the community. This video profiles one of his descendants in particular, Jose Crespin Torres. </span></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-89280672242817077922022-08-21T14:30:00.003-06:002022-08-21T14:52:19.703-06:00Torres Family Photos<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This weekend, I attended the funeral for my dad's cousin <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/abqjournal/name/joe-torres-obituary?id=35695903" target="_blank">Joe Torres</a> who passed away on July 1st. His nephew Leon shared with me a couple of photographs from the wedding of Val Torres, Joe's brother. Val was married in 1960.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hiXFoVrLSfg3YN2PbdOvZXb7bVNELoUJfuK-5TA9jPRIsqywQbt1uTG6MaDj88TMF1KU_GaqEOLhhjLW4-sbDJiDL_vKVclmj2BOO9j0Tjl84KUrj3JczOkiA1iXkuUstmhjQaWuYCEvlXATXNE6hLns2vAqndw6ij-OeXVhYr51iRP9NGM/s3579/59FCEABA-E8FE-4DDE-8CC2-B89D8C5F2F11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="3579" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hiXFoVrLSfg3YN2PbdOvZXb7bVNELoUJfuK-5TA9jPRIsqywQbt1uTG6MaDj88TMF1KU_GaqEOLhhjLW4-sbDJiDL_vKVclmj2BOO9j0Tjl84KUrj3JczOkiA1iXkuUstmhjQaWuYCEvlXATXNE6hLns2vAqndw6ij-OeXVhYr51iRP9NGM/w640-h504/59FCEABA-E8FE-4DDE-8CC2-B89D8C5F2F11.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The married couple in the center were Val, born Ignacio Torres after his grandfather, and his bride Elizabeth Ann McCoy. Right behind Val is his brother Joe Torres, the tall man with the sheepish grin and front "Superman" curl. The older woman to the right of Elizabeth is Andrea (Montoya) Torres, Val and Joe's paternal grandmother, and my great-grandmother. Next to her is Joe and Val's father and mother Jose M. Torres, Sr. and Tomasita (Rivera) Torres - Jose has his right hand on his wife's shoulder, and his left hand on the bride's mother Rachel McCoy. On the very far left, holding the baby girl, is Joe's wife, Lori. I'm not sure who the other people in the photo are. It does not appear that my grandparents attended this wedding, nor did my parents, uncles or aunts. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDrklJtS02rv_GqXPHdaQFLzgWgmWGfTvtHoXwNLJi9djXdIMFM0n0RuzNhQtbowXZ8H1NVEQF-wFRf0UZL06c4K26cKS8R1vaFvzpIkPZ7NtSfmBp-wy04OVYtsGTwYEPHgDSOiiCD7x-ol_C7uOtjsNkP9fe8eeQ98DK93hi3XjeJQK5qc/s1600/2F2D8B93-C443-42C9-9364-D54D61D31936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDrklJtS02rv_GqXPHdaQFLzgWgmWGfTvtHoXwNLJi9djXdIMFM0n0RuzNhQtbowXZ8H1NVEQF-wFRf0UZL06c4K26cKS8R1vaFvzpIkPZ7NtSfmBp-wy04OVYtsGTwYEPHgDSOiiCD7x-ol_C7uOtjsNkP9fe8eeQ98DK93hi3XjeJQK5qc/s320/2F2D8B93-C443-42C9-9364-D54D61D31936.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a photo of the married couple again, with her maid of honor S. L.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK1d8weyO6Zb9GWoCcd20KZtrlxKjPsylr7ZvHzxHOWpQCq3d6yxNTw5WIOf2zJETtPcVB59W0MFHIVb5pa5N4irmtS7OkfMJY-Rjozvr5fYMAdT9iBlglBrsDjvd5JeaI_hhGajTAfsTeI8u5Vyx1HBtzW4cjh3m0YvJFRc_DEG6QsexhlvI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK1d8weyO6Zb9GWoCcd20KZtrlxKjPsylr7ZvHzxHOWpQCq3d6yxNTw5WIOf2zJETtPcVB59W0MFHIVb5pa5N4irmtS7OkfMJY-Rjozvr5fYMAdT9iBlglBrsDjvd5JeaI_hhGajTAfsTeI8u5Vyx1HBtzW4cjh3m0YvJFRc_DEG6QsexhlvI=w256-h640" width="256" /></a></div><br />Speaking of Joe Torres, here are some photos from Joe's memorial yesterday. There were two photo displays with his pictures, a folded flag, and a letter from the president commemorating his passing. I'm not showing all of the photos because they included living relatives such as his young great-grandchildren. The funeral occurred on Friday. His son, one of his daughters, and I all gave eulogies. Joe wasn't just my cousin, but he and his son were my employers. Joe helped me out when I needed a part-time job when I was going back to college. He was a great guy.</div>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-82462215639099981172022-06-10T07:03:00.008-06:002022-06-16T07:56:10.602-06:00Temporary Separation - Philip Bourguignon and Maria Tomasa Gonzales<p> In a <a href="https://nmgenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/04/received-record-from-1872-probate.html">previous post</a> that I made years ago, I mentioned that I had a copy of a 1872 record that provided for a legal separation between my 2nd great-grandparents Philip Bourguignon and Maria Tomasa Gonzales. In the document, Philip Bourguignon was given full custody of their children. I found this document to be interesting, because the Bourguignons would have at least two children a decade later - one of them being my great-grandmother Carolina Bourguinon. So it was obvious that they did not divorce.</p><p>The document is in Spanish, and my ability to read Spanish is limited. I had asked for someone to translate it for me, and the late Francisco Sisneros had offered to do it for me. Unfortunately, at some point before I could get it translated, I lost my copy.</p><p><b>Well, I found it again on Ancestry!</b> As such, I'm asking if someone would make a translation of the full document for me. <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28884285?h=913825" target="_blank">Here is the link!</a> If you do not have a subscirption to Ancestry, I can send you images instead. The document can be found on pages 143 to 146 of the book. </p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Update 6/16/2022: Andres Armijo and I met over the phone yesterday and he helped me translate the document. It's very much boilerplate legal language, but it was still interesting to see the process that Philip Bourguignon used to gain custody of his children during his temporary separation from Maria Tomasa Gonzales. There is also a hint of a possible future separation or divoce proceeding in district court, which I need to search for to see if it actually occured.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>When I publish an article about the family, I won't quote or publish a word-for-word translation of the documents. I took notes during my conversation with Andres, but we agreed that we didn't need to translate the entire series of documents. It's all standard wording, so I don't think that we needed that. Instead, I'll summarize the documents. There is some interesting genealogy that I can do with this by looking into the family trees of the various people mentioned in the documents - such as guarantors, justices of the peace and the probate judge.</b></span></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-4173168073298926782022-04-17T17:00:00.004-06:002022-04-17T17:00:58.106-06:00The Socorro Genealogist YouTube Channel<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fPP1tbDcWEQwsGqrV0WuwLdYlEsz6jbnqZlks2qdyEF3ILCFN4iaqvRspFKeCj-RXckus3kW3fdVOSYn8YNaOVfi5dYwTELKEFyZAkQ7hgtBM79vu83ru6wcV1y2nXAyuHFYUiqUU9Mqwdniqjv3bgc6qF-H5-eqYYISidxIWp2_bTOuUe8/s396/New%20Mexican%20Genetic%20Genealogy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="396" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fPP1tbDcWEQwsGqrV0WuwLdYlEsz6jbnqZlks2qdyEF3ILCFN4iaqvRspFKeCj-RXckus3kW3fdVOSYn8YNaOVfi5dYwTELKEFyZAkQ7hgtBM79vu83ru6wcV1y2nXAyuHFYUiqUU9Mqwdniqjv3bgc6qF-H5-eqYYISidxIWp2_bTOuUe8/s320/New%20Mexican%20Genetic%20Genealogy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Last year I launched my new YouTube Channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/abqbobcat/featured" target="_blank">"The Socorro Genealogist"</a>. The purpose of this video blog is to teach genealogical research methods and give tips, as well as present some of my family tree research.<br /><div><br /></div><div>My most recent video is titled <a href="https://youtu.be/o7GoH_BJqP0" target="_blank">"New Mexican Genetic Genealogy, Part I: How I found my parents in my own DNA"</a>. In that video, I use a new feature from Ancestry.com that splits a person's DNA so that they can see how they inherited their genes seperately from each of their parents. I compare my DNA with that of my relatives in order to identify which side belongs to which parent. The feature is not able to identify which parent you inherit specific genes from; it just divides the genes into two parts, representing both parents.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will be exploring DNA again in future videos as well looking at other types of genealogical research.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/abqbobcat/featured">Please visit my video blog series at this link.</a> When you are there, please subscribe and "like" my videos. I will be posting more video blogs in the weeks and months to come.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrkccbt4M4hO7bKBiBfLKwORPQu1LKIuMZruJr8gwNxT9G4pFSh0WOlqs8ddl80a4yZ6T6x-0ijscFIyI0UW3FVJu-gzaTo0AsqWi4qjbNrdLPBVSlbZewZ3bLa9q9s8zxiOzKwh0IivD6nrTdhEhlD4pN-5ypDPjtz--iFaAkyC6R3WSQv8/s390/Luis%20Lopez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="390" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrkccbt4M4hO7bKBiBfLKwORPQu1LKIuMZruJr8gwNxT9G4pFSh0WOlqs8ddl80a4yZ6T6x-0ijscFIyI0UW3FVJu-gzaTo0AsqWi4qjbNrdLPBVSlbZewZ3bLa9q9s8zxiOzKwh0IivD6nrTdhEhlD4pN-5ypDPjtz--iFaAkyC6R3WSQv8/s320/Luis%20Lopez.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-35518279803190189202022-04-01T20:39:00.004-06:002022-04-01T20:39:34.418-06:00My Maternal Grandparents and Their BusinessesWith the release of the 1950 Census today, I've already found a few interesting facts about my ancestors. I knew that my maternal grandparents, Santiago and Paulita (Zimmerly) Baca, owned a number of businesses. I didn't realize that they would have indicated in the census that they operated the businesses separately.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaWYUo8VMQlNeNNy757eolesAEaskxE8L3LnJFfiU-rVDynLJHtmqcNWH1SX89e1xaPmsK2ehXFfUWxT1AWB_Dl6QLUQZRIp79kxk8LkV8GvYHw6rIFBmSDXAAX4cSkZK8N4YPVeKttkMLSN9qy4SOzIY13tHtbBbVmV5Ob3WNwe3rMIaDkc/s664/Santiago%20and%20Pablita%20Baca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="81" data-original-width="664" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaWYUo8VMQlNeNNy757eolesAEaskxE8L3LnJFfiU-rVDynLJHtmqcNWH1SX89e1xaPmsK2ehXFfUWxT1AWB_Dl6QLUQZRIp79kxk8LkV8GvYHw6rIFBmSDXAAX4cSkZK8N4YPVeKttkMLSN9qy4SOzIY13tHtbBbVmV5Ob3WNwe3rMIaDkc/s320/Santiago%20and%20Pablita%20Baca.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Both are listed as self-employed. My grandfather Santiago is listed as working in his retail grocery store, while my grandmother Paulita (or Pablita) is listed as working in her retail appearal store. Santiago worked 54 hours in the previous week; my hard-working grandmother worked 57 hours.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTgLUP1zQIs05qCNhq442Sa6DuFNNllJj5lJM3uyZUaaIArsOHaY9jcD01bkNaGeMc2GMVFN9XtEmAwWQzxBeIb78HIEVrPQIGJ2ZHiiDs9WslaHH2aKhyPX8xZshk47YFhMcA7X53kpPHua_YBJA0mLaM1Xqoz7NXC14PXPA1PxURn7AzYM/s568/Santiago%20and%20Paulita%20self%20employed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="568" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTgLUP1zQIs05qCNhq442Sa6DuFNNllJj5lJM3uyZUaaIArsOHaY9jcD01bkNaGeMc2GMVFN9XtEmAwWQzxBeIb78HIEVrPQIGJ2ZHiiDs9WslaHH2aKhyPX8xZshk47YFhMcA7X53kpPHua_YBJA0mLaM1Xqoz7NXC14PXPA1PxURn7AzYM/s320/Santiago%20and%20Paulita%20self%20employed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>My mother, uncle and aunt are also listed in the household. My mother was listed as 14 years old, although she was actually 15 years old going on 16 (August.) </div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly enough, my father Robert "Bobby" Baca worked in my maternal grandparents' grocery store. I believe he was working there at the time of the census, since he is listed as a employed as a grocery clerk. His father Robert, was working as a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service. Elder Robert worked 40 hours in the previous week, while his son worked only 17 - assumedly because he was still going to school.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbtpcILi9XlFBpeW0HGdMzsCDorXfbzVvBIdTJi75f6bRO2pFvsKKwOuy8S6f9qYwTp1g2uk-peDmq5TIfvitGJzONvBHKitWj8f6WattMU_iFBK3Vgt0FA5Zlme7nIId9TEQrbyh3NZtJJVwDkkKMkElNH3kRh-8L1_Oc1Iykv3XYiHTxj4/s892/Bobby%20Baca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="892" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbtpcILi9XlFBpeW0HGdMzsCDorXfbzVvBIdTJi75f6bRO2pFvsKKwOuy8S6f9qYwTp1g2uk-peDmq5TIfvitGJzONvBHKitWj8f6WattMU_iFBK3Vgt0FA5Zlme7nIId9TEQrbyh3NZtJJVwDkkKMkElNH3kRh-8L1_Oc1Iykv3XYiHTxj4/s320/Bobby%20Baca.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-ZoPGox9uZGJpgJi4BF0PC3z6gwfYfK2ZQg-nrJneZL2k11DONSDt0EmgbwzajvTn2jFxymREKFj5Sl4zoeMsfFEEAm-zQpRA_-YxrCM01kmLfyynB7VwK5uE_rKJrKbc0QwOCZPJkR-nuvH-Ubt7XIf3NjmS3Dglkhagg3nqEdML8cY7h4/s750/Robert%20and%20Bobby%20Baca%20jobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="750" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-ZoPGox9uZGJpgJi4BF0PC3z6gwfYfK2ZQg-nrJneZL2k11DONSDt0EmgbwzajvTn2jFxymREKFj5Sl4zoeMsfFEEAm-zQpRA_-YxrCM01kmLfyynB7VwK5uE_rKJrKbc0QwOCZPJkR-nuvH-Ubt7XIf3NjmS3Dglkhagg3nqEdML8cY7h4/s320/Robert%20and%20Bobby%20Baca%20jobs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>One last thing: my parents both had the surname "Baca" but were not closely related through the Baca line.<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1950 U.S. Census, Socorro County, New Mexico, population schedule, Socorro, enumeration district (ED) 28-2, sheets 2 & 3, dwelling # 24, Santiago Baca; digital images, National Archives (1950census.archives.gov : accessed 1 April 2022).</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1950 U.S. Census, Socorro County, New Mexico, population schedule, Socorro, enumeration district (ED) 28-1, pp. 32-33, dwelling # 227, Robert Baca; digital images, National Archives (1950census.archives.gov : accessed 1 April 2022).</b></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-35781956925928456162022-03-19T11:02:00.003-06:002022-03-20T07:52:44.160-06:00Gonzales and Montoya Marriage Reveals Complex Relationship<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">On September 27, 1845, Jose Sebastian Gonzales married Maria Victoriana Montoya in the San Miguel Mission, Socorro, New Mexico. He was the legitimate son of (Jose) Manuel Gonzales and Margarita Montoya; she was the legitimate daughter of (Jose) Bauptista Montoya and Mariana (or Maria Antonia) Garcia. The screen shots of two separate pages in the San Miguel Mission marriage book shown below is the record of their marriage. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">1. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40r1bJCXECAmFGxx55Nw2IsHy_hHUniMu3Dp3VfjzR3sY7V-f--kzsyGPgI6f5tP3THG94yPvhe9T37P-nPQNCbIlUVoBetlXrJf5iLhv3RxNK4ux9ErNHAQg4pOQa8sFmbfSWG3baNRrCur1_4Ak0adWIQFMN19w6_9YBuBqbEvdbhk2ZOE/s939/Sebastian%20Gonzales%20and%20Victoriana%20Montoya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="939" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40r1bJCXECAmFGxx55Nw2IsHy_hHUniMu3Dp3VfjzR3sY7V-f--kzsyGPgI6f5tP3THG94yPvhe9T37P-nPQNCbIlUVoBetlXrJf5iLhv3RxNK4ux9ErNHAQg4pOQa8sFmbfSWG3baNRrCur1_4Ak0adWIQFMN19w6_9YBuBqbEvdbhk2ZOE/w400-h160/Sebastian%20Gonzales%20and%20Victoriana%20Montoya.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1bubRp_hRt7-MeizTeAD1oTVtgzBhD6dVcgnk-49-kuu2pvkb28s-J6SxQ5UZTOF4R14zYG1OsRi_W_SqcgcFPvWDCsS4tut5eW3dNP4ZLZYRA8nD_UFYLcSNHv1v00Q37LAGOGABJrgkHdxN5dGCh4qfdaofijFpoxJg0x1wQPco1-Sd_g/s472/Sebastian%20Gonzales%20and%20Victoriana%20Montoya%20page%2093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="472" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1bubRp_hRt7-MeizTeAD1oTVtgzBhD6dVcgnk-49-kuu2pvkb28s-J6SxQ5UZTOF4R14zYG1OsRi_W_SqcgcFPvWDCsS4tut5eW3dNP4ZLZYRA8nD_UFYLcSNHv1v00Q37LAGOGABJrgkHdxN5dGCh4qfdaofijFpoxJg0x1wQPco1-Sd_g/w400-h375/Sebastian%20Gonzales%20and%20Victoriana%20Montoya%20page%2093.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Recently, I found that the ThruLines<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (tm)</span> program in Ancestry.com misidentified Maria Victoriana's parantage. It suggested that she was the daughter of Juan Montoya, my ancestor. However, she is actually the daughter of his brother Juan Bautista Montoya.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My ancestor Juan Montoya was married to Maria Manuela Garcia Jurado (among others.) He was the son of Antonio Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Salazar; she was the daughter of Francisco Xavier Garcia and Maria Josefa Sanchez.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> 2. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Victoriana's parents are siblings of Juan Montoya and Maria Manuela Garcia Jurado. Juan Bautista Montoya was the son of Antonio Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Salazar. Mariana (or Maria Antonia) Garcia was the daughter of Francisco Xavier Garcia Jurado and Maria Josefa Sanchez.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> 3.</span> In other words, two Montoya brothers with similar names married two Garcia Jurado sisters with similar names. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As further proof, below are two separate census records from Socorro for the different families. Please note that Victoriana is listed in the Bautista Montoya family:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">C(asado)* Juan MONTOYA ................... 39</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Maria Manuela GARCIA ........ 35</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Felipe ...................................... 11</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Pedro ........................................ 7</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Juan de Jesus ............................ 4</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">* "Casado" means "married". <span style="font-size: xx-small;">4. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Bautista MONTOYA ......................... 34</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Mariana GARCIA ................................. 28</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Victoriana ............................................... 13</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Eugenia .................................................... 8</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Casimira ................................................... 6</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #800180;">Maria Micaela ........................................ 3 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sources: </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Microfilm # 16996," database of digital images, San Miguel Mission, Socorro, New Mexico, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 19 March 2022), marriage record: Jose Sebastian Gonzales and Maria Victoriana Montoya, 27 September 1845, images 92 & 93.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2. This relationship is shown through their children's baptisms. For example: Juan Nepomuceno Montoya, born 14 March 1822. Source: Lila Armijo Pfeufer, Margaret Leonard Windham, and and Evelyn Lujan Baca, New Mexico Baptisms San Miguel de Socorro Church: 1821-1853 (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1998), p. 4.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3. This relationship is shown through ther chidlren's baptism. For example, the baptism of Victoriana Garcia herself. Source: Lila Armijo Pfeufer, Margaret Leonard Windham, and and Evelyn Lujan Baca, New Mexico Baptisms San Miguel de Socorro Church: 1821-1853 (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1998), p. 4.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4. Teresa Ramirez Alief Jose Gonzales and Patrica Black Esterly, New Mexico Censuses of 1833 and 1845: Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Rio Abajo (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1994), p. 4.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5. Teresa Ramirez Alief Jose Gonzales and Patrica Black Esterly, New Mexico Censuses of 1833 and 1845: Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Rio Abajo (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1994), p. 5.</span></span></div><br /> <p></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-75070131985806367812022-03-05T08:18:00.004-07:002022-03-05T08:18:52.054-07:00Marriage Record of Francisco Antonio Garcia and Maria Guadalupe Torres<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMvJZz7VaQlvSxgQHpo4g-VjBOi2mpaK5QE6LJvsgt8m0UfHSIBsz1mAWDioPfqwF6cNM3aYMG5Yl2Ott9J4grOTvYZoWNR87u7npcWsCwC9qpWhgAshdQnbNaRnR_VPqZ1MDStCtJZPgbSfbdPrt2R4N8sUh9xdFQ1qdY6RayG_fZmHEMDKc=s622" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="622" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMvJZz7VaQlvSxgQHpo4g-VjBOi2mpaK5QE6LJvsgt8m0UfHSIBsz1mAWDioPfqwF6cNM3aYMG5Yl2Ott9J4grOTvYZoWNR87u7npcWsCwC9qpWhgAshdQnbNaRnR_VPqZ1MDStCtJZPgbSfbdPrt2R4N8sUh9xdFQ1qdY6RayG_fZmHEMDKc=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Marriage Record: Francisco Antonio Garcia and Maria Guadalupe Torres, 23 February 1825, San Miguel Church, Socorro, New Mexico. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DX-8WWY?i=13&cc=2341907&cat=414524" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Source: </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> "Microfilm # 16996," database of digital images, San Miguel Mission, Socorro, New Mexico, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 March 2022), marriage record: Francisco Antonio Garcia and Maria Guadalupe Torres, 23 February 1825, image # 14.</span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Above is the image of my 4th great-grandparents marriage record. The record indicates that Francisco Antonio Garcia, 27 years old (single), was the son of Francisco Gabien (Xavier) Garcia, dead, and Maria Josefa Sanches, also dead. He married Maria Guadalupe Torres, 13 years old (single), the daughter of Santigo Torres and Maria Barbara Ortis, who were living in Socorro. The padrinos (best man and matron of honor) were Jose Antonio Baca* and Maria Manuela Barreras. The witnesses were Antonio de Jesus Marques, Jose Rafael Lopes, and Diego Antonio Belesques. A prenuptial investigation (<i>diligencia</i>) was performed on the couple.<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DX-8WWY?i=13&cc=2341907&cat=414524" target="_blank"> Click on this link to view the marriage record. You may have to search for image # 14.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A transcription of the prenuptial investigation (<i>diligencia matrimonio</i>) can be found <a href="https://www.nmgs.org/eresearch-resources" target="_blank">at this link</a>.**</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">* Jose Antonio Baca was Francisco Antonio Garcia's half 2nd cousin, once removed through their mutual ancestor Ramon Garcia Jurado. See the chart below. (Sources available upon request.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho_BtW0wZKqK0W4ZVOjfA98D_iI_LVXjTrqRW2oRQKLNSPgnI8kcDY3K9avoom4IQg1lNwN5nLc-qhpY2QgrkFEuVltUl2uuKi81ncbb1dO9kghccbWuhmGa9aOi3APRLQaEtCQr_NgPJsrSMOYgEndDXm04ISieeL2RqZbgbNGvaRzFM0KpM=s823" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="823" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho_BtW0wZKqK0W4ZVOjfA98D_iI_LVXjTrqRW2oRQKLNSPgnI8kcDY3K9avoom4IQg1lNwN5nLc-qhpY2QgrkFEuVltUl2uuKi81ncbb1dO9kghccbWuhmGa9aOi3APRLQaEtCQr_NgPJsrSMOYgEndDXm04ISieeL2RqZbgbNGvaRzFM0KpM=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">** After clicking the link, scroll down to "Fray Angelico Chavez’s New Mexico Roots (1678 - 1869)". Click on Volume IV, and search for page 626. You'll find the investigation there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: A Demographic Perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the Diligencias Matrimoniales or Pre-Nuptial Investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. (Santa Fe, New Mexico: typescript, 1982), Volume 4, p. 626.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-29472756633748905072022-03-03T19:56:00.003-07:002022-03-05T05:45:02.665-07:00Zuni Pueblo Ancestor: Josefa de Hinojos, wife of Diego Montoya<p><span style="color: red;"><b>Certain words and phrases in this article have links to articles and a video on the Internet. Click on the underlined words to review these site.</b></span></p><p>Josefa de Hinojos is a common ancestor of many New Mexicans. She was the wife of Diego Montoya, and had at least seven children. My research shows that I descend from her at least 22 times, with all four of my grandparents being descendants. </p><p>In the prenuptial investigation of her descendants, Josefa de Hinojos is alleged to be a <i>coyota</i> of the Zuni people. A "<i>coyota</i>" was a woman of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry. She is also noted to be the sister of and Indian named Ventura.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.</span></p><p>DNA tests analyzed by the <a href="https://www.nmgs.org/nmgs-dna-project" target="_blank">New Mexico Genealogical Society DNA Project Team</a> has identified five Josefa de Hinojos's matrilineal descendants as being in the mtDNA Haplogroup C1b11, a Native American haplogroup. Researcher Miguel A. Torrez wrote that DNA research technology is not able to identify which specific tribe their ancestor is from. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">2. </span></p><p>New Mexican Hispanics will find that they most undoubtably have Native American Ancestry. When the Spanish conquered Mexico, they paired off with and <a href="https://www.nmgs.org/nmgs-dna-project" target="_blank">had children with Native American women</a>. Their descendants of mixed race came to New Mexico and <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/sex-god-and-dna-the-creation-of-new-mexicans/253406/" target="_blank">mingled with various Pueblo tribes</a> here. Captured native children, known as <i><a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/12/29/505271148/descendants-of-native-american-slaves-in-new-mexico-emerge-from-obscurity#:~:text=The%20name%20genizaro%20is%20the,like%20Abiquiu%20from%20Indian%20raids." target="_blank">genizaros</a> - </i>sold to and raised by Spanish families - were freed and blended in with the growing mestizo population of New Mexico.</p><p>My ancestry includes all of these people. The paper trail frequently lists my forebears as "mestizo", "indio" and "genizaro". My DNA results show from 18% (FamilyTreeDNA) to 23% (Ancestry.com) indigenous American blood. When I began understanding the true nature of my ancestry decades ago, I began celebrating the diversity of my family. This fact is not unique to me. The only uniqueness of my ancestry is that only my sisters and I have the specific combination of our pedigree. However, all <i>Nuevo Mexicanos</i> can tell this mestizo story.</p><p>In his presentation "Nuevomejicano Ancestors with Spanish & Indian Antecedants", Jose Antonio Esquibel profiles <a href="https://youtu.be/V1BsKuQd0ek?t=526" target="_blank">Josefa de Hinojos</a>. I linked the video at the 8 minute, 46 second mark when he begins talking about Josefa. However, I suggest you rewind the video to the beginning. Earlier in the video, Esquibel explains how our mestizo ancestors helped negotiate with their Indian cousins to end the 17th Century Pueblo Revolt and allow the Spaniards to occupy New Mexico once again. There were definite close familial bonds between the Spanish and Pueblo residents of the Kingdom. </p><p>Endnotes:</p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. Fray Angelico Chavez, <b><i>New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: A Demographic Perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the Diligencias Matrimoniales or Pre-Nuptial Investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. </i></b>(Santa Fe, New Mexico: typescript, 1982), volume 2, p. 316. Prenuptial Investigation of Jose Vicente Duran y Chaves and Maria Concepcion Aragon.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">2. Daria Celeste Landress, Henrietta Martinez Christmas, and Miguel A. Torrez, "Josefa de Hinojos: Colonial-period matriarch of New Mexico and Haplogroup C1b11," <i><b>New Mexico Genealogist</b></i>, 60 (March 2021): pp. 30-42.</span></p><p><br /></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-43406068346326851872022-02-24T08:13:00.027-07:002022-02-26T11:43:40.381-07:00My Grandmothers and Charlemagne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrW5PXT_0lJSWhIFKzcunLffYJpFmKFocXLrF9TNL7Dnb81lVFzyVcHCtDSJ9cmHLBJzktuoy0INYfY6Zagi3KOeXV5ptMGspRlw4cSOzgxi3BTZf8ErK8llRQPXF2BRmlCU7bo6uhbNUTYEfdBIYBZ3xO1OH4xYl09hGciTEfXKDt8cu7woM=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="900" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrW5PXT_0lJSWhIFKzcunLffYJpFmKFocXLrF9TNL7Dnb81lVFzyVcHCtDSJ9cmHLBJzktuoy0INYfY6Zagi3KOeXV5ptMGspRlw4cSOzgxi3BTZf8ErK8llRQPXF2BRmlCU7bo6uhbNUTYEfdBIYBZ3xO1OH4xYl09hGciTEfXKDt8cu7woM=w200-h167" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>In the past few years, genealogists have discovered a link between the Montes Vigil family of New Mexico and Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. If this link is accurate, it allows many New Mexicans to trace their ancestry back 40+ generations. In my case, I can trace both of my grandmother through that line. I have not found a link for either of my grandfathers.</p><p>I used a website called "Beyond Origins of New Mexicans Families" to connect my ancestry to Charlemagne. This website is very reliable, and I trust its conclusions. Click on the link below to read the genealogy that leading researchers have developed. </p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/montes-vigil-royal-lineage" target="_blank">Montes Vigil Royal Lineage</a><br /></p><p>I have created two charts that show the relationship between Charlemagne and my paternal grandmother Maria Teresa Torres and my maternal grandmother Maria Paublita Zimmerly. (You may need a Google account to access these charts.)</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKgPpd4kxJWTmoYaDWsTbshvxOLlCp5_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Relationship between Charlemagne and my paternal grandmother Maria Teresa Torres</a><br /></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hvdL3u9stBgCplMHdu1ZNM73GmaQnUwj/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Relationshiip between Charlemagne and my maternal grandmother Maria Paublita Zimmerly</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brent A. Cruz has done extensive research connecting the Montes Vigil line to Charlemagne and other notable ancestors and relatives. <a href="https://youtu.be/zdQIMGQ1S2E" target="_blank">Click on this link to view his presentation to the GSHA on YouTube.</a></p>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-58484507357907944162020-05-01T20:17:00.003-06:002020-05-01T20:17:47.788-06:00Obituary: Marjorie Louise Barnett Douglas<h2 class="title-content" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">
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Marjorie Louise Barnett Douglas, 96, of Clinton, Indiana and formerly of Champaign-Urbana and Hindsboro, Illinois, passed away at 10:00 a.m. April 28, 2020, at Clinton Gardens Nursing Home in Clinton, Indiana.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Born September 14, 1923 in Douglas County, Illinois, she was the daughter of John Will and Lena Pribble Barnett. There were six children in her family and she was the last surviving member.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She attended high school in Hindsboro but graduated from Rantoul High School in 1941.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She was employed most of her adult life in retail sales and retired as a library aide in the Champaign-Urbana school districts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She attended the Hindsboro United Methodist Church and the Clinton First United Methodist Church. She was active in many organizations including many community and church functions.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, and two sisters. Her husband, Howard Leon Douglas, preceded her in death on December 4, 2009, after 61 years of marriage.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Surviving is one song: Robert John Douglas of Urbana, Illinois; and one daughter: Brenda Alabaugh and her husband Robert of Clinton, Indiana; three grandchildren: Avada Marie Douglas and her wife Katie Sharp; Andrea Alabaugh Deitchley and her husband Matthew; and David Alabaugh. She leaves two great-grandchildren: Jack and Violet Deitchley along with a step-great-grandchild: Fergus Savage; several sisters-in-law, and many beloved nieces and nephews.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Graveside services provided by Krabel Funeral Home will be held for the family only at Van Voorhis Cemetery in Hindsboro, Illinois on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. (Illinois time). No visitation or funeral services will be held.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made either to the Hindsboro United Methodist Church or Clinton First United Methodist Church in Clinton, Indiana.</div>
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Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-46116077559640505702020-01-01T18:33:00.004-07:002020-01-01T18:35:27.758-07:002020 New Years Genealogical Resolutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Last year I made a resolution that I would have 12,500 names on my genealogy database by the end of the year. Well, I surpassed that by nearly 1,000 names. I now have 13,473.</div>
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I also wish to publish <i style="font-weight: bold;">something</i> this year - whether it's a book or an article. I haven't written an article for a genealogical journal in years. I think I will be able to at least accomplish that.</div>
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Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-8762289925053369702019-10-13T20:12:00.001-06:002019-10-13T20:24:48.881-06:00Collection of Socorro Family ObituariesClick on this link: <a href="https://www.evernote.com/l/Ao7EuWXl4-lMEoiD8xTVKpFodSNuEdMQgVM/" target="_blank">Collection of 419 Obituaries</a> for a list of obituaries that I gathered on Evernote. Most of the obituaries for Socorro families. However, there are a few from my wife's family in the Midwest U.S.<br />
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If you wish me to email you a copy of any of these obituaries, please send me an email at <a href="mailto:info@socorrogrant.org" target="_blank">info@socorrogrant.org</a> and I'll email you a weblink to the particular obituary that you want. Please type "Evernote obituary request" in Subject line.<br />
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<br />Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-42487906290768869482019-01-01T13:56:00.002-07:002019-01-01T13:56:59.238-07:002019 New Year's ResolutionSo my 2018 New Year's Resolution was to have 12,500 names in my database by the end of the year. Well, it didn't happen. Mostly because I stopped working on my genealogy in the Spring or Summer. I also was supposed to try to publish volume one of my Socorro Land Grant book. Well, that didn't happen either, for pretty much the same reason.<br />
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My 2019 New Year's Resolution is to get to 12,500 names and publish my book. Let's see if it happens this year.<br />
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Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-68640992265137107862017-12-31T19:21:00.002-07:002017-12-31T19:32:37.794-07:002018 New Year's ResolutionsFor the past couple of years I have made a few genealogical resolutions. This year, I'm going to make only two.
Last year I said - among other things - that I would have at least 10,000 names on my database. As you can see, I surpassed that goal:<br />
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I have 10,403 people on my database. My 2018 resolution is to have 12,500 names by the end of the year. <br />
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Last year, I said that I would publish the first volume of my Socorro Land Grant book. Well, I sort of did it. I published an "Advance Copy" of "The Socorro Land Grant, Part I" on Kindle. My 2018 resolution is to publish a print version of the book. I have to do a little more research on about four families, clean up some stuff, and write a narrative. I hope to publish the book by late Spring or early Summer. Meanwhile, enjoy the Kindle version of my (uncompleted) book.<br />
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See you next year!Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-77663507997723437072016-12-31T11:50:00.000-07:002017-01-01T05:57:22.085-07:001897 Obituary: Manuel Gallegos y Baca (with genealogy reports)I found an obituary for a certain Manuel Gallegos y Baca in the 12 March 1897 issue of "The Chieftain" newspaper (Socorro, NM.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Manuel Gallegos y Baca, of this city, died at his home last Sunday morning, and the funeral ceremony and burial took place the following day. The deceased was born at Belen, January 1st 1819, and came to Socorro in the early thirties. He was married in 1840 to Maria Quitira Garcia, who died about two years ago. They had ten chidren of whom seven survive, viz: Manuel, Fernando, Florentino, Felicitas, Juanita, Martin and Emilia, who are all married.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Obituary: Manuel Gallegos y Baca, <i>The Chieftain (Socorro, New Mexico)</i>, 12 March 1897; online archives (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 30 December 2015).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I did a little bit of research, and was able to find some information about his and his wife's ancestry. Below I show that ancestry through their daughter Maria Dolores Gallegos. I have particular interest in this family because one of their descendants Eloisa Stackpole married my great granduncle Ricardo Zimmerly. Click on the links below to see descendant and ancestry charts of this family.</span><br />
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<strong>Correction: </strong>My distant cousin M.W.H. pointed out on Facebook that I forgot to mention that Manuel Gallegos' grandson Herminio Torres also married a Zimmerly, my great grandaunt Gertrudes Zimmerly. This is true. I actually have him listed in the "Descendants of Manuel Gallegos" report above, but I forgot to mention him specifically in this post. Sorry! - Robert J.C. Baca, 1 January 2017.Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-89376276811059164982016-12-31T09:19:00.001-07:002016-12-31T09:19:44.222-07:002017 Genealogy ResolutionsWell, it's that time again: 2016 is about to close. It is time to make genealogy resolutions.<br />
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For 2016, I said that I was going to do three things:<br />
1. I was going to enter enough names in my genealogy database to have 10,000 names. Well, this is what actually happened:<br />
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2. I said that I would publish a book on the Socorro Land Grant families. Well, I'm still working on it. I've registered a book publishing company with the state and city, but I'm probably 2 or 3 months away from finishing this project.</div>
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3. I said that I would publish articles in a number of publications this year. I didn't publish one *darn* article in ANY journal this year. Oops.</div>
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1. Get to the 10,000 mark on my database. That's doable. I added nearly 2,000 names this year.</div>
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4. Complete my indexing of Socorro death certificates found on FamilySerch.org. I indexed quite a lot this year already. I think I can finish. See my other blog, <a href="http://socorrogrant.org/" target="_blank">The Socorro Land Grant Research Project</a>, for the death certificates I've already indexed.</div>
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Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-87297591134064417132016-11-24T08:29:00.001-07:002016-11-24T08:29:43.134-07:00Obituaries for two Bourguignon siblingsFelipe Bourguignon and Carolina (Bourguignon) Baca were children of
Civil War Union Army Sergeant Philip Bourguignon, and his wife Maria
Tomasa Gonzales. Felipe, one of the elder Bourguignon children, was born circa August 1861. Carolina, one of the youngest children, was born on 3 July 1882 in Lemitar, New Mexico.<br />
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According to his obituary, Felipe died in hospital in Albuquerque on 5 February 1954. He was 92 years old. Carolina's Bourguignon's obituary stated that she was 80 years old when she died on 17 May 1963. Both obituaries were published in the Albuquerque Journal.<br />
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Felipe Bourguignon, 92, of Socorro, died Friday in an Albuquerque hospital.<br />
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Andres Romero and Mrs. J.O. Gallegos, both of Albuquerque, Mrs. Mary Bourguignon of Socorro, and Mrs. Estanislado Armijo of Bayard; one sister Mrs. Juan Baca of Socorro; 14 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Death notice: Felipe Bourguignon, <i>Albuquerque Journal</i>, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 6 February 1954, p. 10. Microfilm.</span></blockquote>
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BACA - Carolina B. Baca, 80, died in Socorro Friday. She is survived by four sons, Lorenzo B. Baca, Robert B. Baca, Phillip B. Baca, and Martin B. Baca; and one daughter, Prescilla B. Baca, all of Socorro, and eight grandchildren. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7:30 this evening at Steadman Memorial Chapel in Socorro. Requieum mass will be said at 9 a.m. Tuesday in San Miguel Church in Socorro. Interment will be in San Miguel cemetery. Steadman Funeral Home is in charge.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Obituary: Carolina Baca, <i>Albuquerque Journal</i>, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 20 May 1963, Albuquerque Genealogy LAN.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1900 U.S. Census, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico, population schedule, Precinct No. 1, Socorro City, enumeration district (ED) 135, p. 4B, dwelling # 109, family # 109, Felipe Bourgingon (sic); digital images, <i>Ancestry, Library Edition</i> (www.ancestrylibrary.com : accessed 14 February 2016).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Personal tombstone research. Carolina B. Baca tombstone, San Miguel Cemetery, Socorro, New Mexico.</span>Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-13946219354800366612016-03-29T08:02:00.001-06:002016-03-29T08:02:53.300-06:00Death by "summer complaint" - Lilly Florence Baca, 1933My paternal grandparents lost three of their children. One child was Lilly Florence Baca, who was born on April 30, 1933 and died four months and one day later on August 30, 1933.<br />
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Her death certificate indicates that she died of bronchial pneumonia, brought on by "Summer complaint" and infectious diarrhea. I had not heard of "Summer complaint", so I decided to look it up.<br />
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<span class="def-number"><span><span class="oneClick-link">1.</span></span></span><span><span class="oneClick-link"> an</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">acute</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">condition</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">diarrhea,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">occurring</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">during</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">hot</span> <span class="oneClick-link">summer</span> <span class="oneClick-link">months</span> <span class="oneClick-link">chiefly</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">infants</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">children,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">caused</span> <span class="oneClick-link">by</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">bacterial</span> <span class="oneClick-link">contamination</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">food</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">associated</span> <span class="oneClick-link">with</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">poor</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">hygiene.</span></span></div>
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<span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">It looks like she died of food poisoning. She was the daughter of Robert Bourguignon Baca and Maria Teresa Torres.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">"Socorro County Death Certificates, 1932 - 1935," database, <i>Family Search</i>
(www.familysearch.org: accessed 29 March 2016), death certificate: Lilly
Florence Baca, DOD August 30, 1930.</span></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">Definition: summer complaint, Dictionary.com, <http: browse="" summer-complaint="" www.dictionary.com="">, accessed 29 March 2016. </http:></span></span> </span>
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Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-33162634045709769302016-02-05T20:33:00.000-07:002016-02-05T21:04:21.089-07:00Lieut. Edward Zimmerly mentioned in AP article, January 1944.<br />
As I've been doing research on B-17 bomber Navigator Lieut. Edward Zimmerly, my maternal grandmother's cousin, I have become more appreciative of what he and others of "the Greatest Generation" sacrificed for his country. Lieut. Zimmerly made the ultimate sacrifice. On April 11, 1944, he was killed on board the Flying Fortress nicknamed the "Chief Cooke and his Bottle Washers". However, before that fateful flight, exactly three months earlier, Zimmerly survived a harrowing bombing mission over Germany, navigating a B-17 nicknamed "The Hit Parade". According to an email I received, this plane was so damaged in the raid that Lieut. Zimmerly and his fellow crew members were reassigned to other bombers. It was his first mission with the "Chief Cooke..." in which he was killed by enemy fire. His body jettisoned by his crewmates before the bomber crashed and the crew were captured. His body was later recovered.<br />
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The January 11th mission's story is brilliantly told in an AP report published in the Milwaukee Journal. I have transcribed the article for easier reading. You can find the digital image of the actual article <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_LQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4039%2C4508767" target="_blank">at this link.</a> Please note how Edward is described navigating his plane to safety.<br />
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Milwaukee Journal, January 14, 1944. Page 2.<br />
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Americans Went Through to Targets in Spite of Desperate Opposition<br />
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by Gladwin Hill<br />
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London, England - (AP) - It was a grim aerial game of musical chairs, with one bomber moving up, step by step, taking the place of others shot down.<br />
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It was a shell fragment slicing an astonished gunner's ammunition belt and a boy jabbing himself with a morphine needle to numb an aching shoulder.<br />
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It was the hell of a plane plunging wildly, with no certainty it was ever going to come out of it.<br />
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The whole story of one of the war's great battles in American air bombarment of a central Germany Tuesday probably never will be told because it is a thousand things to thousands of men.<br />
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More than 700 bombers spread over many miles of sky, and each one's experience was different. Some got through unscathed and their crews couldn't believe that 60 of their bombers went down. Other fliers were amazed that they ever got home.<br />
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Aiming Close to Berlin<br />
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It started like other missions. Turning out in the blackness of an early winter morning. The briefing room. Red lines on a map. Main objectives: Three of the Nazis' prime fighter plants - a major stroke in the campaign to knock out the German air force and clinch air supremacy for invasion - plants hardly a hundred miles from Berlin.<br />
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"I kind of expected all hell to break loose." said Forterss Pilot Bernard Davey of Atlanta, Ga. "As we headed into enemy territory I kept thinking of the crew. With a good crew you always have a better chance of coming back."<br />
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The American bombers flew over one large, dead, black city. There was little traffic on German highways, but lots of trains were chuffing along.<br />
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The Nazis quickly ascertained that raiders with a 500 plane fighter escort were coming either for the capital or those prize industrial targets hidden deep in Germany. The Germans threw up everything they had - an array of single engined and twin engined fighters and even the Stukas originally made to frighten Frenchmen into their trenches - not to do aerial battle. There was their desperate, eleventh hour gadgets - tow bombs, rocket planes.<br />
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Nazis Attack Over Holland<br />
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"The enemy fighters started their attack over Holland at the Zunider Zee - in spite of our escort they came at us in bunches," said Brig. Gen. Robert Travis of Savannah, Ga., leader of one formation.<br />
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"Our first attack was from four Focke Wulfs, the next from 30, then from 12. They they just kept on coming. They attacked straight through our formation and from all angles without even rolling over."<br />
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The attack gathered intensity as the bombers fanned out toward Brunswick, Halberstandt and Oschersleben. As the factories came into bombardier's sights, mechanisms clicked and with a clank in the bomb bays thousands of squat projectiles nosed down through five miles in thin air.<br />
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"It was a perfect day for bombing and we could see plenty of damage," said Lieut. John Raedeke of Waterville, Minn.<br />
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The German fighters hadn't saved their spawning places.<br />
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But to the rivet gun hammering of thousands of American machine guns the Nazi rocket planes welled around like football lines or a naval flotilla and let fly with broadsides. Swifter enemy fighters zoomed in to the follow up.<br />
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Planes Drop "Like Flies"<br />
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The sky was smudged thicker and thircker with black explosions. Jagged fragments of German steel zinged through layers of American duralumin, clanked against American armor plate - and slashed into American flesh.<br />
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"I saw our right wing man go down in the smoke," said Waist Gunner Sergt. Everett E. Hudson of West Point, Miss., "and when I looked out the other waist window our left wing man was gone, too. It seemed as if planes were dropping like flies - ours as well as theirs."<br />
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"We were at the back of the formation when we started," Raedeke said. "But every time a Fort would go down we would move up. By the time we got hit we were in the lead squadron."<br />
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"Those fighters were coming in frantically mad - and personally I was scared." Bombardier Lieut. Walter Gibson of Lyndon, Ill., confessed.<br />
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The ninth German nailed by Raedeke's "Hit Parade" crew plunged out of control and hit a near-by Fortress, which burst into flame and crashed down across Hit Parad's tail, shearing off most of the stabilizers.<br />
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Pulls Plane Out of Spin<br />
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"After a complete loop we went into a spin." Raedeke said. "I told the boys to bail out. Before they could, I got the plane out of the spin. Five fighters were on our tail, so I kept diving. Four of them dropped off and we went into a cloud. When we came out the other fighter was gone."<br />
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On a hundred other ships, shells were smashing interphone lines over which men were frantically signaling. Fragments were cutting oxygen lines, sending men groping for emergency bottles. Forty below zero gales froze gunners' faces and hands.<br />
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Bleeding men were lifted into the protection of radio rooms. Their uniforms were cut away and sulfanilamide poweder was poured into their wounds. Thick, muscular hands fumbled with tiny morphine needles.<br />
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The Germans kept after them most of the way back to the coast - two hours or more.<br />
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Dusk was gathering and the weather was thickening. In the nose of the Hit Parade, Navigator Lieut. Edward Zimmerly of Socorro, N.M., lay flat on his face, peering through the glass for his home field.<br />
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Many set down at the first base they saw to get as or aid the wounded. Lieut. Jack Watson of Indianapolis came back all by himself in a plane so battered and burning he had made the rest of the crew bail out as soon as they were over England.<br />
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Sixty of the bombers and five of fighters didn't come back - less than half the casualties claimed in the hysterical communique from Hitler's headquarters - and only a third of the German casualties were admitted in the communique.<br />
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Most of the American fliers came back - battered but undaunted - to find new replacement planes and crews waiting on the runways for the next time and to hear from the lips of high officials at home they'd done a worthwhile job.<br />
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The Germans had lost one of the war's big battles.<br />
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<a href="http://www.evernote.com/l/Ao7TugOs7vJGoZN1inS6AEwpjZN5_yAg-I4/" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.evernote.com/l/Ao7TugOs7vJGoZN1inS6AEwpjZN5_yAg-I4/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ancestry of Lieut. Edward Zimmerly</span></a> Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-55219627297938839572016-01-24T12:32:00.000-07:002016-01-24T12:34:54.797-07:00Socorro High School Class of 1931My grandmother Pablita (or Pauline) Zimmerly was the class valedictorian of the Socorro High School (Socorro, New Mexico) graduating class of 1931.<br />
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Here is some information about that class:<br />
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<u>Class Roll:</u><br />
Max Baca<br />
Salomon Chavez<br />
Walter Herkenhoff<br />
Cristobal Romero<br />
Matias Torres<br />
Flora Baca<br />
Edna Miller<br />
Tersilla Olguin<br />
Josephine Sickles<br />
Juanita Sisneros<br />
Pauline Zimmerly<br />
Walter Darr<br />
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Class Motto: "Dig"<br />
Class Flower: Poppy<br />
Class Colors: Blue and Gold<br />
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It would be interesting to find out who these students were. If my grandmother were alive today, she would be 106 years old (born 10 December 1909.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.evernote.com/l/Ao4ALp4GYXVEEbIT2VpdM6uPaz-4b2-5CYA/" target="_blank">Click here to see a copy of the graduation program posted on Evernote.</a><br />
<br />Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-74896871864339655722016-01-03T07:42:00.000-07:002016-01-03T07:42:07.991-07:00New Years Resolution 2016It's the New Year! I may be a couple of days late, but I've decided to make a few of resolutions.<br />
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1. Take a look at the image below. This is my current genealogy database properties. Notice that there are currently 6,437 people in my database. I wish to have 10,000 by the end of the year. That means that I need to add 3,563 names to my database. If I add at least 10 names per day from now until the end of the year, I can make that goal. You, gentle reader, can help me by sending me obituaries, family group sheets, hints, etc. for people related to Socorro, New Mexico and my family. I will also collect information for my wife's family. You can send me an email at info AT socorrogrant.org.<br />
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My goal isn't to just fill up my database, but rather connect to as many relatives as possible. I will also share information as requested.<br />
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2. Publish a book on the Socorro Land Grant families. I've collected a lot of information, but there's a lot I need to "clean up" before publishing. Again, your help is appreciated.<br />
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3. Publish a few articles in certain journals/ magazines. I've yet to publish in HGRC's Herencia, the Historical Society of New Mexico's journal, and the El Defensor Chieftain. I hope this will be the year.<br />
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Do you have any genealogy resolutions? Post them here!<br />
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Have a Happy New Year!Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-72237406224849194442015-11-28T08:41:00.002-07:002015-11-28T08:41:38.701-07:00Looking for Socorro area obituariesDear readers of this blog:<br />
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I'm currently collecting
obituaries for people who have connections the Socorro, New Mexico area.
This includes people who lived and died elsewhere. If you have an
obituary that you would like to share, please scan it and send it to me
at <a href="mailto:info@socorrogrant.org">info@socorrogrant.org</a>. You
may also send me transcriptions that you made of obituaries. If you
have a link to a specific obituary that is online, please send it to me.<br />
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Once again my email is <a href="mailto:info@socorrogrant.org">info@socorrogrant.org</a>.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
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Robert Baca<br />
Socorro Land Grant Research Project Robert Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687322339374899936noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841327.post-63523100669513678122015-10-29T20:36:00.000-06:002015-10-29T20:36:01.606-06:00Tomasa Gonzales and Philip Bouguignon in the 1860 CensusA woman who marries a soldier often finds herself physically separated from him for substantial periods of time. Tomasa Gonzales is no exception.<br />
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Nineteen year old Tomasa Gonzales, the wife of Philip Bourguignon, can be found in the 1860 U.S. Census at Fort Craig, 30 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico. She was living in household #310, as head of family #222. She was a laundress. She is listed with three children: Abram (5 years old), Celsa (4) and Amado Gonzales (4 months.) Interestingly enough, it does not appear that any of these children were her own. She had been married just 3 years prior, and seems too young to have had 4 and 5 year old children. Also, I find no other documentation of her having children by those names. She should have had a daughter Margarita Bourguignon by this time. Margarita would have been born around 1858 or 1859, according to the 1880 and 1885 censuses.<br />
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Tomasa's 26 year old sister, Maria Ynes Gonzales, is shown in the same household, as the head of family #223. Maria Ynes is a laundress also. She is listed with two children: Margarita 2 years old, and Nestor 11 years old. Is this Margarita actually Margarita Bourguignon?<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Idz_KM7Cp-A/VjLTQ1BKxVI/AAAAAAAABIw/XLqhYl2NMHo/s1600/Tomasa%2BGonzales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Idz_KM7Cp-A/VjLTQ1BKxVI/AAAAAAAABIw/XLqhYl2NMHo/s320/Tomasa%2BGonzales.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1860 Census of Fort Craig, Territory of New Mexico, p. 28</td></tr>
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Meanwhile, Tomasa's husband is enumerated in a different military fort. Sgt. Philip Bourguignon is listed with his fellow soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the Mounted Rifles at Ft. Union in San Miguel County. <br />
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The couple had been married for only three years. What would it have been like to be living apart so early in the marriage?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1860 Census of Fort Craig, Territory of New Mexico, p. 127</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Sources:<br />
1860 U.S. Census, Socorro County, New Mexico, population schedule, Fort Craig,
p. 28, dwelling # 310, families # 222 & #233, Tomasa Gonzales & Maria Ynes Gonzales; digital images,
<i>Ancestry.com</i> (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2015).<br />
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1860 U.S. Census, San Miguel County, Territory of New Mexico, population
schedule, Military Camp at Red River, Fort Union, p. 127, dwelling #1263, family
# 1268, Phil. Bourginon; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 17 October 2015).<br />
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1880 U.S. Census, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico, population schedule,
Palomas, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 63, dwelling # 44, family # 44,
Donaciano Montoya; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 4 July 2015).<br />
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1885 U.S. Census, Sierra County, Territory of New Mexico, population schedule,
Las Palomas, Precinct No. 4, enumeration district (ED) 30, p. 2, household # 17,
family # 17, D. Montoya; digital images, <i>FamilySearch</i>
(www.familysearch.org : accessed 4 July 2015).<br />
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<i>Matrimonios: San Miguel del Socorro, 1 January 1854 - 31 December 1900; San
Ignacio y San Cristobal, 1 March 1869 - 31 December 1900; San Marcial, 26 March
1883 - 31 December 1902; Our Lady of Sorrows of La Jolla, 1 January 1872 - 31
December 1900</i> (Alburquerque: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New
Mexico, 1999), p. 20.<br />
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