Hola prim@s,
In the past couple of years, I’ve been able to accumulate bits and pieces of information regarding the immediate descendants of Cristobal Navarro, which I thought I’d share here.
That he was the brother of Francisca and Maria Gabay, we learned from these two documents (Note: if any of you know of any other documents linking him to them, please feel free to share. Thanks!):
- Dispensation of Joseph de Torres and Elvira de Ulloa, 5 Jan 1689. The bride and groom were great-grandchildren of siblings Cristobal Navarro and Francisca Gabay.
- IM of Geronimo de los Rios and Francisca de Siordia, 25 Feb 1681. The groom and bride were at 3 with 5 degrees consanguinity, because his grandfather, Cristobal Navarro, was the brother of her great-great grandmother, Maria Navarro (Gabay).
The relationships given in both of these documents link to Cristobal Navarro through his daughter, Maria Navarro, who was said to be his hija natural, her mother’s name is not given. This implies that Cristobal Navarro wasn’t married - another explanation for why he never appears in church archives.
Seeing how his daughter lived in Teocaltiche, I image that he lived there, too. On 16 May 1634, in Teocaltiche, a Cristobal Navarro appeared as the padrino for the confirmation of Luis, son of Esteban Tejeda and Luisa Delgadillo. I also located a document, dated 19 Jun 1640, regarding a “Cristobal Navarro, vezino y labrador en su hazienda de la Mendosina deste Valle,” and the diezmos (tributes) he had paid the previous year of 1639. I don’t know if these are the same Cristobal Navarro.
MARIA NAVARRO
His daughter, Maria Navarro, aka Maria Gabay, was married to Joseph de la Cruz. They married around 1625, and had at least 8 children:
- Petrona Navarro, m. Nicolas Yepes
- Josepha de los Rios Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Juan de Torres, 27 Apr 1646, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
- Tomasa de la Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Mateo Perez de Frias.
- Martin de la Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Jacinta de Moya e Yañez
- Teresa de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
- Juan de la Cruz, b. 30 May 1640, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
- Ana de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
- Maria de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
After the death of her husband, Maria Navarro was involved with Rodrigo Osorio de los Rios, a relationship which resulted in the birth of at least one illegitimate child:
- Geronimo Osorio de los Rios, born ca 1648, m1. Juana de Ornelas y Mendoza, 03 Feb 1669, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m2. Francisca de Siordia, 09 Mar 1681, Nochistlan, Zac.
Several of Maria Navarro’s children and grandchildren appear in the 1681 padron of Teocaltiche, while others ended up in Mexticacan.
I hope you all find this useful!
Manny Díez Hermosillo
When adding dispensas to my tree I generally don't consolidate them with other lines without more information due to name similarities. As such, I never joined the Rios-Siordia dispensa Manny provided to my tree of confirmed descendants of Martin Navarro and Petronila Moctezuma.
IM for Geronimo de los Rios m. Francisca Siordia teaches:
Cristobal Navarro 1. Maria Navarro
Maria Navarro 2. Antonio Siordia
Geronimo de los Rios 3. Francisca Siordia
4. Maria de Chaves
5. Francisca Siordia
Now I understand the trunk of this tree is supposed to be Martin Navarro and Petronila Moctezuma but I was wondering if there was any "smoking gun" that you all are aware of to prove this (i.e. force consolidation with known lines). I get that Maria Gabai y Moctezuma ( i.e. 1. Maria Navarro m. Pedro Hernandez de Vaulus) had a daughter named Juana Siordia so this is a big indicator this is correct. However Antonio
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Hola Alex,
The Geronimo de los Rios cc Francisca Siordia IM is the only document I know of that names Antonio de Siordia’s parent/s. It’s also the only document I know of that names his mother as “Maria Navarro” as opposed to “Maria Gabai” (in all of the Aguascalientes sacramental records, she was called “Maria Gabadi”).
It’s obvious that Francisca de Siordia - and her brother, Nicolas de Siordia, who married in 1643 - were born illegitimately. Francisca as born no later than 1621, since 12 years was the legal marrying age, and her brother, around the same time. They would’ve been legitimized by the 1631 marriage of their parents.
As a young man, Antonio de Siordia rented an estancia de ganado menor located near Mexticacan, which belonged to Diego Mateos. On 24 Oct 1616, during the oidor Don Juan Davalos y Toledo’s visit to Mexticacan, among other transgressions, he received reports that Siordia had been carrying on (amancebado) with a Spanish woman from the pueblo, whose name wasn’t
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Ha thats funny I was just reviewing the 1616 document (the original) but my spanish is no where near good enough to understand those details. Thanks for the info. I don't think there will be a "smoking gun" for now but the situation does meet the "more likely than not standard" (very scientific, I know lol).
I suspect the non-contemporaneous last name (yet still technically correct) due to the number of generations that had passed
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Thank you Manny. My wife has “De la Cruz” ancestry in San Juan de Los Lagos. Do you know if the De La Cruz from Lagos descends from this line?
Thanks Again for your wonderful work,
Rick A. Ricci
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Manny,
Mr. Ricci's question makes me wonder if you noticed any connection between these de la Cruz's and Maria de la Cruz from San Juan de los Lagos and Jalostotitlan, wife of Lazaro Martin del Campo. She also used the names Lopez de la Cruz, Lopez de Lizaldi and Martin de Sotomayor.
Danny
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I don’t know if any of their descendants have ended up on Lagos - I’ve only documented grandchildren of Joseph de la Cruz cc Maria Navarro in Teocaltiche and Mexticacan. One of Josepha de la Cruz and Juan de Torres’ daughters, Nicolasa de Torres, married Geronimo Aramburu, and ended up in Tepatitlan, but that’s the only one I’ve seen outside of Teocaltiche and Mexticacan.
Maria Lopez de la Cruz, who married Lazaro Martin del Campo, was daughter of Licenciado Juan Baptista Valli and Maria de Estrada, who were married in Guadalajara in 1601; Maria de Estrada was daughter of Diego Lopez de la Cruz (from whom Maria Lopez de la Cruz got her surname) and Bernardina de Estrada y Alcantara; Diego Lopez de la Cruz was born in Santa Olalla, Toledo, Spain, son of Francisco Lopez de la Cruz and Alfonsina de la Paz, of Santa Olalla, who were early settlers in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Manny Díez Hermosillo
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Hola prim@s,
In this post, I am going to touch upon some of the families who descend from Maria Navarro y Gabai and Joseph de la Cruz, most who lived in Teocaltiche. Early church records in Teocaltiche are incomplete, and there are missing years; in some cases, I don’t have specific records sayings so & so was married to so & so, but from using baptism and confirmation records, with known family members appearing as padrinos for children of others, and then cross-referencing them with the 1681 padron, I think I’ve been able to establish certain family groups. But there is still the possibility that I am wrong. So, please keep that in mind. Thanks.
PETRONA NAVARRO cc NICOLAS DE YEPES
From records I have seen, Petrona Navarro is likely the oldest child of Maria Navarro and Joseph de la Cruz. She was obviously named for her great-grandmother, Petronila de Moctezuma. Petrona Navarro was married to Nicolas de Yepes (or Yepez). I have them with six children. Petrona died before 1681
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Manny,
Wow, this is great information that will be very helpful to a lot of us who's family comes from Teocaltiche and Mexticacan, like mine. I descend from many of these families. Thank you so much for sharing this information.
Danny
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As usual you have all the sources I already have and then some! Good work Manny, I always look forward to your posts!
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Thanks Manny, this information is very useful.
Danny
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