1793 By William H. Wroth Manuel Armijo was the last governor of New Mexico under the Mexican Republic, serving in that office three times. He was born in the Albuquerque area, probably in Belen, in 1793, the son of Vicente Ferrer Armijo and María Bárbara Chávez. The Armijos in…
Governor Joaquín del Real Alencaster, 1803-1808 By Rick Hendricks Joaquín del Real Alencaster was born to Antonio del Real and María Antonia Alencaster in Cádiz, Spain, around 1761.According to testimony by his brother, Antonio, the family moved from Cádiz, where the brothers were born, to Algeciras where Antonio, at…
1 28 1814 By Samuel Sisneros Padre Ramón Ortiz’s parents were don Antonio Ortiz and doña Teresa Miera, both descendants of prominent Spanish colonial families in New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Mexico City. Padre Ortiz’s paternal ancestor was Nicolas Ortiz the progenitor of the prominent Ortiz family in New Mexico….
12 7 1859 By Suzanne Stamatov Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, son of Don Octaviano and Doña Donaciana Corral de Larrazolo, was born on 7 December 1859 in El Valle de San Bartolo (later known as Allende) in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. His father Don Octaviano was a prosperous landowner….
1840 By William H. Wroth Adolph F. Bandelier (1840-1914) was one of the most important and influential historians and anthropologists in New Mexico in the nineteenth century. He was born in 1840 in Bern, Switzerland, the son of Adolphe Eugene Bandelier and Mary Senn, both members of prominent families…
5 16 1894 by Michael Ann Sullivan Fabiola Cabeza de Baca was born 16 May 1894 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Graciano Cabeza de Baca and Indalecia Delgado. The Cabeza de Bacas trace their ancestry back to Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca who explored New Mexico in the…
1907 Grandma was a tall woman, who would never hesitate to get on the floor to play with the glorious dollhouse she had at her house, or go out into any weather to push me and my sister in the backyard tire swing. As little girls, my grandma would…
10 6 1832 Joseph Workman Dwyer, of Raton, Colfax county, New Mexico, settled on the Una de Gato Ranch in 1877, where he was very largely interested in the breeding and raising of cattle, sheep and horses, and was the owner and manager of large landed and stock interests….
1 17 1793 El Padre Martínez nació en Abiquiú el 17 de enero del 1793, en lo que entonces se llamaba provincia de Nuevo Méjico. Sus padres fueron el don Severino Martínez y María del Carmen Santisevan. La vida del presbítero don Antonio José Martínez se extiende a través…
12 6 1836 A native son of New Mexico, Nicolas T. Armijo was born in Los Gallegos, Bernalillo county, on the 6th of December, 1835, being, as before stated, a descendant from one of the oldest and most distinguished Spanish families in the Territory. His father, Juan Cristobal Armijo,…
