Tuesday, November 12, 2013

La Historia de dona Maria Candelaria Ulibarri



Maria de la Candelaria Ulibarri was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 5, 1765 and baptized on the very same day by a man known as Joseph Miguel (no last name available) and Juana Catalina Angela. This was 9 years before the American Revolution of 1776. Her parents were Jose Fernando Ulibarri and Maria Olaya Armenta.

Candelaria, as she was known, married Jose Rafael Garcia who was baptized on November 28, 1765 shortly after he was born. Their marriage took place on September 27, 1790 in Santa Fe. Jose Rafael was the son of Francisco Garcia de Noriega and Rita Padilla.

Together they had the following children;

  1. Jose Antonio Garcia - Birthdate unknown
  2. Miguel Garcia - Birthdate unknown
  3. Pablo Garcia de Noriega - Birthdate Unknown
  4. Bernardo Garcia de Noriega - Birthdate unknown
  5. Diego Antonio Garcia - Born December 22, 1797
  6. Juana Garcia - Born about 1800
  7. Ana Maria de Jesus Garcia - Born July 22, 1801 and died/buried on February 24, 1804.
  8. Maria del Rosario Garcia - Born June 26, 1804
  9. Jose Rafael Garcia - Born December 1, 1806
All of the children were probably born in Santa Fe. Some are documented as being born there but most probably all were. Both Candelaria and her husband Rafael were born there, so it is safe to assume the children were all born there also.

Jose Rafael died in 1817 and was buried in the church on March 11, 1817. He was not quite 52 years old.  Candelaria was just over 52 years old having celebrated her birthdate the previous month. At least two of the children were still young, 1) Maria del Rosario was thirteen and 2) Jose Rafael had just turned ten. So, under the best of circumstances, it would have been hard on Candelaria.

On the 3rd of February of 1823 Maria Candelaria baptized a young Navajo child in Santa Fe and named him Jose Maria Agapito Ulibarri. He was living in her house. The record shows "espuesto en la casa de Candelaria Ulibarri". Jose Maria Agapito's real parents are listed only as "Nabajos". She and an individual identified only as Jose Teodoro were the "padrinos" at the baptism.

Something terrible must have happened to the Navajo child named Jose Maria Agapito because just  a year later on February 20, 1824 he was buried in Santa Fe. He is listed as Indian parvulo (infant) of the Navajo Nation. The cause of death of the child is not stipulated.

Another tragedy happened soon there after. Dona Maria Candelaria Ulibarri herself died and was buried just 3 months later on the 22 of May of 1824. Again no cause of death is noted, just that she was the widow of don Rafael Garcia.

The moral of the "story" is the hardships folks had to endure, just imagine Maria Candelaria. Imagine the birth and death of Jose Maria Agapito, imagine his biological parents. All we can do is wonder. But it is interesting what you can glean from the historical records.



 

4 comments:

Antonio Noriega said...

Tanks for information. I`d like to know where is this information from, because my most premature ancestor in america in my genealogy was married in the same place, circa 1790. His name was Juan Garcia de Noriega and his wives probably were Maria Josefa de la luz Torres and Maria Rosa Lopez de Haro. I Think there is a relation between these familys. I am doing my family tree.
Thank you.

New Mexican said...

@ Juan Antonio.... Give me a bit of time, about a week max, I will look up my records and post my sources here.

New Mexican said...

@ Juan Antonio.... Did some checking this morning. I would suggest you start with the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, they have excellent and reliable geneaological information. http://www.hgrc-nm.org/

At the HGRC-NM genealogical database there are a lot of people listed under Juan Garcia de Noriega, but none have a person with that name married to the women you mention

The place is the very best resource for information on New Mexico families. Goo luck with your name hunting.

The information I have on the individuals mentioned come from birth, marriage and death records of the churches in New Mexico. More specifically information on Jose Rafael Garcia and Maria de la Candelaria Ulibarri came from:

1)Baptismal information is from page 106 of the publication titled New Mexico Baptisms of Santa Fe, Parroquia de San Francisco de Asis, Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi, Volume I, 5 September 1747 to 17 July 1791 published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

2)New Mexico Marriages, Santa Fe, St. Francis Parish and Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light (La Castrense), 1728 - 1857 published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

3)Death/burial record comes from page 283 of the publication New Mexico Burials, Santa Fe - St. Francis Parish and Military Chapel of Our lady of Light (La Castresne) 1726 - 1834 published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

Antonio Noriega said...

I will check in HGRC, I have to look for other last names. Thank you for info.