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Surname: Bezerra Nieto |
Given Name: María Rosa |
Sex: F |
Place of Birth: Janos, Chihuahua |
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Place of Death: Tubac |
Date of Death: 10/14/1760 |
Cause of Death: Old Age |
Race or Tribe: Española Criolla |
Residence: Janos; Fronteras; Divisadero |
Title: Hija de Antonio Bezerra Nieto; Mujer del Capitán Juan Bautista de Anssa; Buried in the church at Guevavi |
Place of Service: Fronteras, Basochuca, Divisadero |
Burial Place: Guevavi-in the church, beneath the altar steps |
Translation: (Spanish) |
Notes: Born at Janos, Chihuahua, in the late 1600's or early 1700's, she was the widow of the of the late Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and mother of the Anza clan. She was the daughter of Antonio Bezerra Nieto, former Captain of the Presidio of Janos, and Gregoria Catarina Gómez de Silva. She lived with her family on the Divisadero Ranch in the San Luis Valley from the mid-1740's until her youngest son was made Captain at Tubac in December of 1759. Sometime shortly after that she moved to Tubac with his family, where she lived until her death. |