It is never exciting to come across a death record of a
young mother.
I recently blogged about clipping a branch from my tree as I
had begun thinking I was on the wrong track for my 3rd Great
Grandfather, Juan de Dios Gonzalez.[1] I found some additional records of a person I
already had in my tree but under just the name “Juan” Gonzalez. When I started coming across records that
referred to him as “Juan de Dios”, I realized there was another candidate for
my 3th g-grandfather. This new Juan I have been looking at is a 1st cousin 1x removed from the first Juan.
This Juan, like the first Juan I was fixated on, was also
married. He married Tiburcia Casares, the 15-year-old daughter of
Ramon Casares and Ignacia Mendez on 12 February 1809.[2] At this writing, I have found records that
they subsequently had a least 2 sons, one who died when he was 12 years
old.
In order for this Juan de Dios to be a good candidate, I thought
it was important to prove that his wife Tiburcia, died prior to the suggested
birth year of 1841 of my 2nd g-grandfather, Nestor Gonzalez.
Unfortunately for Tiburcia, I found a record for her burial
on 29 January 1826. She was just 32
years old.[3]
The possibility of this Juan de Dios being my 3rd
g-grandfather just increased slightly.
