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.
Best wishes as you sort out your Juan's! It's tough when there are two or more candidates. Have you looked into finding descendants of these two Juan's and comparing your DNA?
ReplyDeleteAnd, thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. Happy hunting to you, too!