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Note: N100 !Date and Place of birth from Gail Salazar, 2002, gailsalazardesigns@@msn.com.
!the Rio de San Juan - runs through Abiquiu and San Juan de los Caballeros.
!Beverly Obera has a picture which has written on the back that it is Tenacio Russell and that he died in 1925 at 75 years of age. The story she has been told by Sylvia Gallegos is that Lucy Martinez's son was fathered by Nathan Russel. She married Juan Maez and so began the family name Maez. Her father remembered a Robert Russel that he went to school with. Information from a letter from Beverly Obera in 1992.
!The Nathan Russell story is a family story without any proof. Nathan came to America in 1841 and was in Pike Co., Illinois. He crossed the plains in 1859 which is after the birth of Tenacio Maez. Tenacio's marriage record in 1872 lists his father as Juan Isidro Maez.
!I came across just one little bit of information about Tenacio . I found a record that said he had green eyes and was 5' 1" tall and that he had dark red hair, he had a long scar on his chest from being kicked by a horse and had a cleft chin like a dimple on the end of his chin. I thought it was neat information to picture what he actually looked like. Info from Gail Salazar gailsalazardesigns@@msn.com. 2002.
!Checked the baptisms for Santa Cruz dela Canada, Abiquiu, San Juan de los Caballeros, Taos, Santa Fe and Picuris and no mention of Jose Atanasio Maez. His sister Juliana is listed in San Miguel Del Bado but he is not listed.
!Jul 1853-Jun 1868: HGRC has the book of baptisms for San Miguel del Bado from July 1853-June 1868 and I checked each male Maes, Maese, Maez without any luck. If fact, there are no more children of Ysidro & Soledad listed.
!1870 Census: Saguache Colorado, page 5, dwelling 44, family 37: Martin, Manuel 72 M W farmer $500.00 $280.00 NM; Martin, Ricardo 48 M W farmer $0.00 $0.00 NM; Martin, Soledad 34 F W Keeping house; Martin, Tenacio 16 M W herder; Martin, Jose C 1 M W. This is the only Soledad Martin in this census. This is Ricardo Madril her second husband.
!22 Dec 1872: La Garita Colorado. Marriage of Jose Atanasio Mez s/o Juan Isidro Mez and Maria Soledad Martin with Josepha Martin d/o Andres Martin and Ana Maria Gutierrez. Testigas: Jose Aniceto Trujillo and Maria de Jesus Obeita. Our Lady of Guadalupe Marriages, Conejos CO, 1860 to 25 Nov 1881, pg 151.
!1880 Census, Saguache, Colorado, page 14, Dwelling 77, Family Number 81: Mes, Tenacio (?), 20, farm laborer; Josepa, 23; both and parents born in New Mexico; Jose, 7; Francisco, 5; Salvador, 3; and Julio, 2/12; all born Colorado; Juan M. Martine, 84; he and his parents born in New Mexico. Enumeration date 15 June 1880. ( Juan M. Martine was Tenacio's grandfather)
!1900 Census, Saguache, Colorado, Soundex T1035, Roll 38: Tenacio Maez, 1860; Josepa, 1857; both born in New Mexico; Jose Leno, Sept 1876; Francisco, Feb 1878; Salvador, Feb 1879; Julio, Apr 1881; Josie, Feb 1883; Salada, Dec 1887; Sedalia, Dec 1889; Preslano, Feb 1895; Inario, Apr 1897; and Juan A., Apr 1900; all born Colorado.
!Sep 1923: Tenacio buried in the Chicago Cemetery, Saguache Colorado according to Josephine Serna, Denver, CO., 1988.
!The Chicago Cemetery is located about 5 miles west of Saguache. Take Denver Avenue west out of Saguache. Continue driving west until you reach County Road Z43. Turn left (south) on CRZ43 and follow it until you reach the cemetery.
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