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ROUND-UP MY ANCESTORS

ME GEORGE ANTHONY SOLANO BORN 10/23/42, AT 5:15 AM, AT THE AT&SF RAILWAY BENTON SECTION HOUSE AT MILE POST:  563.0, IN A TWO STORY WOOD SECTION HOUSE WHICH MEASURED 18'X30' AND 12'X18' FRONT AND SIDE.  THIS SECTION HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1881 WHICH WAS JUST 20 YEARS AFTER THE COLORADO TERRITORY WAS CREATED AND  ONLY 5 YEARS AFTER COLORADO BECAME THE 38TH STATE.  THE SECTION HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN WHAT WAS BENTON (OTERO-COUNTY) COLORADO.

Photo courtesy Eastern Archives Maintained by Russell Crump at ATSFRY.COM.

HUMBLE BEGINNING

 

MY FATHER:  ABEL SOLANO BORN 6/16/1897 IN LAGUNITA, NEW MEXICO,  (His brother and sisters were Frederico, Cleofes, Delfida (Bustos), Teresa (Castellano), Della (Zamora),  Amalia (Trujillo).  He was baptized on the 20th of June 1897 and his Godparents were Andres Lucero and Maria Cruz Lopez.    HE DIED 3/5/1988 IN FLORENCE, COLORADO.  HE WAS MARRIED TWICE. 

FIRST WIFE  CRUCITA LUCERO, BORN -/-/1900, DIED 7/-/1937 CHILDREN BORN WHO LIVED TO ADULTHOOD WERE:

DOLORES LOLA (SALAZAR)  AMBROSIO, BENIETO, GENIO, ANDELESO.

SECOND WIFE ADELINA MONTOYA  BORN 12/15/1918 IN LAGUNITA, NEW MEXICO AND SHE WAS BAPTIZED ON THE 2ND OF JANUARY 1919 AND HER GODPARENTS WERE GREGORIO MONTOYA AND PREDICANDA ORTIZ.   CHILDREN BORN OF THIS MARRIAGE WHO LIVED TO ADULTHOOD WERE: FLORIPA (BACA),  GEORGE (THAT'S ME), JOSEPH, ERNEST, MATHEW.

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MOM & DAD                                                              UNCLE FRED, AUNT TERESA & DAD     

 

MY GRANDFATHER WAS AMBROSIO SOLANO BORN IN 1862 IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. HIS PARENTS WERE MONICO SOLANO AND JUANITA ANTONIA AGUILAR Y SANCHEZ AND HE DIED IN 1924.  ((AND ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER HE OWNED AND OPERATED THE GROCERY STORE IN CHAPELLE, NEW MEXICO, AND HE WOULD NEVER GIVE AN EXTRA PIECE OF CANDY AND IF BUYING MEAT HIS THUMB ALWAYS HELPED THE SCALE REACH THE WEIGHT.))  HE WAS MARRIED ON 11/27/1882 TO MARIA CONCISION TRUJILLO WHO WAS BORN IN 1866 AND DIED IN 1948 IN CHAPEL, NEW MEXICO.  HER PARENTS WERE MANUEL TRUJILLO AND TRINIDAD GALLEGOS.

MY GRANDFATHER ON MY MOTHERS SIDE WAS ATILANO MONTOYA  DATE OF BIRTH 1 OCTOBER 1887 AND HE DIED IN LA JUANTA, COLORADO ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST 1952, AND WAS THE SON OF MARCELINO MONTOYA AND MARIA EMITERIA DURAN OF SAN MIGUEL.  HE WAS MARRIED TWICE HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MARIA  FLORIPA TRUJILLO AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE JOSE (JOE) AND MARIA ADELINA.  HIS SECOND WIFE WAS LUCINDA LUCERO (NOT POSITIVE ON LAST NAME) AND CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE WERE ALICE, MARY, TILLIE, SUZIE AND MANUEL.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ON MY MOTHERS SIDE WAS MARCELINO MONTOYA WHO WAS MARRIED ON 8 FEBRUARY 1886 TO MARIA EMITERIA DURAN WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PEDRO LUIS DURAN AND MARIA DOLORES TENORIO.

HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA AS MANY RANCHERS ESPECIALLY DURING DROUGHT SEASONS, WOULD PURCHASE WATER FOR THEIR LIVESTOCK FROM HIM.  AFTER WELCOMING FRIENDS AND VISITORS HIS QUIP RIGHT AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL WOULD BE TO TELL HIS GRAND DAUGHTER (MY MOTHER) "HURRY UP MAKE COFFEE SO THESE PEOPLE CAN BE ON THEIR WAY".

MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS SALVADOR MONTOYA WHO MARRIED MARIA JUANA ARCHIVEQUE ON 13 MARCH 1847.  MARIA JUANA ARCHIVEQUE PARENTS WERE JOSE ANTONIO ARCHIVEQUE AND MARTA BENAVIDES.

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOSE MIGUEL  MONTOYA WAS BORN  22 MAY 1763 AND  WAS MARRIED TO CATARINA LUCERO ABOUT 1790.

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS LUIS MONTOYA WAS BORN ABOUT 1741 AND WAS MARRIED TO MARIA DEL LORETO CHAVEZ ABOUT 1762.  MARIA DEL LORETO CHAVEZ PARENTS WERE NICOLAS CHAVEZ AND JUANA ROMERO DE PEDRAZA.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOSE MONICO SOLANO WHO WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 23 OF 1831 IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.  HIS PARENTS WERE JOSE JULIAN SOLANO AND MARIA ESQUIPULA TAPIA AND HE DIED 6/8/1885.   HE WAS MARRIED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1857 TO JUANITA ANTONIA AGUILAR Y SANCHEZ (WHO WAS BORN ABOUT 1836) AND HER PARENTS WERE ANDRES SANCHEZ AND TOMASA GONZALEZ.

THE CHILDREN OF THIS MARRIAGE WERE TILANO SOLANO, AMBROSIO SOLANO, LOUIS SOLANO, VICTOR SOLANO, LIANORA SOLANO, ESQUAPOLA SOLANO AND LIBRADO SOLANO.

MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOSE JULIAN SOLANO WHO WAS BORN 2/18/1802 IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AND HIS PARENTS WERE ANDRES DE JESUS SOLANO AND MARIA FELECIANA VALDEZ AND DATE OF DEATH ----.  HE WAS MARRIED ON 12/4/1827 TO MARIA ESQUIPULA TAPIA IN GALISTEO, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.  SHE WAS BORN IN 1815 TO ANTONIO JOSE TAPIA AND MARIA ROSA ROMERO.

THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN WHO WERE JOSE MONICO CHRISTENING  26 SEP 1831, MARIA REFUGIO CHRISTENING 10 AUG 1834, MARIA LUCIANA CHRISTENING 31 JAN 1837, FRANCISCO ANTONIO CHRISTENING 17 JUL 1839, MARIA DE JESUS CHRISTENING 27 FEB 1842, MARIA DEL CARMEN CHRISTENING 20 NOV 1844, ANTONIO JOSE CHRISTENING 8 NOV 1847, JUAN DE JESUS CHRISTENING 17 OCT 1850, JOSE DE JESUS BIRTH ABOUT 1852, MARIA TEODORA BIRTH ABOUT 1854.

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ANDRES DE JESUS SOLANO WHO WAS BORN IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ON 12/6/1765 AND HIS PARENTS WERE ANTONIO SOLANO DE CASTRO AND MARIA ROSA JIRON AND HE DIED AROUND 1885.  HE WAS MARRIED ON 4/26/1790 TO FELECIANA VALDEZ WHO WAS BORN IN 1769 TO FERNANDO VALDEZ WHO WAS MARRIED ON 12/2/1761 TO MARIA FRANSISCA SAENZ.

THEIR CHILDREN WERE JOSE JULIAN SOLANO, MARIA INEZ SOLANO.  ANOTHER REFERENCE CAN BE FOUND AT .

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS DON (a Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman) JOSE ANTONIO ANDRES MARIANO SOLANO DE CASTRO BORN ON 6 FEB 1733 IN CAUHTEMOC, DISTRITO FEDERAL, MEXICO AND DIED ON 4/2/1782.  HE WAS MARRIED ON 5/20/1763 TO MARIA ROSA DIMAS JIRON  WHO WAS BORN IN 1745.  THEIR MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE AT THE ST. FRANCIS PARISH AND MILITARY CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF LIGHT (LA CASTRENSE) www.lorettochapel.com  AND THEIR WITNESSES WERE FRANCISCO ORTEGA AND CLARA DE HERRERA.   HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH CALVARY AND WAS STATIONED IN THE AREA THAT IS NOW SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, INFORMATION WHICH IDENTIFIES HIM AS A SOLDADO,   A LEGAL DOCUMENT EXIST IN HIS HAND WRITING IN REFERENCE TO THE THEFT OF PROPERTY FROM HIS HOME .

MARIA ROSA JIRON DIMAS  FATHER WAS ANTONIO DIMAS JIRON DE TEJADA AND HER MOTHER WAS LUCIA CATARINA ORTEGA.

THE CHILDREN OF DON JOSE SOLANO AND MARIA ROSA JIRON DIMAS WERE:  JUANA DE JESUS  1764, ANDRES DE JESUS  1765, JOSE PABLO  1775, ANTONIA  1776, MARIA GUADALUPE  1776, AND MARIA IGNACIA  1781.

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOSEPH FRANCISCO DE SOLANO  HE WAS BORN ABOUT  17O4 IN CAUAUHTEMOC, DISTRITO FEDERAL, MEXICO.

HE WAS MARRIED ON 5 SEP 1729 IN CAUAUHTEMOC, DISTRITO FEDERAL, MEXICO TO MARIA YGNACIA DE CASTRO.

 

 

 

 

 

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