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Surname: Ansa Given Name: Josefa Gregoria Joaquina de Sex: F
Place of Birth: Corodéguachi (Fronteras), Sonora Date of Birth: 03/30/1732 Order:
Place of Death: Villaro, Bizkaia, Spain Date of Death: 05/03/1800 Cause of Death: Old age
Race or Tribe: Vizcaina Criolla Residence: Santa Barbara Title: Mujer del Capitán Gabriel Antonio de Vildósola
Place of Service: Burial Place: Elejabeitia, Bizkaia, Spain Translation: (Basque - pasture with dwarf elder trees)
Notes: Daughter of Juan Bautista de Anza (presidial captain) and Maria Rosa Bezerra Nieto of Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico - Granddaughter of Antonio de Anza (pharmacist) and Lucia de Sassoeta of Hernani, Guipuzcoa, Spain - Granddaughter of Antonio Bezerra Nieto (presidial captain) and Gregoria Gómez de Silva of Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Married to Gabriel Vildósola, they were living on the Santa Barbara Ranch south of Guevavi at the beginning of the Pima rebellion. She was nineteen years old and five months pregnant. Her husband sent her back to their previous home in Basochuca, Sonora, to live with other family members. Their first child, Carlos Ildefonso, was born there in relative safety from the Pima unrest.=== In the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-two, day thirty of March, I, Carlos Roxas of the Company of Jesus, missionary of this district of San Ignacio de Cuquiaratzi, with license from the honorable priest Don Pedro Verdugo del Castillo, in the new church of the Royal Presidio of Santa Rosa de Corodeguachi, solemnly baptized and anointed with holy oil, Josefa Gregoria Juachina, legitimate daughter of Mr. Don Juan Bauptista de Ansa, Captain for life of the said Presidio, and his wife, the Mrs. Doña Maria Rosa Bezerra Nietto. Her godfather was Mr. Don Agustin de Vildosola, Militia Captain for His Majesty in this Province of Sonora, for which truth I sign: Jesus. Carlos de Roxas, Minister of Doctrine for His Majesty === On the first of February in the year one thousand, seven hundred, forty and seven in the Royal mining camp of Basochuca on the said day were married and veiled in the church and in the presence of witnesses, Don Gabriel Antonio de Vildosola and Doña Gregoria de Ansa, the marriage having been advertised diligently for the prescribed number of days with no resulting impediment. Witnesses were Don Gerardo Ortiz Corttes, Mr. Francisco Salazar, and Mr. Salbador Fuentes, before me, the said priest. Joaquin Feliz Diaz === On day three of May of the year one thousand eight hundred, the body of Doña Josepha Gregoria de Anza, of the age of sixty-eight years, more or less, was interred at Santa Maria of Castillo. She died in Villaro. She received the extreme unction only, on account of her sudden death. She left two daughters of legitimate marriage, called Gregoria and Francisca. Testified before Manuel de Madariaga, notary, resident of Villaro. And I signed: Don Lorenzo de Yarza

 
Event Relationship [6 Records]

Event ID: 403 Relationship: Godmother Event Date: 12/08/1753 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1185 Relationship: Mother Event Date: 04/09/1752    
 
Event ID: 2019 Relationship: Baptized Event Date: 03/30/1732    
 
Event ID: 2083 Relationship: Wife of the Deceased Event Date: 06/25/1778    
 
Event ID: 2084 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 05/03/1800    
 
Event ID: 2087 Relationship: Wife Event Date: 02/01/1747    
 
 
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