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Surname: Galana Given Name: MarĂ­a Juana Josefa Sex: F
Place of Birth: Date of Birth: Order:
Place of Death: Calabazas Date of Death: 09/19/1814 Cause of Death:
Race or Tribe: Residence: Title: Mujer de Antonio Cruz; Buried in the church at Calabazas
Place of Service: Burial Place: Calabazas-in the church Translation: (Spanish)
Notes: "In the year of Our Lord 1814 on September 19, Josepha Galana, who had been married to Antonio Cruz of Arizpe, returned her soul to God at Calabazas in union and comunion with Our Holy Mother Church. She confessed to Padre Miguel. Her body was buried at Calabazas in the church because when she died she was so full of maggots that the body could not be transported, and for this truth I signed as above."

 
Event Relationship [2 Records]

Event ID: 1618 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 09/19/1814 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3710 Relationship: Godmother Event Date: 05/05/1791    
 
 
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