Hi, to everyone. Just a small question about a name. If someone can look at this marriage document: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18696-19142-66?cc=1874591&wc=M99L-LNG:n520449710
Hi, to everyone. Just a small question about a name. If someone can look at this marriage document: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18696-19142-66?cc=1874591&wc=M99L-LNG:n520449710
The last lines of the marriage record of Rodrigo Apodaca mention the “testigos”/witnesses. My question is regarding the last witness. Does it really say Antonia Apodaca? or is that line just something else and it says Antonio Apodaca. I have always seen males as testigos in older marriage records, but I am not sure if women were even allowed to act as witnesses. Then thing is that if that line says Antonio, it definitely refers to my 3rd greatgrandfather Antonio Apodaca, the groom’s uncle. I’m just a little doubtful because there are some Antonia’s Apodaca in that time period, too. What’s your opinion?
Steve in NC
usually testigos were male, but I do remember coming accross a marriage document with a female testigo named maria josefa(I don’t remember her last name though)
I think it says Antonia. A few pages ahead you can see the marriage of Antonia Apodaca, daughter of Antonio Apodaca:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18696-18838-87?cc=1874591&wc=M99L-LNG:n520449710
Regards,
Victoriano Navarro
Thanks for the reply. I had already seen the marriage record you mention. I’m still doubtful that Antonia was the witness because she was 16 at that time. I have never seen a witness that young on any record, or female for that matter. Also, the letter at the end of “Antonio/a” is written differently than the other a’s in the document.
Saludos,
Steve in NC
