Gómez & Rosales Family of El Paso, Texas

Durango, Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985 For Jose Contreras Gender: Hombre (Male) Record Type: entierro (Burial) Death Date: abt 1809 Burial Date: 15 ene. 1809 (15 Jan 1809) Burial Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Spouse: Maria Timotea Armas Page Number: 2

Durango, Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985 For Jose Gregorio Gender: Hombre (Male) Record Type: bautismo (Baptism) Birth Date: 9 Mayo Baptism Date: 15 jun. 1817 Baptism Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Father: Jose Contreras Mother: Maria Josefa Ruis

Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 For Agustin Enrrico Contreras Event Type: Christening Event Date: 27 Aug 1823 Event Place: Señor de la Ascension, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, México Event Place (Original): Señor de la Ascensión, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico Gender: Male Father's Name: Jose Contreras Mother's Name: Josefa Ruiz de Esparza Maternal Grandfather's Name: Claudio Ruiz Maternal Grandmother's Name: Josefa Velasquez

This is almost certain the baptism record for Guadalupe, sister of Juana Contreras. Her brother Jesus' baptism shows that Jose Contreras = Jose Eustaquio Contreras.

Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 Name: Maria Zeferina Guadalupe De Los Dolores Contreras Gender: Female Christening Date: 02 Sep 1828 Christening Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Father's Name: Jose Contreras Mother's Name: Maria Josefa Ruiz

Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 For Maria Zeferina Guadalupe De Los Dolores Contreras

Christening Date: 02 Sep 1828 Christening Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Father's Name: Jose Contreras Mother's Name: Maria Josefa Ruiz

This is almost certain to be Juana's baptism record in Mezquital. The record for her brother Jesus shows that Jose Contreras = Jose Eustaquio Contreras.

Juana Maria Trinidad Contreras Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 Name: Juana Maria Trinidad Contreras Gender: Female Christening Date: 28 May 1831 Christening Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Father's Name: Jose Contreras Mother's Name: Maria Josefa Ruis

No mention of grandparents.

Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 For Jesus Contreras Name: Jose Doroteo Roberto De Jesus Contreras Gender: Male Christening Date: 06 Jun 1835 Christening Place: San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico Father's Name: Jose Eustaquio Contreras Mother's Name: Maria Josefa Ruiz

Durango, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1861-1987 for MA Josefa Ruiz [María Josefa Ruiz] Gender: Mujer (Female) Age: 54 Death Registration Date: 12 nov. 1863 Death Registration Place: Durango, Durango, México (Mexico) Spouse: Eustaquio Contreras

Four children are named in her death record: Juana 20, Guadalupe 28, Jesus 22 and Augustine 34. These ages are wildly incorrect and Josefa's is probably too.