Marriage Notes for Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos:
1699, Nov. 9 (no. 5), San Felipe, Bernalillo.
SANTIAGO GROLE, native of La Rothela in the French Realms, baptized in the church of St. Jean, son of Yvon Grole and Maria Odon (Odoe ?), both deceased, and doña Elena Gallegos (19), native of Bernalillo, daughter of Antonio Gallegos and doña Catarina Baca. Groom left France in company of the General Marshall de la Salle in search of continental region bordering on New France; was captive of infidel Indians for 5 years; then went to Spain by order of Viceroy Conde de Galve; back in Mexico City, he then came to New Mexico as a settler.
Witnesses: Pedro de Chaves, notary; Pedro Meusnier (26), native of Paris in France who knew groom for 15 years; Juan de Archibec (27), native of Ballona in France who also knew groom for 15 years; Baltasar Romero, Pedro Lopez, Felipe Gutierrez (40), Mestizo.
[Prenuptial Investigations NM Roots Ltd., page 780]
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