Tom McCabe's Genealogy 2025

Name
Magdalena de GARFIAS
Given names
Magdalena
Surname
de GARFIAS
Note: Testimony in 1669 shows that Magdalena de Garfias, age 70, was mother of Francisca de Garfias, the wife of Diego Cano de los Rios.
Birth about 1600

Note: In her deposition in 1660 Magdalena de Garfias stated she was 70 years old.
MarriageAmbrosio SAESView this family
yes

Birth of a son
#1
Ambrosio SAES de GARFIAS II
about 1635 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Francisca SAES y GARFIAS
about 1637 (Age 37 years)

Note: In a declaration at the Inquest of the death of Antonia Cano in 1669 Francisca stated she (Francisca) was 32 years old.
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph SAES de GARFIAS
about 1645 (Age 45 years)

Note: According to the deposition he gave at the inquest of the death of Antonia Cano in 1669, he was 24 years old.
Marriage of a childDiego CANO de los RIOSFrancisca SAES y GARFIASView this family
1660 (Age 60 years)

Source: Treviño Castro, Salvador. Del Chihuahua colonial. Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 2000.
Testimony
Inquest into Death of Antonia Cano de los Rios
1669 (Age 69 years)
Francisca Testimony
Francisca Testimony

Note: Francisca testified that she was daughter of Magdalena de Garfias. Francisca was injured by Apache Indian servants at their ranch of Buena Vista in 1669.

Death of a daughterFrancisca SAES y GARFIAS
after July 1699 (Age 99 years)

Note: Francisca was listed as a widow in the burial record of her son Francisco Cano in 1699
Death of a sonAmbrosio SAES de GARFIAS II
about 1704 (Age 104 years)
Note: Wiil states he is son of Ambrosio Saes and Magdalena de Garfias, he was born in Valle de San Bartolome and Ana Rodriguez was his legitimate wife. It also names his legitimate children: Augustin, Magdalena, Ambrosio, Antonio, Francisca, Maria, Juan and Mattias.

Death of a daughterFrancisca SAES y GARFIAS
before 1709 (Age 109 years)

Note: She was deceased at the time of her daughters Juana's marriage in 1709.