Gómez & Rosales Family of El Paso, Texas

In 1640 after 50 years of being under one king, the Portugal seceded from Spain, taking Brazil and other colonies with them. The Spanish viceroy in Mexico was worried that the many Portuguese settlers in Nueva Vizcaya would revolt and try to rejoin Portugal. In 1642 the Viceroy ordered a census of all Portuguese men, their male children and required them to declare all firearms they possessed. About 40 Portuguese men in Parral were summoned to be registered. Capitan Domingo Gonçales was recorded and he persoanly declared that he was from the North African colony of Tánjar (Tangiers), he was 50 years old, and had three sons which he named: Domingo(8 years old), Melchior and Juan.

Portuguese census, Parral, 1642

Fondos de Parral Gobierno y administracion Padrones de poblacion 11/01/1642