To begin the journey of the Duran men let us start in the early 1800's, working both ways in future posts. The Duran line, Spanish & Native American reflects the true history of the New Mexico territory; molded from Onate's 1598 Expedition to the Reconquest of New Mexico in 1692. In fact, this Duran line did not leave the territory until 1900, giving us over 300 years of Spanish and Native lines mixing together to create the unique DNA that is New Mexico. Not all Duran lines left. This blog is the first of a series of blogs regarding nine generations of Duran men leading to the state of Kansas. Surnames within this journey are Lujan, Vigil, Medina, Ullibarri, Armenta, Garcia de Noriega, Molinar, Gongora, Blea, Gerigo, Ortega, Martin-Serrano, Hurtado, Martinez, Montoya, Anaya, Sandoval & Hijar.
Antonio Ysidro Duran 1831 - after 1903
Antonio Ysidro Duran, born May 10, 1831, & baptized the 15th of May 1831 at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz de la Canada, New Mexico. Details from his baptism are as follows: Antonio Ysidro Duran was five days old, Parents Antonio Jose Duran y Maria Ysabel Lujan. Paternal grandparents Francisco Duran y Maria Luz Vigil. Maternal grandparents Juan Lujan y Dolores Hurtado. Godparents Luis Ortega & Maria Dolores Sanchez from El Cerro.
This church stands today. Fray Andres Garcia painted the alter screen (pictured below) between 1765 and 1768. This would have been there at the time of Antonio Ysidro's baptism.
The church history can be located at their website: https://www.hcccsantacruz.org/history-of-la-iglesia-de-santa-cruz-de-la-canada
Antonio's parents and paternal grandparents married at this church. His parents, Jose Antonio Duran & Maria Josefa Ysabel Lugan married on April 14, 1817. His grandparents, Jose Francisco Duran & Maria Pasquala de la luz Vigil married on November 12, 1785. His maternal grandparents, Juan Antonio Domingo Lujan Serrano & Maria Dolores Hurtado married in Cochiti, August 18, 1777. (Sources cited in blog posts for these families.)
Antonio Ysidro was the 8th child of 11 known born to Jose Antonio & Maria Josefa Ysabel. Antonio spent his first years of life in the Santa Cruz area. Family history provided in the book "La Gente Del Otro Lado" written by Hilario Rubio Jr. has the family history of the Lujan side, noting the family resided in the La Puebla by Santa Cruz.
Antonio's parents along with Antonio and his siblings migrated from the Santa Cruz area over the mountains to the east to the Rociada valley, northwest of Las Vegas, New Mexico. We know Antonio Ysidro is there in 1855 as he married Maria Ynes do los Dolores Blea on August 17, 1855 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Las Vegas, NM. The map below shows the distance between the two areas, along with listing La Tuzas, which is the next location of migration for this family.
The book, "La Gente Del Otro Lado" written by Hilario Rubio Jr. published in 1980 is truly a gem assisting us to create the timeline for Antonio Ysidro and his family. Further details provided within Rubio's book note the family connection to the area stemming from a sister to Antonio Ysidro's father. This sister ( a great aunt to Antonio Ysidro) was Maria Matilda Duran. She is the sister to Jose Francisco Duran, Antonio Ysidro's paternal grandfather. She married Ricardo Lujan in 1816 in Santa Cruz. Ricardo appear to be one of the first of the Santa Cruz contingent to move to the Rociada valley before 1860. Later migration for the family: Ramon Lujan was one of the first Rociada residents to move to "El Rio Colorado" (Canadian River area) by Sabinoso in the 1880's. This becomes a critical key to our Duran line's migration east as Antonio Ysidro's grandson, Monico Duran is born in this area in 1888.
Marriage to Maria Ynes do los Dolores Blea
Antonio Ysidro marries Maria Ynes do los Dolores Blea on the 17th August 1855 at Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He is 24 years old and she is 16 years old. Her parents, Jose Felipe Blea and Maria Barbara Josefa Ulibarri also migrated to the Rociada area. Note: The Blea & Ulibarri families were soldier families who came to New Mexico in 1695 with Vargas during the reconquest.
Short narrative on wife: Maria Ynes do los Dolores Blea
Maria Ynes do los Dolores Blea was baptized 20th April 1839 at San Miguel del Vado Catholic Church just south of the Pecos, NM area. Her baptism reads: "In this parish of San Miguel del Vado, on 20th April 1839, I the Priest don Rafael Ortiz, solemnly placed the sacred oils & chrism on a girl baby whom I named Maria Ynes de los Dolores, legitimate daughter Phelipe Blea y Maria Barbara Rivarri (Ulibarri) ap/ paternal grandparents Santiago Blea y Maria Concecion (sic) Ortega, am/ maternal grandparents Antonio Rivarri y Rose Garcia, padrinos Jose Luzero y Josefa Luzero who agreed to their spiritual obligation and relationships adn to this I sign, Rafael Ortiz." Below her name on the record below gives the location of where the family resided at the time: Plaza de San Antonio. This is near Pecos, NM.
Children of Antonio Ysidro & Maria Ynes do los Dolores
Ten children have been located for this union. All but one baptism has been sourced, giving us their date of births along with many of the locations of birth. Children 3 - 10 Source: HGRC NM "New Mexico Baptisms, Sapello Our Lady of Guadalupe Jan 1861-Dec 1882" pages 59-60. Further details on children will be added as research continues. Note: 1900 US Census lists 12 children born to this union.
Jose Espiridion born 14th December 1856 in Rociada, NM. Source: FHL#16811, FamilySearch; "Our Lady of Sorrows Baptisms 1852-1912. He marries Maria Reyes Montoya at "Our Lady of Guadalupe" at Sapello, New Mexico on October 20, 1879. Sapello is just east of Las Tuzas and north of Las Vegas, New Mexico. This is the Duran line I will note in future blogs showing the migration east to Kansas. He is the father to Monico Duran who resided in Pratt, Kansas dying there in 1974.
Maria Luisa born circa 1857. She's listed on the 1860 US Census. She is not listed on the 1870 US Census. Death as a child. Burial 10th February 1862, (Source: Burial records at Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas, NM.) I have not conducted research for her baptism.
Maria Francisca born 8th March 1861 in Rociada, NM. She is not listed on the 1870 US Census. Death as a child. Burial 22nd April 1861. Source: Burial records at Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas, NM.)
Jose Aniseto born 15th April 1862 in Las Tuzas, NM. He is not listed on the 1870 US Census. Death as a child.
Augustina born 27th August 1864 in Las Tuzas, NM. She married Jesus Maria Aragon on 22nd September 1879 in Sapello, NM.
Jose Matias born 18th February 1867 in Las Tuzas. NM. He marries Eleanor Anaya on 26th of November 1892 in Las Vegas, NM. His second marriage inon 29th November 1896 to Valerie Cordova in Chaperito, NM (near Sabinoso).
Maria Regina born 7th September 1869 in Las Tuzas, NM. She passed away in 1925 in Las Vegas, NM.
Maria Natividad born 25th December 1870 in Las Tuzas, NM. She married David Sandoval in 1895.
Jose Prudencio born 12th February 1874 in Las Tuzas, NM.
Jose Francisco born 19th January 1877 in Sapello, NM.
A picture for Antonio Ysidro has not been located however a picture of his son Matias Duran is publicly available on an ancestry tree on Ancestry.com.
Family Life
Again, The book "La Gente Del Otro Lado" written by Hilario Rubio, Jr., a historical, economic & genealogical survey of Rociada, New Mexico provides us a glimpse into the day to day life for Antonio Ysidro's family. Both Antonio Ysidro & Maria Ynes do los Dolores' families would have been one of the first to settle in this area in the 1840's and 1850's. The Duran clan moved to the area from the Santa Cruz area. Agricultural and timber activity were key to a move closer to Sapello in later years, along with sheep herding that will show the Duran line moving further east in future generations. The town Rociada was first noted as "Rincon del Tecolote" in 1851 and later became Rociada in 1884. Rociada meaning "sprinkling of dew" referred to the predominance of dew in the early mornings. The family would have woke up to this beauty of dew in the mountains surrounding Rociada on the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Farming of grain or hay provided items to sell or trade, farming was in many cases a requirement for a homestead. Younger boys often tended herds of goats, which Jose Espiridion (Antonio Ysidro's oldest son & the Duran line we follow) would have done before his later teenage years where he would have assisted with farm work. Farmers owning small plots sometimes borrowed seed from the richer farmers "a lamedia dobla", agreeing to pay back the same amount of see plus fifty per cent after the harvest. Antonio Ysidro appears to be one of the farmers with smaller plot according to notation in the 1860 & 1870 US Census as a farm laborer owning a smaller plot of land. Leading crops in the area were wheat, Indian corn and oats. The Spanish dried pea was probably the fourth most important crop. Chile was not grown due to the colder climate. Families would trade crops to others from Chimayo and Anton Chico for their Chile.
The Indian corn included blue, white and a hybrid kind called "maiz concho."
Lumber was also a means of economy, taking Rociada men a three day round trip to Las Vegas, NM where the railroad shipping yard was located. (Source: La Gente Del Otro Lado, Hilario Rubio Jr. Yucca Speedway Printers, Santa Fe, NM)
By 1880 Ramon Lujan (Antonio Ysidro's grandfather's sister Matilda's husband) is listed as having about 1, 000 sheep and is key to homesteading near Sabinoso, further east in the plains of New Mexico. This is the connection to Antonio Ysidro and his family moving further east, where in 1903 Antonio Ysidro has a homestead claim under the "Additional Soldier's Homestead Act."
A death record for Antonio Ysidro has not been been located however his strong Catholic faith he would surely received a Catholic burial. The migration of the family would lead focus to that area near Sabinoso for the details.
Civil War Service
Many of the men from the Rociada Valley served in the New Mexico Volunteers & Militia in the 1860's, fighting for the Union. In 1903, Antonio Ysidro was granted 160 acres under the "Additional Solder's Homestead Act." (Source: Las Vegas Daily Optic, Thur, Aug. 6, 1903, page 2) Further research pending on this land. Preliminary research shows Antonio Ysidro's son, Matias would have taken care of this land after Antonio's death.
Antonio Ysidro would have been part of the Battle of Valverde & Glorieta Pass in the Civil War within the New Mexico Territory in 1862. The men spent long hours building Ft. Union prior to the battles and were treated poorly by the soldier's whom spoke English & felt the men from New Mexico lacked knowledge & courage. Kit Carson, who assisted with the creation of the New Mexico Volunteer Infantry gave a glowing account of the New Mexico men's service.
First New Mexico Infantry ~New Mexico Territory
This regiment was organized at Fort Union and Santa Fe, N. Mex., from July 1 to Aug. 13, 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. service for three years. The officers and men not selected for retention in service were mustered out May 31, 1862, and the remaining members were consolidated with portions of the 2nd, 4th and 5th N. Mex. infantry to form a new regiment, designated the 1st N. Mex. cavalry (q. v.).
The regiment formed a part of the force gathered at Fort Craig by Col. Canby to oppose the advance of Sibley's brigade of Texans, which had entered New Mexico by way of El Paso early in Jan., 1862. Under the gallant Col. Carson it rendered effective service at the battle of Valverde, losing 1 killed, 1 wounded, and 11 missing. Eight companies participated in the action, and in the latter part of the battle assisted in supporting Hall's battery on the right of the Union line. In a furious attempt of the enemy to capture the battery the 1st poured in a well directed fire at short range which materially assisted in driving the enemy in confusion from that part of the field and the guns were saved. When at the close of the long and bloody engagement the order was given to retreat and recross the Rio Grande, the movement was executed in good order.The regiment, together with detachments of the 2nd and 4th, garrisoned Fort Craig until after the final defeat and retreat of Sibley's forces in April, 1862. At the end of May, 1862, the original 1st infantry ceased to exist as a separate organization as above stated. (Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 457)
Family history account from "La Gente Del Otro Lado" by Hilario Rubio Jr. noted a man named Juan de Nata Montoya was killed at the Battle of Valverde in 1862.
No family stories or written account have been located for Antonio Ysidro however a quick read of the two battles and of Fort Union will give the reader a glimpse into his life during the time of the Civil War. It is unknown if Antonio Ysidro remained with the New Mexico Volunteers after the battles. He may have stayed on as a "spy" in the area around Las Vegas, NM looking for Confederates in the area.
Migration
Migration of the family is key to understanding connections to families married into & locating sources of details not yet known.
1850's: Antonio Ysidro is a young man who travels with his family leaving the La Puebla Santa Cruz area just north of Santa Fe and west of Chimayo to migrate to the Rociada Valley area north and west of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
1856- 1861: Baptism records list Rociada, NM.
1862-1874: Baptism records list Las Tuzas , NM.
Note: Antonio Ysidro is part of the New Mexico Volunteers with the company he's associated with fighting in the battles of Valverde & Glorieta Pass. With his wife's parents & his parents living next door to them during that time it can be theorized that Antonio Isidro's wife and children remained in the Las Tuzas area.
1870: Baptism records list Sapello, NM.
1860 US Census: Township of Las Tuzas for location of residence.
1870 US Census: Township of Las Tuzas for location of residence.
1880 US Census: Sapello for location of residence.
1900 US Census: Los Alamitos, San Miguel County New Mexico
August 1903: Entry for "Additional Soldier's Homestead Act" lists Antonio Ysidro's residence as Sanchez, New Mexico. Sanchez was near the Sabinoso area and is a ghost town now.
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