Grizelda Candelaria Baca
y Baca, granddaughter to
Captain Marcos Baca de Padilla and Maria de San
listed on this page.
Grizelda was born in northern Arizona (then Territory
of Arizona).
Her grandparents, Marcos and Maria were
born in the the southwestern U.S. Grizelda's other grandparents
were also born in the southwest. An Uncle
Juan
Candelaria and
her Aunt Lena
her Aunt can be seen here.
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The following information courtesy of the
Falcon Publishing Co, (Newspaper)
Apache County, Arizona
by R.D. Dandis
St. Johns family traces its roots to Conquistador
The Bacas of St. Johns (San Juan) trace their ancestry
directly to the Conquistador Cabeza de Vaca
and their
family briefly held the largest Spanish land grants ever
confirmed in Arizona.
One of the earliest settlers of St.
Johns was
Don Marcos Baca, son of Don Luis Maria Baca,
who was
the holder of the 500,000 acre land grant and a descendant
of the famous explorer of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Cabez de Vacas' descendants eventually settled in San
Miguel
New Mexico, and prospered.
Don Luis Maria Baca came north to settle on 500,000
acres near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Captain Union Army, Marcos Baca was born in Los Chavez,
New Mexico. He and his
wife Dona Maria Chavez de San Juan, and others left Los Chavez for
what is now Arizona. They settled in San Juan, which is named after
Maria Chavez de San Juan Baca.
Captain Baca is a descendant of Don Marcos Baca, who was
son of Don Luis Maria Baca, and who is a direct descendant of Alvar Nunez
Cabeza de Vaca. (I have copies of the legal documents reflecting
this).
Captain Marcos Baca was the Justice of the Peace in San
Juan (St Johns),
Arizona when the first English speakers entered the Spanish
speaking northern Arizona towns. (I also have copies of the official documents
reflecting this).
J. Baca Romero
my email 1stbooks@neta.com
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