Background - Gurulé Family 2025

Original Gurulé Research

In March 1987, Virginia Langham Olmsted, a certified genealogist from Albuquerque, New Mexico, published her research of the Gurulé family in the National Genealogy Society Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 1. The article was titled "Grolet-Gurule: Los Franceses de Nueva Mexico" and contained family history for the first four generations.

Virginia did her research on paper, not a computer, tracking records on massive sheets of information.  Though she had access to the microfilms, it wasn’t easy like today where we can pull up a microfilm on our computer screens.  After Virginia died on May 12, 1989, her family donated her research to the New Mexico Genealogical Society (NMGS).

 

Angela Lewis began working on the Gurulé family in 1998, and in time, NMGS turned over Virginia’s records to her.  Since Virginia’s article in 1987, more records have been located, additional research clarified, and now with the advent of DNA testing, some lineages are realigning.

 

The below records are from Olmsted’s research, and the green material reflects the changes to date.  To locate the source material, click the Family Tree link on the website, and then Gurulé Families.  There you’ll find a separate page for each child listed below (in descendant order).

 

One of the exciting changes, for example, was in 2010 when Fray Angelico Chavez’s work,

while he was in a seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, was found in Santa Fe.  One of the records

was the 27 July 1718 marriage record for Antonio Gurulé and Antonia Quintana.   

Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos

Antonio Gurulé (b. 1703) and Antonia Quintana – married 27 Jul 1718

 

1750 – NM, Villa de Albuquerque

Antonio Gurulé (Spanish, 1705, age 45), Antonia Quintana (Spanish, 1705, age 45), Juan Antonio (1733,

age 17), Fabiana (1734, age 16), Seraphin (1739, age 11), Elena (1741, age 9), Francisca (1743, age 7), Manuela (1746, age 4); servant:  Rosa (Indian, 1710, age 40), Juan (1732, age 17), Juan (1738, age 12), Antonio (1742, age 8), Mathias (1744, age 6), Tomas (1746, age 4); servant:  Bernardina (Indian, 1720,age 30), Maria Antonia (1734, age 16), Ygnacio (1739, age 11), Joseph (1741, age 9), Josepha (1744, age 6), Maria (1747, age 3)

Note:  Manuela, Tomas and Luisa were already married by 1750 and appear separately in the census with their spouses.

     #1   Manuela Gurulé (b. 1722) and Baltazar Griego – married 20 Mar 1737

 

1750 – NM, Villa de Albuquerque

Balthazar Griego (Spanish, 1728, age 32), Manuela (Spanish, 1721, age 29), Domingo (1741, age 9), Rosalia (1743, age 7), Pasqual (1745, age 5), Antonia (1747, age 3), Paulina (1750, age one month); servant:  Maria Antonia (Indian, 1741, age 9)   

 

           #2   Domingo Griego (b. 1741) and Josefa Gallego – married 20 Jan 1763

           #2   Rosalia Griego (b. 1743)

           #2   Rafael Antonio Griego (b. 1745) and Ana Maria Lopez – married 15 Jun 1769

           #2   Pascual Griego (b. 1745)

           #2   Antonia Griego (b. 1748) and Salvador Jaramillo – married 20 Jun 1764 3 Mar 1764

           #2   Maria Paulina Griego (b. 1750) and Jose Antonio Lopez – married 19 May 1777

           #2   Juan Bautista Griego (b. 1752) and Maria Manuela Ortega – married 4 Dec 1777

 

     #1   Tomas Gurulé (b. 1725) and Maria Pascuala Griego – married 19 Sep 1743

 

1750 – NM, Villa de Albuquerque

Tomas Gurulé (Spanish, 1725, age 25), Pasquala Griego (Spanish, 1728, age 22), Usebio (1744, age 6), Juan Pablo (1747, age 3)   

 

           #2   Eusebio Gurulé (b. 1745) and Ylaria Montano – married 5 Jul 1764

           #2   Juan Pablo Gurulé (b. 1748) and Beatris Santillanes

           #2   Bernabe Antonio Gurulé (b. 1752)

 

                 Wife #1 – Juana Tomasa Gutierrez – married 14 Feb 1777

                 Wife #2 – Monica Sandoval Montoya – married 8 Sep 1781

 

           #2   Maria de los Reyes Gurulé (b. 1755)

           #2   Antonia Gurulé (buried 2 Oct 1755)

           #2   Toribio Gurulé (b. 1758)

 

                 Wife #1 – Maria Gertrudis Olguin

                 Wife #2 – Maria Rita Mirabal – married 3 Oct 1808

 

           #2   Pedro Bautista de Jesus Gurulé (b. 1766) and Dolores Duran – married 2 Nov 1786

           #2   Antonio Jose Gurulé and Maria Antonia Herrera

 

     #1   Luisa de Jesus Gurulé (b. 1731) and Tadeo Garcia de Noriega – married 24 Apr 1746

 

1750 – NM, Villa de Albuquerque

Tadeo Garcia (Spanish, 1725, age 25), Luisa Gurulé (Spanish, 1732, age 18), Ysidro (age 4), Gerardo Christobal (8 months)   

 

           #2  Ysidro Gurulé (b. 1747) and Juana Barbara Aragon

           #2   Gerardo Cristobal Garcia (b. 1749) and Maria Ana Santillanes

           #2   Pablo Garcia (b. 1752)

           #2   Antonio Vicente Garcia (b. 1754) and Maria Francisca Chavez

           #2   Maria Rosa Garcia (b. 1757) and Miguel Antonio Gamboa – married 24 Oct 1772

 

     #1   Juan Antonio Gurulé (b. 1733) and Maria Petra Montoya

 

           #2   Maria Manuela Gurulé (b. 1757) and Juan Miguel Martin (from Rio Arriba)

           #2   Jose Maria de la Encarnacion Gurulé (b. 1767)

           #2   Jose Maria Gurulé (b. 1768) and Josefa Candelaria

           #2   Maria Gertrudis Gurulé (b. 1772) and Antonio Maria Gutierrez – married 12 May 1788

           #2   Maria Guadalupe Gurulé (b. 1777)

           #2   Miguel San Juan Gurulé (b. 1779)

           #2   Vicente Gurulé (b. 1782) and Maria Antonia Garcia

           #2   Juan Isidro Gurulé (b. 1785) and Juana Maria Padilla – married 4 Oct 1802

 

     #1   Fabiana Gurulé (b. 1735) and Nicolas Montoya     

 

           #2   Maria Andrea Montoya (b. 1752) and Jose Antonio Lucero – married 12 Jul 1766 24 Aug 1766

           #2   Maria Pascuala de Jesus Montoya (b. 1758) and Jose Antonio Lopez – married 18 Jul 1779

           #2   Ana Quiteria Montoya (b. 1760) and Diego Gallegos – married 4 Nov 1783

           #2   Maria Guadalupe Montoya (b. 1761)

                 Husband #1 – Juan Mariano Griego – married 23 Oct 1775

                 Husband #2 – Juan Bautista Chavez – married 25 Jun 1783

 

           #2   Jose Cipriano Montoya (b. 1767) and Antonia Mestas – married 9 Aug 1789

           #2   Bernardo Montoya (b. 1769)

           #2   Juan Jose Montoya (b. 1772) and Maria Guadalupe Moreno – married 8 Oct 1796

           #2   Juan Jose Montoya (b. 1774) and Maria Rita Valencia – married 25 Sep 1796

           #2   Juan Cristobal Montoya (buried 6 Mar 1775)

           #2   Maria Manuela Montoya (b. 1778) and Juan Baca – married 12 Oct 1802

           #2   Juan Domingo Montoya and Juana Maria Valencia – married 2 Jun 1787

 

     #1   Serafin Gurulé (b. 1739) and Maria Gertrudis Aragon

 

           #2   Antonia Rosa Gurulé (b. 1764) and Jose Manuel Muniz – Oct 1782

           #2   Maria de la Luz Gurulé (b. 1766) and Felipe Gonzales – married 30 Sep 1781

           #2   Miguel Antonio Gurulé (b. 1768) and Maria Isidora Gallego – married 24 Oct 1788

           #2   Maria Juliana Gurulé (b. 1771) and Diego Antonio Lucero – married 16 Aug 1785

           #2   Juan Andres Gurulé (b. 1773) and buried 12 Jul 1818  11 Dec 1773

           #2   Antonio Jose Gurulé (b. 1775) and Maria Antonia Herrera

 

     #1   Elena Gurulé (b. 1741) and Jose Duran y Chavez

 

           #2   Maria Manuela Sabrina Chavez (b. 1775 1763) and Agustin Archibeque – married 20 May 1783

           #2   Joseph Alexandro Chavez (b. 1766 and buried 27 Aug 1769)

           #2   Maria Apolonia Chavez (b. 1768) and Miguel Antonio Gonzales – married 26 Feb 1783

           #2   Juan Cristobal Chavez (b. 1770)

 

                 Wife #1 – Maria Barbara Antonia Gallegos

                 Wife #2 – Maria Micaela Martin

 

           #2   Maria Cecilia Chavez (b. 1770) and Juan de la Cruz Barela – married 5 Mar 1786 25 Mar 1788

           #2   Maria Petra Chavez (b. 1772) and Jose Mariano Barela – married 28 Aug 1786

           #2   Maria Gertrudis Chavez (b. 1774) and Jose Antonio Valdez – married 2 Jun 1794

            #2   Maria Angela Chavez (b. 1777)

           #2   Ysidro Antonio Chavez (b. 1781) and Maria Jacinta Lujan – married 17 May 1802

 

     #1   Maria Francisca Gurulé (b. 1743) and Diego Felipe Vasquez Borrego

 

           #2   Diego Antonio Borrego (b. 1759) and Maria Viviana Sandoval – married 21 Aug 1784 2 Sep 1784

           #2   Juan Domingo Borrego (b. 1763)

 

                 Wife #1 – Barbara Trujillo – married 1 Nov 1787

                 Wife #2 – Juana Maria Montoya – married 27 Apr 1799

 

           #2   Ana Maria Borrego (b. 1765) and Jose Antonio Trujillo – married 24 Aug 1785

           #2   Jose Ignacio Borrego (b. 1769)

           #2   Maria Dionisia Borrego (b. 1771) and Antonio Damasio Trujillo – married 5 May 1785

           #2   Maria Juliana Borrego (b. 1772) and Jose Guadalupe Martin – married 9 Nov 1786 5 Nov 1786

           #2   Maria del Carmen Borrego (b. 1775) and Antonio Jose Mestas

           #2   Francisco Antonio Borrego (b. 1777) and Victoria Mora Castillo Maria Salome Padilla – married 9 May 1817

           #2   Juan Antonio Borrego (b. 1779)

 

     #1   Manuelita Gurulé (b. 1746) and Juan Paulin Saiz – married 6 May 1761

 

           #2   Maria de los Dolores Saiz (b. 1772) and Pedro Nolasco Martinez – married 8 Jun 1786 20 Oct 1787

           #2   Miguel Antonio Bonifacio Saiz (b. 1775)

           #2   Juan Bautista Saiz

 

                 Wife #1 – Maria Gertrudis Torres

                 Wife #2 – Maria Barbara Antonia Salazar – married 10 Aug 1841

                 Wife #3 – Maria Ramona Sanchez – married 12 Jun 1843

 

           #2   Jose Reymundo Saiz (b. 1779)

           #2   Maria Teresa Saiz and Pedro Antonio Valdez – married 8 Oct 1845