Husband: Jose Francisco TAFOYA
Birth: 4-3-1897, Quemado (Cordova), NM
Death: 4-23-1861, Quemado (Cordova), NM
Father: Jose Felipe  (Joseph Phelipe) Tafoya
Mother: Maria Manuela Garduno Montoya
Marriage: 2-28-1825, Santa Cruz, NM

Wife: Maria de la Merced SANDOVAL
Birth: 9-15-1805,  Quemado (Cordova), NM
Death: bef 1850
Father: Nicolas Bentura SANDOVAL
Mother: Maria Rosa QUINTANA

1: Maria Encarnacion TAFOYA, Sex: F
Birth: 11-12-1826, Quemado (Cordova), NM
Marriage: Bef 11-8-1852
Spouse: Teodoro MONDRAGON

2: Pedro TAFOYA, Sex: M
Birth: 1-18-1829, Quemado (Cordova), NM

3: Juan Manuel TAFOYA, Sex: M
Birth: 12-29-1829, Quemado (Cordova), NM
Death: 9-12-1900, Truchas, NM
Marriage: 1-9-1852, Quemado (Cordova), NM
Spouse: Maria Ramona VALENCIA

4: Manuel Antonio TAFOYA, Sex: M
Birth: 1-9-1830, Quemado (Cordova), NM

5: Maria Antonia TAFOYA, Sex: F
Birth: 5-3-1832, Quemado (Cordova), NM

6: Maria de la Merced TAFOYA, Sex: F
Birth: 2-4-1835, Quemado (Cordova), NM

Santa Cruz de la Canada baptism records; Vol II.; Published by the NM Genealogical Society. Santa Cruz de la Canada Marriages; LDS Film #0016972 and book of marriages  extracted by Henrietta Martinez Christmas & Patricia Sanchez Rau of the same film number.(The place name Quemado, NM was later changed to Cordova, NM, located in the Santa Cruz, NM area, but all older records state Quemado, NM) Maria de la Merced Sandoval's death is estimated on the birth date of Francisco TAFOYA'S son from his second marriage.