Person Page 1,038

Pilar Miranda^1,2,3,4,5,6

Facts and Notes

• Marriage: Eduvigen Barela¹
• Birth: About 1830; MexicoBG^3,4,5
• Anecdote: 28 April 1860; Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABGO; See person note⁷
• Occupation: 27 July 1860; New Mexico Territory, Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABG; Farmer with real estate values at $200 and personal estate valued at $100⁴
• Residence: 27 July 1860; Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABGO; Age: 26; PostOffice: Mesilla⁴
• Occupation: 1870; New Mexico Territory, Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABG; Laborer with real estate valued at $300³
• Residence: 1870; Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABGO; Post Office: La Mesilla; Age: 39³
• Occupation: 1880; New Mexico Territory, Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABG; Laborer⁵
• Residence: 1880; Doña Ana, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USABGO; Age: 50; Marital status: Married; Yduvigen is listed first within the household, and Pilar (50 at the time) is listed last.⁵

• Note: Pilar Miranda was one of the Doña Ana residents you signed a petition to the Adjutant General requesting that he reconsider a decision to close nearby Fort Filmore. In the petition, which was also signed by residents of La Mesilla and Las Cruces, the citizens expressed fear that the abandonment of the fort and the departure of the troops would expose them to attacks by Mescalero, Gila, and Florida "Apaches," as well as "Indians remaining upon the borders of the Mexican Republic." They described themselves as poor farmers who had given their all to make their region into the "granary of southern and western New Mexico." The absence of troops, they claimed, would put their livestock at risk. They were also concerned about travel on the "common" road, where people had been attacked, wounded, and killed.

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Roy C. Reyes; Descendants of Pilar Miranda

Citations

1. [S705] FamilySearch, New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918; database, Familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD57-T1T, Pilar Miranda and Octaviana Lopez, 28 Feb 1881; citing Santa Genevieves, Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, reference; FHL microfilm 16,798; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD57-T1T; accessed 28 August 2015
2. [S486] Ancestry.com, Mexico, Select Baptisms, 1560-1950, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MexBaptisms&h=85655114&indiv=try, Record for Pilar Miranda
3. [S471] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=39062544&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: Dona Ana, Dona Ana, New Mexico Territory; Roll: M593_893; Page: 164A; Image: 65692; Family History Library Film: 552392, Record for Pilar Miranda
4. [S476] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=54593991&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Dona Ana, Dona Ana, New Mexico Territory; Roll: M653_712; Page: 77; Family History Library Film: 803712, Record for Pilar Muranda
5. [S397] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=15406653&indiv=try, Year: 1880; Census Place: Dona Ana, Dona Ana, New Mexico; Roll: 802; Family History Film: 1254802; Page: 248C; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0500, Record for Pelar Meranda
6. Pilar Miranda and Yduvigen Barela are shown as the parents of the groom in the IGI Individual Record.
7. [S771] Official Records, https://www.fold3.com/image/294442652, US National Archives, Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General Main Series 1822-1860, www.Fold3.com/image/294442652; accessed 12 Feb 2021. Petition signed by Pilar Miranda.