The Search for the Marriage of Juan de Abila and Josepha Ximenez

Research Note by Wesley Johnston, begun 25 Oct 2015, last updated 4 May 2018

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When and where did Juan de Avile and Josephina Ximenez marry?

They are not in the Mexico Marriages index.

Since their legitimate son Alexandro Joseph de Avila was baptized at Tlaltenango 11 Apr 1716 ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15256-2214-18 ), they are NOT the Juan Salvador de Avila and Josepha Gregoria Ximenez who married 10 Mar 1733 at Tlaltenango.

I have searched Tlaltenango marriages from Dec 1710 ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15257-9299-23?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG:147469801,147469802,159870501 ) to 25 Aug 1712 ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15257-8741-14 ) page by page without finding them, although I did find another Ximenez and two de Llamas marriages.

I am going to systematically go through all of the Ximenex marriages in this period and add them to the tree as a separate group, in hopes that one of these will eventually turn out to be the family of Josepha.

Update 27-28 Apr 2018 -- I have now searched back to Dec 1709 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJZ7-M?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG) and to Dec 1708 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJZ2-C?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) and forward through Dec 1712 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJCJ-5?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) and June 1713 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJHT-T?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) without finding their marriage.

Update 1 May 2018 -- I have now searched this volume from Dec 1709 to 19 Sep 1713 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJHT-K?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ). Their son was baptized in 1716, so that I will not searrch past early 1716. These records do appear to be included in the FamilySearch indexes (based on checking some names I find), so that I am not sure how their marriage is not included in the index unless it is not included in the volume. But the only way to know is to search page by page. There is another volume that hass 1716 marriages and prior, so that if I do not find them in this volume, then I will search that volume.

Further 1 May 2018 update -- I have now completed the search of all of 1713 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJC3-T?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) and have not found their marriage. And I have further searched until 15 Jul 1715 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJHT-P?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) without finding the marriage record. And I have further searched until 10 Sep 1716 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BJHK-6?cc=1804458&wc=3PSS-JWG ) -- which is after the baptism of their son -- but did not find their marriage.

So I will now shift to searching the other volume of Tlaltenango marriages for this same period. I am starting with 12 Aug 1716 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BR99-5W?cc=1804458&wc=3PS7-7MS ) -- the day after the baptism of their sson -- and working backward.

Update 4 May 2018 -- I have searched back to the start of 1715 ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BR9S-6G?cc=1804458&wc=3PS7-7MS ) but have not found their marriage.