When Josef Julian Montoya was born on 21 February 1784, in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, his father, Antonio Jose Montoya, was 34 and his mother, Maria Manuela De Herrera, was 37. He married Maria Gregoria Martin Serrano on 2 May 1810, in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States for about 10 years. He died after 1860.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Rio Arriba, Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Rio Arriba, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Mario, Ruben, Jesus, Jorge, Ramon, Francisco, Miguel. Portuguese Godofredo, Marcio.
Spanish: topographic name based on monte ‘mountain’, or a habitational name from an unidentified place with this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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