Joseph Manuel SELVERA (#BUR143)
Birth Record: Born circa 1715, unsure where.
Death Record: Date unknown. However, he was still living in 1750,
in Burgos - according to the Census of that year.
Life Facts: His parents are unknown.
He was married twice. The first marriage was to
Maria Josepha Rodriguez de Caravajal. She died before
August 1747.
His second marriage was to Maria Manuela de la Serna
(#BUR143) on 28 August 1747 in Guajuco. He had three
children from his first marriage. They are listed
as Joseph, aka Francisco,(#BUR140) born about 1736;
Maria Guadalupe(#BUR142) born in 1742 and baptized on
14 April 1742 (registered in Monterrey); and Joseph
Miguel(#BUR145) born in 1745, mestizo, baptized in
Guajuco on 2 June 1745 and registered in Monterrey.
He probably died before 1749 as he does not appear
with his parents in the census of 1750 in Burgos.
Maria Manuela also gave birth to a son of her own in
1749 - Joseph Martin(#BUR141).
Sources: "Fundadores de Tamaulipas, 1748 - 1770"; Page 14 of
Burgos Census of 1750, #144,
by Guillermo Garmendia L.
Monterrey
1991
"Familias de Monterrey, Tomo 4"; Page 138 of Chapter
four and Page 5 of Chapter 5;
by Guillermo Garmendia Leal
Monterrey, N.L.
July 1997