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Introduction and Contents to 1784 and 1787 El Paso Censuses
Introduction and Contents to the 1803 Parish Census of El Paso
1806 Census for the Pueblo del Paso del Rio del Norte.
Census of the Parish of the said pueblo in which is given the number which corresponds to the Precepto Annual of Our Holy Mother the Church with the insertion of the children [born] this year of 1806.
[completed 4 June 1806]
Transcribed by John B. Colligan.
This transcription has not been proof-read, so if there are any questions they may be resolved by referring to the microfilm copies of the original documents, which are in the New Mexico State University Archives, Las Cruces, New Mexico, based on the documents in the Archivos Históricos del Arzobisbado de Durango, Mexico. (AHAD Group II, roll 3: frames 49-63)
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The 1806 parish census of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe lists the names of each head of household, the names of spouses (including maiden surnames), and the names of each dependent in the household. No information about ages, occupations, or racial identification was collected in this parish census. There were eight districts (partidos) in the parish, plus the Pueblo.
Abbreviations used:
C. =
Casdo = Casado/Married
Va. = Viuda/Widow
P. = Parvulo/child
S/Soltro = Soltero/bachelor - single, Soltera/maiden - single
id. = ditto (surname)
Esclava/Esclavo = slave
Contents—
Partido del Centro No.1 | Partido de la Playa No.2
Partido de los Alamos No. 3 | Partido del Alamo Gacho No.4
Partido de las Cadaveras No. 5 | Partido del Charco No. 6
Partido del Barrial No.7 | Partido de Chamisal No.8
Pueblo de los Indios de Doctrina | Pueblo de San Antonio de Senecú
Introduction and Contents to 1784 and 1787 El Paso Censuses
Introduction and Contents to the 1803 Parish Census of El Paso