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Surname: Given Name: Marta Sex: F
Place of Birth: Date of Birth: Order:
Place of Death: San Ignacio Date of Death: 07/16/1751 Cause of Death: Smallpox
Race or Tribe: Residence: San Ignacio Title: De pecho; Hija de Martín, el hortelano; Died during the 1751 smallpox epidemic; Buried in the church at San Ignacio
Place of Service: Burial Place: San Ignacio-in the church Translation:
Notes: She was a sucklling baby at the time of his death.

"Manuel, son of Martín, the gardner, died on July fifteenth, and on the sixteenth of the said month Martha, a nursing baby and sister of the said Manuel, died, both from smallpox. The first was buried in the cemetery and the little one in the church of this village."

 
Event Relationship [1 Records]
Event ID: 4705 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 07/16/1751 View Document A  
 
 
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