Marilyn Herrera Britton located a copy of the marriage record of don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco and doña Estefanía Domínguez (ONMF: 229-230). They married on 20 May 1741, in the Iglesia del Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico (Matrimonios, Janos-B, f. 33v). The marriage record indicates that the couple received a license in the parish after completing the diligencias. This means there was a pre-nuptial investigation process for which there may still be a record preserved in the diocese archives. The padrinos of the couple were don José Becerra (also known as Bezerra) Nieto and doña María Muñoz. The official witnesses to the union were don Pedro Becerra, Juan Antonio Guerra, and Salvador Domínguez. The presiding priest was Bachiller Tomás Becerra.
The baptismal record for Estefanía de los Dolores Domínguez is dated 7 January 1723, Janos. Her parents were identified as Salvador Domínguez, a soldier of the Janos presidio, and Ana Fraguagua. Her padrinos were Francisco Ignacio Gómez Robledo and Gregoria Gómez de Silva.
Salvador Domínguez and Estefanía Domínguez were padrinos for a child of Reimundo Luján and Francisco Lucero baptized at Janos on 5 September 1732. (Bautismos, Janos-B, f. 20v). On 5 August 1737, Salvador Domínguez and Ana de Fraguagua were padrinos for a child of Juan José Durán and Tomasa González (Bautismos, Janos-B, f. 20v).
Researcher: Marilyn Herrera Britton
Source: Janos baptismal and marriage records extracted by the National Park Service.