In 1801, Diego Antonio Salas sought to marry María Victoria Cisneros, widow of Antonio Maese. In their petition for marriage both were identified as residents of the community of Río Arriba in the jurisdiction of San Juan de los Caballeros. Diego Antonio, about age twenty-five, declared he was español and a son of Ramón Salas and Dolores Lucero. He was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity with María Victoria Cisneros, who had four children from her previous marriage with Antonio Maese. The following lineage of consanguinity was included in the petition for dispensation to marry:
Antonio Gonzales siblings María Gonzales
Juana Gonzales 1st cousins Bárbara Martín
Dolores Lucero 2nd cousins Biviana Salazar (wife
of Antonio Cisneros)
Diego Antonio Salas 3rd cousins Victoria Cisneros
Researchers: Rick Hendricks and John B. Colligan
Source: AHAD-357, f. 616-21, San Juan de los Caballeros, 29 July-19 October 1801: New MexicoPrenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado deDurango, 1800-1893.