Meet Rita Luna. We do not know her mother’s maiden name. This hinders research. She was most likely born in the 1830’s in the State of Sonora, Mexico. Research has resulted in not one shred of evidence of her birth or baptism. And, unfortunately, no marriage information to Francisco Robles.

There is no photo of Francisco Robles who may have been born in the 1830’s or a decade or more earlier because it was common for the husband to be considerably older than his wife. Most likely he was born in Sonora, too. What has challenged me, perplexed me, is not a single document where he is mentioned has noted his second surname. There can be legit reasons for this but, again, this hinders research.

However, we do find them a married couple (Catholic Church baptismal records say their first child Andres was born of a legitimate (married) union) in 1860 in Ures, Sonora, Mexico. Eventually they had a large family of children: Andres, Plutarco, Leandro, Miguel, Francisco, Eulogia, Rafael, Guadalupe, Gertrudis, Luz & Gregoria. And there may be other children yet to be discovered.