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- Great Register of 1879 (Apache County at Springerville)
- (Copied from the “Criminal and Civil Docket of E.C. Bunch J.P.)
- Becker Family Papers - Arizona Historical Society
- This register was compiled (hand written) in late April through early May (the 12th), 1879 to be used for the first election in the County, June 2, 1879.
- (This document is extremely important in that it shows the names of the first Mormon settlers in the valley in early 1879. The majority of the Mormons arrived in 1880. See the Federal Census of 1880.)
Number |
Name
|
Age
|
County of Nativity
|
Naturalized?
|
1.
|
Julius Becker
|
30
|
Germany
|
|
2.
|
John Brown
|
40
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
3.
|
Dionicio Baca
|
36
|
New Mexico
|
|
4.
|
Robert Benton
|
55
|
Kentucky
|
|
5.
|
Jose M. Baca
|
41
|
New Mexico
|
|
6.
|
Francisco Baca
|
25
|
New Mexico
|
|
7.
|
Elias Conway Bunch
|
23
|
Arkansas
|
|
8.
|
Juan Baca
|
24
|
New Mexico
|
|
9.
|
Gustav Becker
|
24
|
Germany
|
Feb. 3, 1877 Albuquerque
|
10.
|
W.R. Milligan
|
47
|
Tennessee
|
|
11.
|
James Murray
|
31
|
Nova Scotia
|
Under Sec. 3
|
12.
|
Charles A. Franklin
|
35
|
Indiana
|
|
13.
|
James C. Chriswell
|
65
|
Arkansas
|
|
14.
|
Albert Chriswell |
27
|
Arkansas
|
|
15.
|
Fredrick Chriswell |
24
|
Arkansas
|
|
16.
|
Matias Carrillo |
55
|
New Mexico
|
|
17.
|
Alfred Chriswell |
22
|
Missouri
|
|
18.
|
St. George Creaghe |
27
|
Ireland
|
Under Sec. 4
|
19.
|
James H. Colter |
31
|
Nova Scotia
|
Under Sec. 3
|
20.
|
Jacob Loube |
37
|
Germany
|
Under Sec. 3
|
21.
|
Juan Candaleria |
35
|
New Mexico
|
|
22.
|
Samuel E. Lewis |
25
|
Utah
|
|
23.
|
J.L. Robertson |
35
|
Ilinois
|
|
24.
|
Perfecto Pena |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
25.
|
Peter Thompson |
40
|
Denmark
|
|
26.
|
Silvester Griego |
26
|
New Mexico
|
|
27.
|
Luis Chavez |
42
|
New Mexico
|
|
28.
|
Mike Kinney |
34
|
Missouri
|
|
29.
|
Tomas Ga-io (unk.) |
31
|
New Mexico
|
|
30.
|
Edward Depew |
41
|
Illinois
|
|
31.
|
Juan Moreno |
88
|
New Mexico
|
|
32.
|
Aniseto Abeyta |
22
|
New Mexico
|
|
33.
|
Unknown-Lopez |
28
|
New Mexico
|
|
34.
|
Julian Chavez |
26
|
New Mexico
|
|
35.
|
Juan Armijo |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
36.
|
Unknown |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
37.
|
Juan Baca |
24
|
New Mexico
|
|
38.
|
Juan Carrillo |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
39.
|
Leandro Carrillo |
27
|
New Mexico
|
|
40.
|
Nicolas Castillo |
34
|
New Mexico
|
|
41.
|
Gregorio Jimenez |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numbers skipped |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48.
|
Pedro Gabaldon |
41
|
New Mexico
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numbers Skipped |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50.
|
Luciano Jaramillo |
43
|
New Mexico
|
|
51.
|
Niels Jensen |
24
|
Utah
|
|
52.
|
Victor Rouiller |
30
|
France
|
June 1870 Paraje NM
|
53.
|
James N Skousen |
40
|
Denmark
|
Under Sec. 3
|
54.
|
Peter N Skousen |
27
|
Denmark
|
Under Sec. 3
|
55.
|
Juan P. Candalaria |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
56.
|
Wm. M. Rudd |
54
|
Tennessee
|
|
57.
|
Alexander James Rudd |
24
|
Arkansas
|
|
58.
|
Benjamin F. Rudd |
35
|
Tennessee
|
|
59.
|
Anderson Bush |
43
|
Tennessee
|
|
60.
|
William Roberts |
28
|
Indiana
|
|
61.
|
Bartalo Serna |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
62
|
Casamira Serna |
24
|
New Mexico
|
|
63.
|
Demetrio Samora |
27 |
New Mexico
|
|
64.
|
Micajah Harris Phelps |
51
|
Indiana
|
|
65.
|
Albert Miller |
28
|
Utah
|
|
66.
|
A.V.Greer |
44
|
Texas
|
|
67.
|
Charles Riggs |
33
|
Utah
|
|
68.
|
John T. Eagar |
32
|
Utah
|
|
69.
|
William Waddle |
28
|
Utah
|
|
70.
|
Pedro Ramirez |
40
|
Old Mexico
|
|
71.
|
David Stanfield |
23
|
California
|
|
72.
|
David Blaine |
22
|
California
|
|
73.
|
John T. Loubam |
31
|
Utah
|
|
74.
|
Jose Vijil |
43
|
New Mexico
|
|
75.
|
Juan M. Chavez |
27
|
New Mexico
|
|
76.
|
Jose M. Vallejos |
51
|
New Mexico
|
|
77.
|
Peter J. Christofferson |
46*
|
Denmark
|
Sec. 3
|
78.
|
Luis Bernal |
43
|
New Mexico
|
|
79.
|
Aniseto Abeyta |
23
|
New Mexico
|
|
80.
|
E.M. Eustrum |
27
|
Utah
|
|
81.
|
Niels Nilson? |
26
|
Utah
|
|
82.
|
Jacob Hamblin |
62
|
Illinois
|
|
83.
|
Peter Jenson |
64
|
Sweden
|
Under Sec. 4
|
84.
|
Jose Sanchez |
55
|
New Mexico
|
|
85.
|
Santa Rosa Lucero |
24 |
New Mexico
|
|
86.
|
Roman Gallego |
27
|
New Mexico
|
|
87.
|
Jose A. Chavez |
25
|
New Mexico
|
|
88.
|
Gabriel Silva |
27
|
New Mexico
|
|
89.
|
Libias T. Coons |
28
|
Utah
|
|
90.
|
Casildo Coronado |
28
|
New Mexico
|
|
91.
|
Roman Vijil |
21
|
New Mexico
|
|
92.
|
John A. Norton |
26
|
Utah
|
|
93.
|
Ebin Stanley |
36
|
Iowa
|
|
94.
|
Ezekiel Day |
26
|
Tennessee
|
|
95.
|
Joseph Bridger |
58
|
California
|
|
96.
|
John Thompson |
21
|
Utah
|
|
97.
|
Demetrio Samora |
26
|
New Mexico
|
|
98.
|
Pedro Erasmos? |
25
|
New Mexico
|
|
99.
|
Phillip Martin |
40
|
Canada
|
Under Sec. 4
|
100.
|
Samuel Voorhies |
50
|
New York
|
|
101.
|
Juan Samora |
27
|
New Mexico
|
|
102.
|
Justo Mascareno |
30
|
New Mexico
|
|
103.
|
Pablo Carrillo |
23
|
New Mexico
|
|
104.
|
John C. Wahl |
53
|
Germany
|
Sec. 3
|
105.
|
Teofilo Sanchez |
21
|
New Mexico
|
|
106.
|
Joseph Neavora |
38
|
Canada
|
Sec. 3
|
107.
|
Sivero Gonzales |
26
|
New Mexico
|
|
Number 77 above: Age is illegible: 3 appears to be changed to a 4
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End of page. There may have been more pages but they were not in the book. |
From Jack Becker's Collection
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