Saturday, March 17, 2018

Powell Weaver, son of Cecilia Womack?

Powell Weaver was a famous mountaineer who helped lead the Mormon Battalion to present-day Utah.

In 1832, he married Dolores Martin in New Mexico.  Before marrying, he was baptized as a Catholic.  In the Spanish records, his name was rendered as Paulin Guivar.  There is no "W" in Spanish, and the "Gu" sound is as close as Spanish gets.  His baptismal record lists his parents as Venito Guivar and Secilia Guamaca. "Guamaca" may be a Spanish version of  Womack, which was often spelled Wamack and pronounced Waw-muck (which is my grandma's pronunciation from Arkansas).

I found the Spanish marriage and baptism records at Family Search, see below.  If anyone can translate old Spanish handwriting, let me know!

Christina Chavez message on WGN, 17 Dec 2003 -
http://www.womacknet.com/message/archive/2003/2003.12.html


Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 14:24:17 (PST)
Christina Chavez
e.c.chavez@worldnet.att.net

I am Looking for a Cecilia Womack who was married to a Joseph Benjamin Weaver from TN-White County. Based on the marriage record for Powell (Paulino Guivar)Weaver, 2 Sept 1832 Taos, NM, his parents were Jose Benito Weaver and Cecilia Guamaca (Womack) Powell was born ca. 1798/1800 in White County, TN. He had some property in 1828 in Lovely Co, AR. Eventually he moved to NM and Arizona. He was better known as Paulino Weaver - the famous mountain man and guide to the Mormon Battalion. Powell had a brother named, Duff Weaver.

I am still looking for Powell's parents. I assume they were Benjamin Weaver and ??

Thanks you for any help.

Christina

Also, Duff and Powell Weaver -
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=10&p=localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.arhist.lovely


LDS Film #17020/7548732, Baptisms 1701-1837, Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Church], Taos, Taos, NM. [Part of Mexico until 1848]
Paulin De Jesus Guivar, baptized 26 Aug 1832, Parents Venito Guivar, Secilia Guamaca in United States.
Book #48, Baptisms 1830-1833, p.128 (img 795 of 1115).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DX-8H9Y?i=794&cat=414536



LDS Film #17022/7854398, Marriages 1777-1856, Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Church], Taos, Taos, NM. [Part of Mexico until 1848]
10 Sep 1832, Paulin Guivar to Dolores Martin
Book #39, Marriages 3 Jan 1837 - 30 Dec 1833, p.91 (img 200 of 862)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-1W3G?i=199&cat=414536

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