Isabel is also another ancestor from the town of the Toa Alta who I don’t have clear years of birth and death due to her being only present in church documents. Isabel, like Juan de Dios Marrero, was most likely born in the early 1700s since her first child I have documented is in 1809. Isabel after a while dropped her surnamed to just Fuentes, which was common amongst those who had compounded or longer surnames; you see the same thing happening with the surname de la Torre/Torres. Isabel’s husband was Paulino Vásquez and together I have been able to document 14 children – that’s a lot of kids! From the information I have children births span across 50 years!! Paulino and Isabel passed away after 1828, where and when I don’t know. What is interesting to note are the godparents of the children for Paulino and Isabel. Usually, a godparent is someone close to the family – either a family friend or uncle, aunt, cousin, etc. There are various couples who have come forward to become the godparents of the Vásquez Fuentes children, and amongst them there are various Fuentes individuals. Here are the list of godparents I have been able to accumulate for their children, listed by year of baptism:
1809- José María Ferré y Rosa Fuentes
1811- Pedro Ferrer y Bárbara Martínez
1813- Marcelino García y Eugenia Fuente
1816- Fermin Fuentes y Juana Quiles
1817- Juan Angel Quilez y María Vásquez
1818- Marcelino Fuentes y Gregoria Fuentes
1820- Julian Fuentes y Juana Quiles
1823- Juan de la Fuente y Gertrudis Vásquez
1824- Manuel Ortiz y Cayetana Rosado
1826- Juan de la Fuente y Feliciana de la Fuente
1828- Remigio Vásquez y Juliana López
As you can see there are quiet a few Fuentes/de la Fuente godparents, both men and women. I haven’t been able to tie them to Isabel de la Fuente so far. Julian Fuentes for example appears in my family tree as the son of Joseph Luciano Fuentes/de la Fuente, potentially this is someone in Isabel’s family whether an uncle or even her father. I can’t be too certain until I have Isabel’s death record or some mention of grandparents for the Vásquez Fuentes children where it lists their grandparents. Truly, I wouldn’t be surprised if all of these Fuentes godparents were related by blood to Isabel, it would definitely explain why she and Paulino chose them as godparents.
Again, Isabel probably died in Toa Alta but I have no record yet to prove that. Based on all the information I have of her I only know that must have been after 1828 (officially), there are a few 1840-1850 children born to Paulino and her but since they aren’t officially documented with birth/baptism records I’ll only go off the last official one I do have. One can only hope to extend their lines further, myself included!