When Diego Gonzales de Apodaca was born in 1615 in Chama, New Mexico, his father, Juan, was 41 and his mother, Maria, was 30. He married Sebastiana Lopez de Gracia in 1656 in his hometown. They had nine children in 27 years. He died in 1680 in Tajique, New Mexico, at the age of 65.
Contributed by Charlene Dolores Padilla