Reynolds Family

Belfast, County Antrim (circa 1820)

Great Irish Potato Famine (1845 – 1852)

The Battle of Chapultepec (Sept, 1847)

Benito Juarez(1806-1872)

Venta de La Mesilla in Mexico

Guadalupe Ancheta &Joseph Reynolds

Reynolds Chavez Fountain Home

Reynolds-Chavez ConnectionsJoseph Reynolds Demetrio Chavez

• 1870s Demetrio Chavez is an employee and trusted friend at the Reynolds / Griggs store in Mesilla

• Demetrio is in charge of the store after Edgar Griggs dies in a buggy accident in 1877

• Joseph Reynolds retires around 1880

Joseph Reynolds & Guadalupe

Demetrio Chavez & Luisa Gonzales

• 1881 Demetrio Chavez & Luisa Gonzales are married in Mesilla

• Joseph & Guadalupe are the padrinos

William Charles Reynolds &

Maria Matilda (“Tillie”) Fritz

• William Charles & Tillie are married in Watrous, NM, 1891

• Demetrio is the best man

1870 1881 1880 1877 1891

Demetrio Chavez

Joseph Reynolds

Demetrio Chavez

The Reynolds house on Calle de Picacho in Mesilla is sold to Demetrio

1894

Maria Matilda (“Tillie”)

Fritz Reynolds

Demetrio & Luisa Chavez

Promissory Notes from Demetrio & Luisa Chavez to Matilda Reynolds

1897

Reynolds-Chavez Connections

Reynolds-Chavez Connections

1894

• Demetrio dies

• William Charles & Tillie named guardians of three of Demetrio's children -Josephita, Adelina & Magdalena

1905

William Charles

Reynolds

• Named co-executors of Demetrio's estate

William Charles &

Tillie Reynolds

1902

William Charles

Reynolds

Demetrio sells other real estate in Mesilla to William C. Reynolds

Demetrio Chavez

1897

Joseph Reynolds

Demetrio Chavez

The Reynolds house on Calle de Picacho in Mesilla is sold to Demetrio

Maria Matilda (“Tillie”)

Fritz Reynolds

Demetrio & Luisa Chavez

Promissory Notes from Demetrio & Luisa Chavez to Matilda Reynolds

Demetrio Chavez

Maria Chavez

Fountain

Reynolds-Chavez Connections

Henry Raphael (H.D.) Reynolds

• Luisa Chavez (daughter of Demetrio & Luisa) is godmother of H.D. Reynolds (son of William Charles & Tillie)

1909 1911

Joseph Henry Reynolds

Adelina Chavez

• Joe Reynolds marries Adelina Chavez

• Joe born in the Reynolds / Chavez / Fountain house (1892)

• Adelina moved into the house at about age 5 after it was sold by the Reynolds to the Chavez’s

1912

Tillie Reynolds

Joe & Adelina (Chavez) Reynolds

• Tillie Reynolds dies

• Daughter Clara & son H.D. move in with Joe & Adelina (for about 2 years)

Clara Reynolds (Sister Therese Clare)

Henry Raphael (H.D.) Reynolds

(Chavez)

William C. &Tillie Reynolds

Demetrio & Luisa Chavez

Luisa Chavez

Joseph and Guadalupe as Padrinos for Demetrio & Luisa's wedding in 1881

Maggie

William Charles Mary

William Charles Reynolds admission to the Bar of the US Supreme Court

William Charles &

Tillie Reynolds

Joe Charlie Emil Paul

John Clara Mary H.D.

Therese ClareReynolds Ryan

Therese ClareReynolds Quinn

Therese ClareSnyder Lopez

Therese Clare Huffaker

Sr. Therese Clare