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