Emerenciana (Romero) Korte (1877 - 1947)

Born 22 Dec 1877 in Buena Vista, Mora, New Mexico Territory, United States

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Died 28 Apr 1947 at age 69 in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Emerenciana was born in 1877 to José Lorenzo Romero (1827-1920) and María de las Reyes (Mestas) Romero (abt.1854-).^[1] In 1899 she married Charles William Korte (1871-abt.1912)^[2] and they had seven children:

1. Emilio Enriques Korte (1899-1975)
2. Nellie Juana (Korte) Nees (1901-1959)
3. Lillie Korte (1902-1925)
4. Charles Daniel Korte (1904-1974)
5. Francisca Berce (Korte) Lucero (1906-)
6. Elena Cecilia (Korte) Lucero (1908-1982)
7. William Frederic Korte (1910-1994)

Charles had come from a wealthy family that had lost everything in a 10-year court battle settled a few years before he married Emerenciana.^[3] They had their own property and were probably still prosperous but then Charles died about 1912 and Emerenciana found herself alone with seven children between 2 and 13. She was a beautiful woman and could probably have remarried for the security but she took a different path.

She ran her farm herself with the help of her children and never remarried. She was a "popular curandera" during the 1920s, an herbal healer.^[4] She was living with one of her children in Las Vegas, New Mexico, when she passed away in 1947.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Santa Gertrudis Church, (Mora, New Mexico), Baptisms, 1877–1882, Book 5, p. 42, Emerenciana Romero, born 22 Dec 1877 in Buena Vista, New Mexico, baptized 11 Jan 1878, Mora, New Mexico; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQY-BSG9-J : accessed 13 Nov 2023), FHL microfilm #16,839, image 727.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMLS-W6T : accessed 20 May 2018), Charles and Emerenciana Korte, Mora County, New Mexico Territory, United States, population schedule; citing Precinct 5, La Cueva, enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 10B, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,001.
3. ↑ De Cordova vs. Korte, 1895
4. ↑ Anselmo F. Arellano. "Curandera de Buena Vista: A Calming Influence on Community," La Herencia, Vol. 2, (Summer 1994), p. 38.
5. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Our Lady of Sorrows, (Las Vegas, New Mexico), Deaths, 1882-1956, Book No. 4, p. 13, Emerenciana Romero, died 28 Apr 1947, buried 2 May 1947 in Mt. Calvary Cemetery; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQB-93C6-D?i=464&cat=369015 : accessed 19 Jan 2021), FHL microfilm #16,815, image 465.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGSF-LQX : accessed 5 August 2018), Emerenciana Korte in household of Charles Korte, La Cueva, Mora, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 916; FHL microfilm 1,374,929.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4VB-KFR : accessed 5 August 2018), Emereliciana Korte, La Cueva, Mora, New Mexico, United States; citing ED 110, sheet 3B, line 78, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1077; FHL microfilm 1,821,077.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCMQ-PP2 : accessed 5 August 2018), Emerenciana Korte, La Cueva, Mora, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 3A, line 41, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1396; FHL microfilm 2,341,131.
• "New Mexico Death Index, 1940-1949," transcript, New Mexico Death Index Project (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nm/state/vitals/deaths/1941/kelled.txt : 16 Sep 2018), Emerenciana Korte; New Mexico Death Index, Albuquerque Main Library, Special Collections Library.