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Chavez family of New Mexico
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The progenitors of the Chavez family of New Mexico were Don Fernando Durán y Chaves II was born in 1610 in Nuevo México, New Spain, and he married his wife Ana María de Carvajal y Holguin in Santa Fe. Don Fernando was the son of Don Pedro Gómez Durán y Chávez of Valverde de Llerena and Isabel de Bohorquez Baca of Mexico City. Notable family members * Martin Chávez, Mayor of Albuquerque from 2001-2009 * Linda Chavez, Republican commentator, and Fox News analyst * Julian A. Chavez, historic official in Los Angeles Common Council * Dennis Chávez, first Hispanic US Congressman (1931 to 1935) and US Senator (1935 to 1962) * Angelico Chavez, priest, historian, artist, and author of Origins of New Mexico Families * Dolores Huerta, American activist and cofounder of United Farm Workers Places named after the Chavez family * Chaves County * Los Chaves, New Mexico * Chavez Mountain and Chavez Mesa, both located in Union County * Chavez Canyon along Rio Gallina Footnotes Further reading * Fray Angélico Chávez, , revised edition. (Santa Fe Museum of New Mexico, 1992), (). 
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