Fidel was a Nambe Band Pueblo Indian man

New Mexico’s Pueblo Indians are believed to be descendants of the Anasazi. The Anasazi populated the Four Corners region of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. None of the Pueblo tribes signed any treaties with the United States.

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mexico. Incidents of brutality and cruelty, coupled with persistent Spanish policies such as those that occurred in 1599 and resulted in the Ácoma Massacre, stoked animosity, gave rise to the eventual Revolt of 1680. The persecution and mistreatment of Pueblo people who adhered to traditional religious practices was the most despised of these. Scholars consider it the first Native American religious traditionalist revitalization movement. The Spaniards were resolved to abolish "pagan" forms of worship and replace them with Christianity.

Nanbé Owingeh – Nambé Pueblo (The Place of the Rounded Earth)

The Pueblo of Nambe in New Mexico, with adobe buildings and ladders.



The Pueblo Revolt killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. The Spaniards returned to New Mexico twelve years later.
Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Pueblo Revolt." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 30 Mar. 2025. Web. 31 Mar. 2025.

Biography:
Fidel Padilla was born c. 1892 to a Pueblo Indian woman named Lucia Ortiz and a father named Miguel Padilla, both of the Nambe band Pueblos. Fidel had two brothers, one younger and one older. He married Caroline Rivera before 1885 and they had no children Caroline died young in 1923, Fidel never remarried. He lived by himself but appears to have taken in his aging mother and younger brother in 1927. His mother appears to have died in 1937.

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson states that Fidel was admitted on September 29, 1918 for unknown reasons and discharged on October 4, 1921.

Fidel's last known residence and presumed place of death was c. 1970 in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, at the age of 78.

His profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-The date of birth for Jose Fidel Padilla is in dispute, two different Social Security entries show both June 16, 1892 and December 23, 1893.
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Sources;
1892 Jun 26 - "New Mexico, Births and Christenings, 1726-1918", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V24P-HQ8 : 20 January 2020), Jose Fidel Padilla, 1892, pg. 656/686,

New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Baptismal register, 1850-1894

1910 Apr 19 - "United States, Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGS2-WP8 : Sat Jan 18 03:39:24 UTC 2025), Entry for Lucia Padilla and Ilario Padilla, 1910, pg. 673/1147, line 18 (age 18), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indian Reservation, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1912 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7ZM6-X83Z : Fri Jan 17 14:59:16 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1912, pg. 511/772, line 1415 (age 18), census of the Pueblo Indians, Santa Fe Agency, New Mexico

1913 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FBY-YXN2 : Tue Jan 21 11:31:32 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1913, pg. 592/773, line 28 (age 19), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Santa Fe Agency, N.M.

1914 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7F1Q-Z4N2 : Mon Jan 20 02:15:48 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1914, pg. 697/772, line 26 (age 20), census of the Pueblo Indians, Santa Fe Agency, N.M.

1915 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:76CS-ZKN2 : Sun Jan 19 22:37:45 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1915, pg. 191/599, line 26 (age 21), census of the Namba band of Pueblos, Pueblo Day Schools Agency

1916 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll405unit/page/n468/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 469/556, line 30 (age 22), census of the Namba Pueblos, Pueblo Day Schools Agency

1917 Jun 2 - "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8WG-1DMM : Sat Nov 23 02:07:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Fidel Padilla, from 1917 to 1918, pg. 118/705, card #2 (age 25, b=1892), Military Draft Registration, Nambe, New Mexico

1917 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll405unit/page/n468/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 51/827, line 31 (age 23), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians

1918 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll406unit/page/n417/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 418/827, line 31 (age 24), census of the Nambe Band Pueblo Indians, Albuquerque Agency, New Mexico

1920 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll308unit/page/n71/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 72/597, line 24 (age 25, census of the Nambe Band Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos Agency, New Mex.

1920 Jan 30 - "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J7-FF2 : Fri Jan 17 16:08:45 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Podilla, 1920, pg. 652/1130, line 53 (age 26, census of the Asylum for Indians, Canton Township, Lincoln County, South Dakota

1921 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:688C-J4X6 : Wed Dec 04 03:20:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Fidel Podilla, 1921, pg. 508/522, line 29, male census of the Canton Asylum

1922 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll308unit/page/n220/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 221/597, line 18 (age 27), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos Agency, N.M.

1923 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll308unit/page/n316/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 317/597, line 21 (age 28, wife Caroline dies in 1923), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos Agency, N.M.

1924 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll308unit/page/n510/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 511/597, line 21 (age 29, widower), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos Agency, N.M.

1925 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll309unit/page/n89/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 90/513, line 22 (age 30, widower), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos I Agency, Santa Fe, N.M.

1926 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll309unit/page/n245/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 246/513, line 23 (age 31, widower), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos I Agency, Santa Fe, N.M.

1927 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll309unit/page/n245/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 398/513, line 26 (age 32, widower), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos I Agency, Santa Fe, N.M.

(Curator Note: Fidel appears to have moved in with his aging mother and younger brother Romaldo)

1928 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll309unit/page/n413/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 414/513, line 26 (age 32, widower), census of the Nambe Pueblo Indians, Northern Pueblos I Agency, Santa Fe, N.M.

1929 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll309unit/page/n413/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 37/421, line 26 (age 33), census of the Pueblo tribe of Indians, Nambe Reservation, Northern Pueblo jurisdiction

1930 Apr 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll310unit/page/n286/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 287/421, line 33 (age 35), census of the Nambe Pueblo Reservation, Northern Pueblo Agency, New Mexico

1930 Apr 7 - "United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM8-4BC : Wed Jan 22 05:11:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla and Lucia Padilla, 1930, pg. 99/1024, line 30 (age 35), census of Precinct 22, Northern Pueblo Agency, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1931 Apr 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:76W4-KSW2 : Sat Jan 18 13:05:28 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1931, pg. 88/548, line 35 (age 36), census of the Nambe Pueblo Reservation, Northern Pueblo jurisdiction

1932 Apr 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-XJ22 : Wed Jan 15 23:44:28 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla, 1932, pg. 307/548, line 37 (age 37), census of the Nambe Pueblo Reservation, Northern Pueblo Sub-Agency, New Mexico

1964 - "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4K-TMMJ : Tue Feb 25 18:09:44 UTC 2025), Entry for Fidel Padilla and Miguel Padilla, no image
Name Fidel Padilla
Sex Male
Birth Date 23 Dec 1893
Birthplace Nambe Pue, New Mexico, United States
Social Program Application Date Dec 1964
Race Other
Father's Name Miguel Padilla
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Lucia Ortiz
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Social Program Correspondence

1970 Jun - "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMST-4X9 : 11 January 2021), Fidel Padilla, Jun 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing), no image
Name Fidel Padilla
State New Mexico
Residence Place New Mexico
Last Place of Residence Santa Fe, New Mexico
Previous Residence Postal Code 87501
Age 78
Birth Date 16 Jun 1892
Death Date Jun 1970