The document is a statement by Sebastiana de Torres, 39 years old and a resident of Toledo, on the situation of her family. She declares that her husband, Esteban de Arévalo, a shepherd by trade, has been missing for three years. As a result, since the family’s main breadwinner was missing, Sebastiana had to work in order to support her children. She says that her work as an errand girl earns her 140 reales a year, although 33 reales of this amount goes to pay the rent for the house where they live.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Historical source
Format: 1 page Manuscript
Source: Archivo Municipal de Toledo, Libro 7º de los Fondos del Estado de Legos de la Ciudad de Toledo, su Casco, Término y Legua para la Contribución de Utensilios de los años 1776, 1777, 1778. Nº 35. Mujeres Casadas, sus maridos ausentes y separados. Sebastiana de Torres, 17 de febrero de 1778, fol. 3471.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1778
Owner: Francisco García González (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Seminario de Historia Social de la Población ©Archivo Municipal de Toledo
Abstract: Woman abandoned by her husband with children in her care
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1778Abandono del hogarEconomía familiarFamiliaFuentes históricasFuentes primariasHijosHistoria socialMujeresPropiedadSiglo XVIIISoledadSubsistenciaToledo
