Searching For- Salome Gil In- Guide

I found the burial ledger. It was entry #407. No plot number. No marker. Just: "Salome Gil, 27 años, soltera. Causa: fiebre puerperal." (Unmarried. Cause: childbed fever.)

We all have that one ancestor. The one who isn’t just a name on a faded census record, but a mystery that keeps you up at night, scrolling through pixelated microfilm at 2:00 AM. For me, that ancestor is Salome Gil. Searching for- Salome Gil in-

She was 27. Unmarried. Dead. Here is what I have reconstructed, pieced together like a shattered plate: I found the burial ledger