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Pregunta 600 - 2 March 2010
Refugia Leiva's
parents' lines go back to the mid-1700s.
Ruth's father was Francisco
Antonio who was born in Santa Barbara in 1821.
Francisco's
father was Juan
Jose Leyba (natural) of Santa Barbara.
Francisco's mother
was
Maria Gertrudis Stanisloa Felize,
also from Santa Barbara. Ruth's
mother was
Maria Antonia Arellanes
also born in Santa Barbara in 1845.
Maria Antonia's
parents were: Jose
Regino Arellanes, recorded as a natural of Santa Barbara and
Maria Monica Josepha Sanchez.
also recorded as natural of Santa Barbara.
Ruth's
birth was about 1857. Her death record is from the Ventura mission book of
death
. I just want to know where
Ruth was buried.
Ruth's death
date 1 May1889 Ventura, Ventura, Calif. I've been to the mission. and the
Ventura court house hall of records and got no results. Thank you for your
time. [Jim Garcia (nonmember), Los Angeles, Calif.]
Pregunta 599 - 2 March 2010
I'm looking for the parents of
Porfirio Castro [born 15 September 1855] who married
Maria Catalina Helena "Ellen"
McDonaugh. He died in Santa Barbara, Calif. on
a0 June 1917. According to my grandparents and some old California newspapers
I have, my family is related to Gen.
Jose Antonio Castro
but I haven't been able to find any information about
Porfirio's parents
other than his mothers name may be Maria Antonia.
Porfirio and
Ellen had 3
children,
Antonia,
Frank Henry, and
Louisa.
Louisa is my
great-great-grandmother. I am fascinated by this side of my family and I've
tried Ancestry. So far, no luck other than what I've listed. Any information
would be so appreciated! [Lindsay (nonmember), Seattle, Wash.]
Pregunta 598 - 2 March 2010
There were two Gabriel Sibrians born to the same family one in 1820 one in
1824. I hope this will help to identify between them.
FHC Tape #0944282
I. Jose Gabriel Cibrian, Santa Clara Bats, II # 6875 1 day old, baptized 19
March, 1820. Parents Leocadio Sibrian and Maria Petra Archuleta. **10-1999,
I found a Gabriel Cibrian in two Great Registers in Santa Clara County, 1.
1890 Sibrian, Gabriel who on the date of registration Jan 5, 1888 was 68
years old. 2. 1892 Great register of Santa Clara County, Gabriel Sibrian -
date of registration Oct. 13, 1892, sworn age is 72. This proves to me that
this is our ancestor, who was born in 1820.
II. Gabriel Cibrian 2 days of Leocadio and Ma. Petra Archuleta, Santa Clara
Bat.II # 7480, 24 March 1824. ** This has to be the Gabriel below who died in
1837.
FHC Tape 0944282 # 7200-01; 5 August 1837, Crispin and his
brother Gabriel Cibrian, who did not receive any Sacrament because they had
killed them, and I not knowing of their death until the other day.
After years of research into this problem I finally
found in William H. Davis' book Seventy-Five Years in California,
Chapter XLVIII (48) Yoscolo, the Mission Indian Renegade, page 235. The
mystery is solved; on page 236 is the following information.
"There was a great Indian Fight in 1837 with many Indians killed, about 100
were killed and wounded in this battle. Of the Californians only eight or ten
were killed, but a large number were wounded. Among the killed were two
brothers Cibrian, of a well-known family of the pueblo of San Jose."
I have researched the Cibrian/ Family for thirty years and if anyone has any
information concerning this please contact me
m.works@comcast.net . [Marian Wyman
Works (member), Anacortes, Wash.]
Pregunta 597 - 15 February 2010
I am trying to find information about
Rosario Castro
(1852-1894). She married
Jose de los Santo Boronda
(1842-1925 --baptized 17 November1842 at Mission San
Carlos). He was the son of
Jose Manuel Boronda
(1803-1878) and
Juana Cota (1805-1894). They were married 2 May 1821 at
Mission San Carlos. [Rick Harris (nonmember), King City, Calif.]
Pregunta 596 - 15 February 2010
I'm looking for information regarding
Jacoba Feliz and wonder if she is part of the family of
Corporal
Jose Vicente Feliz.
I would also like the names of her children. She was the second wife of
Ignacio del Valle
who at one time was the head of the Camulos Rancho. [Annette Sanchez
(nonmember), Pico Rivera, Calif.]
Respuesta a Pregunta 596 - 15 February 2010
According to Marie Northrop's Spanish-Mexican Families of Early
California: 1769-1850:
Vol. I, pp. 144-45:
Maria Jacoba Feliz
was the 4th child, 2nd daughter of
Jose Tomas Feliz [born about 1793 at Los Angeles of
Francisco Feliz
and
Maria Josefa Cota;
buried 12 November 1830 at Los Angeles Plaza Church] and
Maria de Jesus Lopez
[born about 1797 at Mission San Vicente, Baja California of
Juan Bautista Lopez and
Maria Dolores Salgado],
who married 5 January 1815 at Mission San Fernando.
Maria Jacoba
was baptized 25 July 1820 at Mission San Fernando. She married first,
Antonio de Valle
on 1 February 1835 at Mission San Fernando. She married second,
Luis Salazar on 24
June 1844 at the same mission.
Jose Tomas Feliz was a soldado de cuera in the
escolta of the Santa Barbara Presidio.
Juan Bautista Lopez
was the Mayordomo at Mission San Miguel, Baja California in 1790.
Vol. II, pp.306-308:
Maria Jacoba was
the third wife of
Antonio del Valle
who was buried 3 June 1841 at Mission San Fernando. They had four children:
Jose Antonio del Altagracia del Valle [baptized 13 March
1837 at Los Angeles Plaza Church],
Ygnacio de Gracia del Valle
[baptized 14 September 1838 at Mission Santa Barbara],
Vicenta del Valle
[baptized 11 July 1840 at Los Angeles Plaza Church], and
Maria de la Concepcion Antonia del
Valle [baptized 9 December 1841 at Mission Santa Barbara].
Maria Jacoba also
had children by
Salazar, but they
are not listed.
Antonio del Valle
was the grantee of Rancho San Francisco in 1839 and Mayordomo at
Mission San Fernando 1835-1837 [Benita H. Gray (member), San Diego,
Calif.]
Pregunta 595 - 15 February 2010
Does anyone have information for a
Josefa Reyes, born
about 1828, a Native Californian. [Rick Waldau (nonmember), Huntington Beach,
Calif.]
Pregunta 594 - 15 February 2010
Is there any connection between the
Robles brothers of
old Villa de Branciforte (1795 or so) and the town of Paso Robles? [Anthony
Smoke (nonmember), Santa Cruz, Calif.]
Pregunta 593 - 2 February 2010
Am looking for information on my great-great grandmother
Maria Jesus Valenzuela,
born in San Diego, California in 1810 and married Don
Dolores Lucero who
was also born in San Diego. I believe her father was Don
Pedro Franco, who
arrived from Spain in 1790 as a military attaché. [Adrianna Lenain
(nonmember), Irvine, Calif.]
Pregunta 592 - 2 February 2010
I am researching saddle work/design for the 'Californio' period. I am
primarily looking at the type of flowers, leaves, stems used on saddle work
that represents the California Vaquero period. If anyone can direct me to any
historical/reference books or magazines, it would be greatly appreciated.
Muchas Gracias! [Samuel Cortina (nonmember), Austin, Tex.]
Pregunta 591- 2 February 2010
Using the Huntington Early California database, I've found 10 children born
to
Jose(f) Cipriano Bernal
and
Petra Pacheco (2nd
marriages for both). Eight daughters and 2 sons...and it appears that five of
the daughters had at least 11 illegitimate children between them. It appears
that
Josefa,
Ygnacia,
Fransisca, and
Antonia each had
two, and
Humiliana had
three. I've found subsequent marriage records for
Fransisca (to
Carlos Fren),
Humiliana (to
Jose Mesa). Of
the other three daughters,
Encarnation,
Dolores, and
Guadalupe, I can
find a marriage (Encarnation
to
Francisco Altamirano)
but no additional illegitimate children.
Josefa apparently
had two unfindable marriages, as she has one legitimate child with
Luis Garcia. and
four with
Guillermo Mathias (William Mathews).
One of
Josefa's
illegitimate children is has the name of the father (Guillermo
Mathias) crossed out in the original document.
Josefa is most
likely my ancestor, and all the data I've found on her supports the
family "legends".
My questions: what was the culture in San Jose/Santa Clara at the time
that this family of girls were so, shall we say, unsupervised? Second, where
can I look for possible marriages in the early 1840s besides the mission
records? (Did Sutter record any of the weddings he performed?)
Josefa's granddaughter
said that her grandparents were married in Sonoma by a priest who didn't need
to hear confessions. Does that make any sense? Any input on these general
issues would be appreciated. [Patricia Howe (not yet member), Napa, Calif.]
Respuesta a Pregunta 591 - 2 March 2010
I did just find a file in the San Jose Library California Room with a single
sheet of paper, on which there are what appears to be possible translations of
routine administrative issues in 1843 (I wish I could find the reference). It
refers to the resolution of the case of
Miliana (Humiliana) Bernal,
based on the complaint of
Margarita Pacheco, wife of
Francisco Palomores.
Miliana was
accused of being "in concubinage with Senor
Palomares" and to
be sent to San Francisco, not to return to San Jose on pain of law. There
must be someone out there who has researched this fascinating aspect of the
history of early California, please help me learn more. I suspect many, but
not all, of
Miliana's sisters
may have been in similar circumstances. And regarding Ms
Miranda's helpful
post, how would I learn what the racial identification of this family was? (Of
course, family legends insist they were Castilian Spanish). Thanks so much
for any leads, clues, or cousins! [Patricia Howe (not yet member), Napa,
Calif.]
Respuesta a Pregunta 591 - 15 February 2010
Patricia, the supervision of women and girls/culture of the area really depend
on two things: when, and how the family was racially identified. As the
California Missions began to decline and the Church lost much of its influence
on the indigenous peoples, the institutions of marriage began to fragment in
many ways. Catholic marriages were always resisted in different ways by
neophytes, but by the 1830s and on, multiple partners and children born with
fathers who were "incognito" or "no conocido" in the Mission records became
quite common. You might want to read Steven Hackel's amazing book,
Children of Coyote, Children of Saint Francis - it's an in-depth study of
the San Carlos (Carmel) Mission, and covers much of the social/cultural/legal
responses of the Indians to Missionization. I am descended from Indians at
San Carlos who are mentioned in the book. The time just before and right
after secularization (closing of the missions) was profoundly difficult:
starvation, alcoholism, homelessness, and anti-Indian laws and culture created
a massive challenge to the Indians who had already survived tremendous
upheaval. The "unsupervised" girls were the least of their worries, and in
fact, turn out to be a large part of the reason any of us survived at all!
Good luck with your research. Hackel has a great bibliography. [Deborah
Miranda (nonmember), Lexington, Virg.]
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