Pregunta 018 - 5 June 2000

Looking for the descendants of Enrique Welch and Mercedes de Martínez who lived in Contra Costa County. [Marciel Hart Wood (member), San Diego, Calif.]

Pregunta 017 - 20 April 2000

Looking for any information on Policarpio (or Policarpo), an Indio from Mission San Vicente, Baja California, who married María Manuela Quijada, daughter of Vicente Quijada and María Antonia Josefa Piñuelas, on 20 April 1820 at Santa Barbara and died or was buried there 3 December 1831. Immigration date, date of birth, occupation, etc.? [Brian Haley (nonmember), Riverside, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 017 - 29 September 2001

Rancho Bolsa de Chamisal was granted to Francisco Quijada in 1837. In Riverside County, in the early 1880s, an old adobe called Policarpia after a disciple of St. John stood at the corner of Seventeenth and Bristol Streets. [Teresa Russell y Espinosa de Boronda (nonmember), Long Beach, Calif.]

Pregunta 016 - 20 April 2000

I am looking for any information regarding the Manzanares Family of Southern California. There are burial markers at the San Gabriel Mission. My great grandfather's name was Palocarpio Manzanares. My grandfather's name was Joe D. Manzanares, any information would be greatly appreciated. [Kathleen Manzanares (nonmember) Norco, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 016 - 20 April 2000

Cristobal Manzanares, born abt 1824 Abiguiu of Ygnacio Manzanares and Teodora Alguina, mar (1) 16 Aug 1854 SG #nn (TWT), mar (2) 18 Nov 1878 SG IV#68 (TWT).  Wife (1):  Inocencia Alvitre, bap 31 Dec 1832 SG III#7825 of Claudio and Ma Asención Valenzuela, died before 1878; wife (2) Ciriaca Valenzuela, vda of Franco. Duarte, bap 8 Aug 1827 SLR of Antonio and Dominga Alvitre. Children: 1) Victor Cresencio, bap 28 Jul 1855 (at LA) SG IV#9465 (TWT) pads Anto. Saturdino and Ma Cruz Cafias, conf 6 Jan 1856 SG #97 (TWT); 2)  Eloysa, bap 25 Mar  1857 SG IV#9686 (TWT) pads  Jose Santos  Uribes and Ma Micaela Alvitre, mar 12 Dec   1880  SG IV#105 (TWT) to José Dolores Silvas; 3) María  Eduvigues de Jesus, bap 14 Feb 1859 SG IV#9849 (TWT) pads Santiago Lobo and Presentación Alvitre; 4)  María Vibiana, bap 31 Dec 1862 SG  IV#10234  (TWT) pads Diego Nieto y Ma  Micaela Alvitre; 5)  Porfirio,  bap 3 Jan  1864 SG  IV#10312  (TWT)  pads Diego Nieto and Isabel Yorba;  6) Trinidad, mar 23 Dec  1896 SG IV#307 (TWT) to (Pedro)  Juan Orosco. [Marcy Bandy (member), San Diego, Calif.]

Pregunta 015 - 12 April 2000

Looking for any information on María Antonia Domínguez, who married Francisco Cavalleri at the La Purísima Mission at Lompoc, Calif. Francisco Cavalleri was from Genoa, Italy. His boat ran aground at Goleta, Calif., in 1835. They had 13 children and resided in Santa Barbara, Calif. One of the children was Anita Cavalleri (never married) who died in Santa Barbara about 1956. Any help on this family would be greatly appreciated. [Bob Waddill (nonmember), Truckee, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 015 - 14 April 2000

María Antonia Domínguez was born 1828 in Santa Barbara, Alta California. Her father was José Antonio Domínguez y Féliz. Her mother was Francisca Antonia Villa (Vicencio) y Martínez. She was married to Francisco Caballero (Genova) on 22 April 1842 at Mission La Purísima . If you joined Los Californianos you would find not only your ancestors but many cousins. [Ralph Corral (member and Genealogist)]

Pregunta 014 - 17 March 2000

I am looking for any information on the descendants of Josef Ygnacio Olivera and Ygnacio Olivera who were both soldiers and served at the Mission in Santa Barbara in the late 1700s. [Judy Lambert (nonmember), Spokane, Wash.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 014 - 26 January 2002

Joseph Ygnacio Olivera was a soldado de cuera [leather jacket] of the 1769 Portolá expedition; corporal of Mission San Gabriel guard in 1776-82; and sergeant at Santa Barbara in 1782-94. 
Born: about 1750 at San José del Cabo, Baja California, México
Buried: 26 April 1794 at Mission Santa Barbara. 
Parents: Martín Olivera and María Micaela Carrillo. 
Married: 8 Dec 1778 at Mission San Gabriel to María Loreta Feliz who was born about 1765 at Alamos, Sonora, México and buried 8 July 1789 at Mission San Gabriel. Her parents were José Vicente Feliz and María Manuela Piñuelas.

Children:
1. Antonio Lucas María Olivera : born & baptized 10 October1780 at Mission San Gabriel; married, 16 July 1801 at Mission Santa Barbara to María Manuela Cota; buried 24 November 1851 at Mission Santa Barbara
2. Ana María Leonor Olivera : born and baptized 28 June 1784 at Mission San Gabriel; buried 15 Jan 1801 at Mission San Fernando
3. Diego Antonio de la Luz Olivera : born 12 November 1786 and baptized 13 November 1786 at Mission San Gabriel; buried 22 September 1868 at Mission Santa Barbara; soltero [bachelor, unmarried]
4. María Estefana Olivera : born 3 August 1788, baptized 4 Aug 1788 at Mission San Buenaventura; buried 11 June 1830 at Mission Santa Barbara; married 11 January 1807 at Mission Santa Inés to José Vicente Ortega

Ygnacio Narciso Olivera, brother of José Ygnacio Olivera, was first mentioned as a soldier at Monterey Presidio 20 December 1773. He was corporal of the Santa Barbara Company.
Born: about 1758 at San Antonio, Baja California, México
Buried: 16 May 1814 at Mission Santa Barbara.
Parents: Martín Olivera and María Micaela Carrillo
Married: 30 October 1783 by Fr. Junípero Serra at Mission San Gabriel to María Marcela (Marcelina) Feliz, who was born about 1769 at Alamos, Sonora, México and buried 16 May 1814 at Mission Santa Barbara. Her parents were José Vicente Feliz and María Piñuelas.

Children: 
1. Antonio María Olivera : baptized 26 May 1785 at Mission San Buenaventura; married (1) 10 April 1809 at Mission Santa Barbara to María Tomasa Cota. (2) 19 May 1811 at Mission Santa Barbara to María Concepción Romero.
2. José Tomás Antonio Olivera : born 19 December 1787, baptized 21 December 1787 at Mission Santa Barbara; buried 27 July 1848 at Mission San Luis Obispo; married 1 February 1816 at Mission Santa Barbara to María Antonia Cota, viuda [widow].

It looks as though the brothers Olivera married the sisters Feliz.
There is further mention, much too much to list here, in Marie Northrop's, Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850. These two volumes are available from the Southern California Genealogical Society. [Jimmie Hardy (member), Winston, Oregon]

Respuesta a Pregunta 014 - 29 December 2001

I'm a descendent of Ygnacio Olivera, what would you like to know? [Eleanor Gribbin (nonmember), Santa Ynez, California]

Respuesta a Respuesta a Pregunta 014 - 9 May 2003

Respuesta a Pregunta 014 - 29 December 2001. I am a descendant. If interested, please email me. [Tammie Yeries, (nonmember), no place given tammieyeries@charter.net ] Note: We only post e-mail addresses when we have the explicit permission of the person involved. This is to protect the privacy of people that use our query site. We hope it also encourages people to share their exchange of information with all our readers, some of whom may be "silently" following a particular question. La Tejedora

Respuesta a Pregunta 014 - 2 July 2000

Are you referring to Ygnacio Narciso Olivera who was born circa 1758 in Baja California and served at the Monterey Presidio as a soldier around 1773; in the Santa Barbara Company as corporal and sergeant from 1781; and at San Buenaventura in 1785?  If so, he was married to María Marcela Feliz. They had five children: Antonio María , José Tomás Antonio, María Estefana, Diego, and Anna M. The eldest son, Antonio María, was baptized 26 May 1785 and 1811. He was married 10 April 1809 in Santa Barbara to María Tomasa de Gracia Cota [daughter of Pablo Antonio Cota and Rose María Lugo]. Antonio and María  had a son, Joseph Antonio Olivera, born 25 February 1811 in Santa Barbara; died 21 February 1844; married Loretta  López [daughter of Antonio López and  María Concepción Palomares]. Joseph and Loretta had a daughter, María , born in 1836. If you would like further information, it might be easier if you email me directly as Shirley2@lightspeed.net . [Shirley Contreras (nonmember), Arroyo Grande, Calif.]