Latest Update: 12 December 2006

PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS

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early (pre 1848) Hispanic Californians 
(also called Californianos or Californios) and their descendants.
We will include both question and answers, for the benefit of all the cousins of the questioner.

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Pregunta 400 - 24 November 2006

I am a descendant of Jose Joaquin de la Santisima Trinidad Moraga. I wanted to see if information exists on my family going back further than J. J. Moraga. [Aron R. Jesus McKeag (nonmember), San Pablo, Calif.]
 

Respuesta a Pregunta 400 - 24 November 2006

The following information is from Marie Northrop's Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850, Vol. I, pp. 232-234. Jose Joaquin de la Santisima Trinidad Moraga was baptized 28 May 1793 at Mission San Carlos de Monterey. He was married 10 November 1813 at Mission Dolores to Francisca Castro. His parents were Gabriel Antonio Moraga [born about 1765 at Santa Rosa de las Fronteras, Mexico of Joseph Joaquin Moraga and Maria del Pilar de Leon; buried 15 June 1823 at Mission Santa Barbara] and Ana Maria Bernal [born about 1770 at Sinaloa, Mexico of Juan Francisco Bernal and Ana Maria de Soto;  buried 11 February 1802 at Mission San Carlos de Monterey]. Gabriel and Ana Maria were married 2 August 1784 at Mission Dolores (16 July 1784 Presentacion Licencia) and had 9 children between 1786 and 1801. Jose Joaquin de la Santisima was the 5th child and the 3rd son. Gabriel married second Ana Joaquina Alvarado 22 July 1806 at Mission San Gabriel. Gabriel enlisted in the San Francisco Company 1 December 1783 and served for twenty-two years at the presidios of San Francisco and Monterey with the ranks of private, corporal and sergeant. He was alferez in 1806; brevet lieutenant in 1811; full lieutenant at Santa Barbara in 1817 and by 1820 had served thirty-seven years. He participated in forty-six sorties against the Indians.

Joseph Joaquin Moraga [born 22 August 1745 at Mission los Santos Angeles de Guevavi, Arizona of Jose Moraga and Maria Gaona; died July 1785; buried 15 July 1785 at Mission Dolores] married Maria del Pilar Leon [born at Aripe, Sonora, Mexico of Martin de Leon and Maria Concepcion Barcelo; buried 19 October 1808 at Mission Dolores] about 1764 at Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico. Gabriel is the only child listed. Joseph Joaquin was alferez of Anza's 1781 Expedition and was at the founding of the San Francisco Presidio, Mission Dolores, Mission Santa Clara, and the San Jose de Guadalupe Pueblo. Maria del Pilar married second Jose Ramon Lasso de la Vega 22 February 1792 at Mission San Carlos de Monterey. [Benita H. Gray (member), San Diego, Calif.]

Pregunta 399 - 17 November 2006

I am researching the family name Janopaul and their ties to pre-and early United States California. [Note: through the Castro family, I believe. La Tejedora] Any information or referrals would be appreciated. Thank you. [Michael Bruno (nonmember)]

Pregunta 398 - 8 November 2006

I'm a descendant of Jose Joaquin De La Torre, a soldier from Spain who was alcalde in Monterey.  He had lots of children, one of whom Jose Joaquin Carmen De La Torre was the first sheriff's deputy murdered while arresting someone in Santa Barbara.  Jose Joaquin Carmen De La Torre was married to a Soto from Salinas Valley and had two children.   Does anyone know the names of these children and what happened to them?   I'm trying to track down some Delatorre descendants who moved to Jalisco, Mex.  from California around 1860.  [Diane Mattson (nonmember), Middletown, Calif.]

Pregunta 397 - 8 November 2006

My great great grandmother, Maria Paula De Jesus Romero, born 2 March 1817, was baptized at Mission San Fernando 3 March 1817. Her parents were Jose (Tomas) Domingo Romero and Maria Francisca Feliz.  How can I get more detailed Information on her parents such as origins, race, marriage and death. [Richard Carrasco (nonmember), Folsom, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 397 - 8 November 2006

Marie Northrop's Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California 1790-1850 has the following information.

Vol. II, pp. 246-47. Joseph Tomas Domingo Romero was born 4 August 1788; baptized 7 August 1788 at Mission Santa Barbara. His parents were Juan Maria Romero and Maria Lugarda Salgado. Joseph married Maria Francisca Feliz [born 10 October 1799; baptized 11 October 1799; parents Francisco Feliz (y Pinuelas) and Maria Josefa Cota (y Verdugo)] 11 April 1815 at Mission San Fernando. They had 5 children, Maria Paula being the eldest. Joseph was buried 13 June 1847 at Los Angeles Plaza. Juan Maria Romero was from Loreto, Baja California, and came to Alta California in 1787.

Vol. I, pp. 146-48. Maria Francisca Feliz was the fifth child and second daughter of Joseph Francisco Feliz [born 20 October 1761 at Alamos, Sonora, Mexico of Joseph Vicente Feliz and Maria Ygnacia Pinuelas] and Maria Josefa Cota [born about 1771 at Loreto, Baja California of Roque Jacinto de Cota and Juana Maria Verdugo] who had married 29 January 1788 at Mission San Gabriel. Joseph Francisco was buried 21 March 1847 at Mission San Gabriel. Maria Josefa died 14 April 1836 was buried 16 April 1836 at Mission San Fernando. Joseph Vicente Feliz was born 1741 at Alamos of Joseph Feliz and Manuela Esquer. Maria Ignacia Manuela Pinuelas was born about 1745 at Alamos. She died 24 November 1775 on the Anza Trail near Tubac, Mexico and was buried 25 November at San Javier del Bac, Sonora, Mexico. She died in childbirth. The child (her seventh) arrived safely at Mission San Gabriel, but died nine months later. [Benita H. Gray (member), San Diego, Calif.]

Pregunta 396 - 8 November 2006

Looking for information on MARIA MANUELA SALVADORA ARRIOLA born approximately 1829 in Los Angeles or environs. She was possibly the daughter of JUANA ROSAS ARRIOLA, who was the daughter of RAFAEL ARRIOLA, soldado de cuera from Guanajuato (in Los Angeles 1790). Maria married YGNACIO GONZALEZ(S) in 1847. Any information on Ygnacio would be appreciated also. Thanks! [Eric Lucero Carriaga (nonmember), Oakland, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 396 - 24 November 2006

The Rafael Arriola I have was born about 1784 in San Francisco. He was married 16 August 1808 at Mission San Gabriel. His spouse was Maria Manuela Canedo [born about 1784, Rosario, Sinaloa, Mex.]. They had a daughter named Juana Ladislao Arriola [born about 1808]. She married #1 Santiago Feliz 4 November 1840 at Los Angeles Plaza Church. She married #2 Rafael Carabajal [born about 1808 Los Angeles; married about 1842 in Los Angeles]. The first child of Juana and Rafael was the violin player for the Jolon String Band [born March 1843, Mission San Miguel]. His name was Jose Maria Carabajal. He married Juana Nepomucena Tapia 31 August 1870 Mission Santa Cruz. Juana Tapia was born 24 June 1846 Mission Santa Cruz. She died 20 March 1918, King City, Calif. and was buried at Carabajal Cemetery. Jose died 29 August 1904 and was buried at the Carabajal Cemetery, Jolon, Calif.. Jose made his own violin, and his nephew donated it to the Mission San Antonio. Celestino Garcia's Jolon String Band played all around the Jolon country in the late 1800s. The  violin was invaluable, and was stolen out of a case at the Mission a couple of years ago. If anyone knows anything about this theft, please contact me. James T. Larson e-mail jam8lrs@aol.com [James T. Larson (member), El Paso de Robles, Calif.]

Pregunta 395 - 6 October 2006

I am working on a County resource directory for the Florence-Firestone community in South Los Angeles. We have been unable to find how the name "Florence" was derived. I only found a handwritten note from the 40s at a local library that indicated residents believed the name was that of the daughter of a Spanish settler. Knowing this area was owned by the Lugo family....do you have any information? Don Antonio Maria Lugo was married to a Maria Florencia German, but I have been unable to link her name to this community. Thank you. [Tina Herzog (nonmember), Los Angeles, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 395 - 17 October 2006

Dear Tina Herzog:
Maria Florentina de Jesus German:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=larakathy&id=I4484
Doña Lugo the wife of a Presidial Solder:
http://www.californiaimpressions.com/DonaLugo.htm

Here are your Lugos:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3097827&id=I933
See pregunta: http://www.loscalifornianos.org/queries_61-70.htm
[Teresa Russell y Espinosa de Boronda (nonmember), Long Beach, Calif.]

Pregunta 394 - 6 October 2006

I am seeking all or any information on Judge Alberto Estrada, the son of Jose Joaquin Tomas Estrada, the son of Jose Raymundo Estrada. Was he ever married? If so, when, where and to whom, any children, etc.? Any and all information will be greatly appreciated. I know who his father and mother were, I do know he was still living in 1947 and was at that time 77 years of age. I do know that he was a judge in southern California, but other than that, he seems to be very elusive, I can not even find him in the Social Security Death index! Thanks in advance for any and all information! [Jimmie Hardy (member), Winston, Ore.]

Pregunta 393 - 6 October 2006

I am researching the Hispanic roots of vineyards and winemaking in Alta and Baja California in Mission and post-Mission times. I would so much appreciate hearing from descendants of Californio - Spanish, Mexican or Native American - families who were involved in any way in winemaking during the Spanish and Mexican periods in California. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. This is a new submission, in order to provide my new e-mail. Thanks! rondinella@cablevision.net.mx [Rondi Frankel (nonmember), Mexico City, Mexico]

Respuesta a Pregunta 393 - 8 November 2006

Dear Rondi Frankel, California has long been known for fine Spanish wine and much credit also to the French moments in our history.

About 1833 the great land owning family of Don Ygnacio Machado moved to and was the first man to cultivate land at Centinela Creek.  In July 1836 he reported "I have now been cultivating the land for these three years, built two cottages, planted a vineyard of more than seven thousand stocks and sowed some Indian corn for the sustenance of my numerous family."

The first Priest to settle in 1831 at the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, California was named Augustine Alexis Bachelot, (French). The most prominent winemaker was Jean-Louis Vignes.  (Vignes Street was named for him).  He was 51 years old when he came here from Bordeaux in 1931.  Vignes bought Rancho El Aliso, but did not want to use Mission grapes to make wine.  He sent home to Bordeaux to get cuttings that he grafted onto the Mission grape vines.  As you can imagine, this Spanish-Mission grape and French grape was the finest wine in Alta California. The French Consul (who were actually Belgian!) were received by a banquet at El Alisal.

Old records tell that In 1860 a Joseph Mascarel and a French Canadian named Damien Marchessault  were Mayors of Los Angeles.  (the former took an Indian woman as his wife).  A visiting party of French dignitaries called on her unannounced, and found her grinding corn in the traditional Indian style which is naked from the waist up. This was considered by the French to be  a scandal.  Unfortunately, in 1868 Damien Marchessault committed suicide in the council chambers because a hydraulic pipe system that he designed for Los Angeles failed. Sunset Blvd. was formerly named Marchessault Street.

See the efforts of French Angelinos here: http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/article.php3?id_article=304
Machado Spanish Roots: http://www.culvercity.org/cityinfo/history/early_settlers.html
Higueras Spanish Roots: http://www.culvercity.org/cityinfo/history/rincon.html
California Ranchos by County (designates Spain/Mexico: http://www.californiaweekly.com/ca_ranchos.htm
Los Angeles in the 1900's here: http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/index04.html
There are many thriving wineries right now in California. [Teresa Russell y Espinosa de Boronda (nonmember), Long Beach, Calif.]

Pregunta 392 - 6 October 2006

Hello, I would like to know about people with surname Garraleta (Si puede ser contestenme en español. Gracias) [Javier Garraleta (nonmember), Madrid, Spain]    Note:  Justa Garraleta, widow, age 31, born Mexico and Maria Ygnacia Garraleta, single, age 14, born Mexico appear in the 1836 Monterey Padron. Usually we do not publish queries requesting general information about a surname because information on most of our surnames is so extensive. However, at this point these two are the only Garraletas we are aware of  in Alta California in the period between 1769 and 1848. Did they have descendants? Were there others? Since the information is so limited, we have published this query. La Tejedora

Respuesta a Pregunta 392 - 8 November 2006

Señor Garraleta,
Beginnings here: http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tbosf009.html
Maria Justa here: http://members.aol.com/bernal411/anza.html
En Espanol: http://www.uabc.mx/historicas/Revista/Vol-X/Numero%204/Contenido/El%20valle%20de%20Guadalupe.htm
http://www.uabc.mx/historicas/Investigadores/JorgeMartinezZepeda.htm  [no name submitted]
 

Pregunta 391 - 12 September 2006

I am trying to find Diligencias for the Missions of California. Would anyone happen to know where I can find these records? I'm not sure if the Missions themselves have them, or if they are found in the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. If they are found in the Archdiocese, how can I gain access to them? Thanks [Anthony Ray (nonmember), Palmdale, Calif.]

Respuestas a Pregunta 391 - 17 November 2006

Hello Anthony Ray:
See links to an extensive list of diligencias matrimoniales available on this Web site:
 http://www.ca-missions.org/links.html
[Teresa Russell y Espinosa de Boronda (nonmember), Long Beach, Calif.]

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