Trying to find out if Jose Vicente Feliz had a grandson Thomas Feliz. Thomas Feliz' home was used to sign the Cauhenga Treaty.
Thank you [Beth Krupsaw (nonmember), Rosemead Library, Calif., 626-573-5222]

Respuesta a Pregunta 439 - 14 June 2007

Pregunta 438 - 14 June 2007

I'm looking for blood line to El Capitan Jose de la Guerra. My mother was a DeLaGuerra of Santa Barbara Calif. [Grace (nonmember)]

Pregunta 437 - 31 May 2007

Looking for any and all additional information on my great, great grandfather and grandmother and their parents:   Uriol Mireles (1824-1925), father was Silvester Mireles, mother Carlotta Ruiz.  Uriol was married to Senobia Aguilar (baptised at San Juan Capistrano Mission) (1855-1920), father Cristobal Aguilar, mother Rita Villa____ (not legible on baptismal).  Born and died in California (Orange/LA Counties). [Lydia Gulley (nonmember), Riverside, Calif.]

Pregunta 436 - 31 May 2007

I am looking for more information about Maria de Lopez de Lowther (1881-1977).  Her parents were Juan Nepomiceno Lopez and Guadalupe Vidal of San Gabriel, and for many years the family lived in the adobe behind Mission San Gabriel, now known as Casa Vieja or sometimes Casa Lopez de Lowther.  I would like to trace Juan back further, but I have had no luck so far.  I would also be interested in knowing about about any living descendants (Maria herself had no children but her brothers and sisters did). The family was in San Gabriel at least as early as 1840, and perhaps earlier than that (according to Juan N. Lopez's obituary).  [Dr. Eileen Wallis (nonmember), Glendale, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 436 UPDATE - 10 April 2008

The following website may be able to provide you with more information : http://www.carrillo.info/lopez.htm; http://www.carrillo.info/genealogy/online2-p/index.htm

.According to the first link: "This adobe was built in about 1792 by Jose Maria Claudio Lopez, Majordomo of Mission San Gabriel. Claudio was Maria Carrillo's (Maria Ygnacia Lopez') uncle. Claudio may have established a close relationship with his niece after her father's death (Juan Francisco Lopez) when she was age seven."

"It is possible that the Joaquin and Maria Carrillo family lived in or near here during their stay at San Gabriel, c. 1819-1823."

"Claudio was buried beneath the Holy water font at Mission San Gabriel.  Maria Carrillo (Maria Ygnacia Lopez) was buried in the same fashion at the Mission in Sonoma."

According to the above second link: Maria Ygnacia Lopez who was married to Juan Victor Carrillo is the daughter of Juan Francisco Lopez (brother of Claudio) and Maria Feleciana Arballo (who made the trek from Sonora with Juan Bautista De Anza and Father Pedro Font in 1776).  [Gary Arballo (nonmember), San Jose, Calif.]

UPDATE: Pregunta 436 - 29 June 2007  

I have finally been able to located an article in which Maria De Lopez is quoted as saying she's a descendent of the "difunto Claudio."  Because she was from San Gabriel I am assuming she means Claudio Lopez.  Maria's father, Juan Nepomiceno, was born in about 1826. [Eileen Wallis (nonmember), Glendale, Calif.]

Pregunta 435 - 30 April 2007

I am trying to trace family history. I read some parts of the California annals and found that a couple, Nicolas Berrelleza and his wife Isabella were part of the De Anza Expedition. My great grandfather had told me that his great grandparents were from California. He didn't know much more. Now that he has passed, I am extremely curious to find out more about my family history. Do you have any leads I could follow in regards to the Berrelleza Families?? [Daniel Berrelez (nonmember)]

Respuesta a Pregunta 435 - 30 April 2007

According to Marie Northrop's Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850, Vol. I, pp. 76-78: Nicolas Antonio Berreyesa enlisted as a poblador with Anza's 1776 Expedition and came to Alta California with his sister, Maria Isabel Berreyesa. He settled in San Francisco in 1777-1800 and was the Alta California founder of this family. The name has many variations in spelling. Northrop has a lot of information on Nicolas, his marriages, and his children and grandchildren. Your great grandfather's name might help us in making a connection. [Benita H. Gray (member), San Diego, Calif.]

Pregunta 434 - 30 April 2007

I am seeking information on either Josephina Sotomayer [my great grandmother], believed to be an Ohlone Mutson and the father of her first children, Ambrosio Rosas [believed to be Spanish]. Both of them from the  San Juan Bautista area. She was born at Piedra Azul, now called Blue Rocks Mountain. She was baptized at San Juan Bautista Mission. Not knowing her date of birth I have been unsuccessful in obtaining the baptism certificate. We believe she was born about  1875. She later moved to Hornitos and died in Los Banos in the early 1950s. As far as we know she was not married to Mr. Rosas. [Abigail Martinez-Gonzalez (nonmember), Hanford, Calif.]

Respuesta a Pregunta 434 - 11 July 2007

The Los Californianos records focus mainly on the period 1769 to 1848, although there are some descendant records for people who can trace their family lines back to this earlier Alta California time period.  I would recommend that you start searching with Josephina's death certificate.  I did not find a record for Josephina Sotomayer on the California Death Index, but your message suggests she may have married someone after her relationship with Ambrosio Rosas, which would give her a different last name from Sotomayer or Rosas on the index.  The death certificate has an entry for date of birth.  If the informant for the death record had accurate information, that would give you a guide for where to look for baptismal records.  The death certificate also has entries for mother's name and father's name as well as other important information as you work your way back generation at a time.  You can see microfilm copies of the mission records at your local family history library.  I checked their catalogue, and they do have Mission San Juan Batista records.  Unfortunately, the baptismal registries only go up to 1873.  If your Josephina was born after that, then there won't be a microfilm available to search.  If you find from her death certificate, however, that she was born in 1873 or earlier, the microfilm number to order is 913309. [Judith Rodriguez (member), Fresno, Calif.]

Pregunta 433 - 30 April 2007

My great, great grandmother is Maria Antonia Lugo. I have run into a problem researching her. She married Jose Dolores Sepulveda (son of Jose Loreto Sepulveda) on 27 August 1862. I have the marriage certificate. The 1880 census shows Mara A Sepulveda with my great grandfather Solomon at the right age along with brothers and sisters. Albertina being the eldest born in about 1863, is no longer in that census. I am about 99% sure this is the right Maria A Sepulveda (Lugo). Again in 1870 I find the same family, Sara, Marlain and Albertina, BUT in the 1900 census I show Joseph Sepulveda and Maria A with daughter Albertina born in 1888? The problem I am facing is in this 1900 census Maria A is listing her birth as June 1841. I had her down for January 1840 per the mission baptismal records online at Huntington Library. The ONLY Maria Lugo I can find with that date of birth is Maria Ysabella Lugo. This does not correspond with the Marriage Certificate. The 1890 census does have DEC 1835 fo!
r Joseph which would be correct. To make matters worse, my great grandfather 's (Solomon) Death Certificate has his mother as Maria Lugo born in Pala, California. I am very confused. There is a story told recently that Maria Antonio Lugo that I am looking for  is actually a Pala Indian born about 1851, but this would then make her age wrong in the 1870 and 1880 census. I am looking for the correct date of birth and father and mother for Maria Antonia Lugo married to Jose Dolores de Jesus Sepulveda on 27 August 1862, mother of Solomon Dolores Sepulveda born 22 October 1873. Any help that can be given on this particular Maria Lugo would be greatly appreciated. [Nancy Nease (nonmember), Naknek, Alaska]

Pregunta 432 - 30 April 2007