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Guide to the San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records Russell Michalak Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium Libraries of The Claremont Colleges 800 N. Dartmouth Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 607-3977 Fax: (909) 621-8681 Email: [email protected] URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc/default.html © 2008 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.

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Descriptive Summary Title: San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records Dates: 1773-1856 Collection Number: H1964.2 Creator: Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) Extent: 4 feet (2 boxes and 1 large envelope) Repository: Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library Claremont University Consortium 800 N. Dartmouth Avenue Claremont, California 91711 Abstract: The matrimonial investigation records, or "diligencias matrimoniales", are part of a collection of California materials gathered by William F. McPherson, an Orange County rancher, scholar and collector. Predominantly though not exclusively the records of Mission San Gabriel (other California missions are also represented), these investigations of the period 1788-1861 consist of notarized interviews with couples requesting marriage in the Roman Catholic Church. There are 165 investigations in all, with 173 men and 170 women being interviewed. An alphabetical index indicates the folder number of each item. Physical Location: Please consult repository. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: Spanish Access This collection is open for research. Publication Rights For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium. Acquisition Information Acquired from a gift by William McPherson in 1964. Accruals No addition to the collection is anticipated. Alternative Forms of Material Available Digital collection available via The Claremont Colleges Digital Library: Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/mir/. Processing Information Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak Biography of Collection The San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records are significant because they offer a unique insight into the pre-statehood activities of the Mission. Also, they establish many facts concerning the individuals married at the Mission and provide much genealogical detail for descendants. There are 165 investigations in all, with 173 men and 170 women being interviewed. Scope and Contents of the Collection Notarized interviews with couples requesting marriage in the Roman Catholic Church for the period of 1788-1861. Though predominately from the San Gabriel Mission, other California missions are also represented. There are 165 investigations in all, with 173 men and 170 women being interviewed. A few baptismal records are also included. An alphabetical index indicates the folder number of each item. Series Arrangement Series 1 Matrimonial Records Subseries 1.1 Men Suberies 1.2 Women

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Suberies 1.3 Indian girls (no surname) Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection Subject Mcpherson, William California Missions Latin Americans -- California -- San Gabriel -- History -- Sources Marriage records -- California -- San Gabriel Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Archives Southern California History -- 1900 -1950 Spanish Americans -- California -- San Gabriel -- History -- Sources Western Americana -- 1850-1980 San Gabriel (Calif.) -- History -- Sources Genre and Form of Materials Marriage records Baptismal records

 

Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Series 1

 

    box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2,

 

Subseries 1.1 Men,   folder 67 folder 113 folder 153 folder 123 folder 139 folder 95 folder 36 folder 41 folder 51 folder 146 folder 111 folder 72 folder 8 folder 145 folder 103 folder 143 folder 15 folder 33 folder 57 folder 120

box 1, folder 34

Acevedo, Antonio Acosta, José de la Luz Aguilar, Casildo Aguilar, Macedonio Altamirano, José Alvarado, Francisco Javier Alvarez, Pedro Alvitre, Jacinto Alvitre, Juan María Araiza, Francisco Armijo, Salvador Antonio Ávila, José Francisco Ávila, José Santa Ana Barton, James R. Bauchet, Luis [Louis Bauchete] Bell, Alexander Bermudez, José de la Cruz Botiller, José Antonio Cariaga, Guadalupe Carlón, José Carrillo, Domingo Note Folder contains baptismal records of Francisco de la Cruz, Alexandro and Maria de los Angeles

    box 2, folder 118 box 2, folder 116 box 2, folder 102

Chávez, Julián Cole, Daniel Córdova, José Jesús

box 1, folder 13

Cota, Guillermo

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Subseries 1.1Men, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2,   box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2,       box 1, box 1,   box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2,   box 1, box 2, box 1,

folder 157 folder 127 folder 76 folder 80 folder 64 folder 19 folder 4 folder 161

folder 61 folder 165 folder 96

Courtner, Andrew J. Domingo, Juan Domínguez, José Duarte, Cristóbal Duarte, Juan José (son of José Francisco Leandro Duarte) Duarte, Juan José (son of José María Duarte) Espinosa, José Gabriel Espinosa, José Martín Félix (surname) see Féliz Féliz, José Féliz, José Domingo Ferguson, Jesse Galindo, Leandro Gallardo, José Féliz Gallegos, José León García, Francisco María García, Juan José García, Lauriano García, Pascual Antonio Garfias, Manuel Germán, Manuel Gómez, Enrique Gonninger, Hans (see Domingo, Juan) Groningen, Johann (see Domingo, Juan) Guevara, José Ignacio Ladrón de (see Ladrónde Guevara, José...) Higuera, Ignacio Higuera, Salvador Horchaga (surname) see Machado Ibarra, Agustín Zeferino Ibarra, Andrés Ibarra, Gil, Ibarra, José Albino Ladrón de Guevara, José Ignacio Lambaren, Juan Lancio?, Felipe José Leiva, Bautista Leiva, Teodoro Leyba (surname) see Leiva Linares, José de la Luz Lira?, Ramón Liveira, Manoel de

  box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 2,

folder 22 folder 46 folder 121 folder 107 folder 99 folder 148 folder 119

Lobo, Cecilio (see Villalobo, Cecilio) López, Antonio (son of José María) López, Antonio (son of Juan) López, Benito López, Bernardino López, Esteban López, Francisco (son of Antonio) López, Francisco (son of Esteban)

box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2,

folder 132 folder 104 folder 2 folder 92 folder 151 folder 65 folder 90 folder 136

López, Joaquín López, José María López, José María Claudio López, Pedro (son of Juan) López y Uribes, Pedro (son of Francisco) Lorenzana, José Vicente Lorenzo, José Vicente Lugo, Antonio María

folder 3 folder 93 folder 109 folder 26 folder 131 folder 160 folder 25 folder 128 folder 130 folder 24 folder 138 folder 75 folder 152

folder 88 folder 62 folder 134 folder 28 folder (37) folder 23 folder 6 folder 141 folder 149 folder 129 folder 126

box 1, folder 98

Lugo, Felipe

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Subseries 1.1Men, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,   box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,

folder 14 folder 63 folder 78 folder 48 folder 85 folder 115 folder 144 folder 133 folder 7 folder 18 folder 55 folder 52 folder 66 folder 47 folder 44 folder 45 folder 84 folder 10 folder 110 folder 11 folder 50 folder 140 folder 106 folder 91 folder 94 folder 71 folder 12 folder 154 folder 159 folder 105 folder 112 folder 29 folder 150 folder 69 folder 135 folder 158 folder 5 folder 20 folder 74 folder 100

Lugo, José Antonio Lugo, José María Lugo, Juan María Machado, Hilario Machado, José Ignacio Márquez y Guerra, Francisco Martín, Juan Andrés Martínez, Juan José Monroy, José Maria Montalbán, Laureano Moreno, Juan Moreno, Manuel Olivares, Francisco Olivas, Arculano Olivas, Cosme Olivera, Desiderio Olivera, Manuel de (see Liveira, Manoel de) Ontiveros, Juan Pacifico Ontiveros, Patricio Orduño, Ramon de la Trinidad Oribe, Tomás Ortega, Francisco Palacios, Lino Palomares, Ignacio María Peralta, Genaro Eustaquio Peralta, Juan Pablo Pérez, Irineo Pico, José Miguel Piet, Alexandre Rangel, Jesús Rayales, Julián Reyes, Isidro Reyes, Jacinto Ríos, Eusebio Ríos, Santiago Ríos y Ruiz, Joaquín de los Robidoux, Louis F. Romero, José Romero, José Antonio Rosas, José Daniel Rosas, José Daniel

box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,

folder 53 folder 49 folder 54 folder 40 folder 86 folder 68 folder 87 folder 77

Rubio, Rafael Ruiz, Carlos Ruiz, Ignacio María Ruiz, José Joaquín Ruiz, Martín Ruiz, Santiago Sánchez, Esteban Sánchez, Joaquín

box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2,

folder 81 folder 142 folder 117 folder 38 folder 21 folder 97 folder 43 folder 147

Sánchez, Pedro Sandoval, Luciano Sepúlveda, José Loreto Silvas, José María Sotelo, Ramón Soto, Francisco Soto, José María Soulac, Pierre

 

Sulat, Pedro (see Soulac, Pierre)

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Subseries 1.1Men, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1,

folder 42 folder 58 folder 125 folder 137 folder 59 folder 32 folder 56 folder 27 folder 89 folder 35 folder 31 folder 101 folder 155 folder 163 folder 70 folder 9 folder 1 folder 156 folder 108 folder 30 folder 162 folder 114 folder 16

Talamantes, Pablo Talamantes, Tomás Tapia, Tiburcio Trujillo, Teodoro Valenzuela, Antonio Gracia Valenzuela, Gaspar Valenzuela, José Antonio (son of Manuel) Valenzuela, José Antonio (son of Pedro) Valenzuela, Luis Valenzuela, Máximo Valenzuela, Miguel Segundo Valenzuela, Secundino Valle, Santos Velarde, José León Verdugo, José Francisco Verdugo, Leonardo Verdugo, Mariano de la Luz Vigil, Bernardo Villa, Antonio Matías Villa, Francisco (native of Los Angeles) Villa, Francisco (native of Sonora) Villa, Mariano Villa, Vicente Ferrer

box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1,

folder 17 folder 39 folder 122 folder (124) folder 73 folder 83 folder 164 folder 82

Villalba, Onofre Villalobo, Cecilio Villalobos, Juan José Williams, Isaac Yorba, Bernardo Yorba, José Antonio Yorba, Teodosio (marriage to Inocencia Reyes) Yorba, Teodosio (marriage to Maria Antonia Lugo)

box 1, folder 79

Zúñiga, Guillermo Polonio

    box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1,

folder 91 folder 141 folder 20 folder 119 folder 51 folder 73

Acevedo, Ana María Aguirre, María del Refugio Alanis, María Dorotea Almenares, María del Rosario Alvarado, María de Jesús Alvarado, María Tomasa

box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2,

folder 135 folder 114 folder 161 folder 56 folder 63 folder 81 folder 101 folder 138

Alvarado, Narcisa Álvarez, María Antonia Alvitre, María Alvitre, María Domingo Josefa Ávila, María Antonia Avila, María Asunción Ávila, María Josefa Ávila, María Luisa

box 2, box 2, box 2,   box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1,

folder 108 folder 140 folder 120

Azubsabit, María de Jesús Barrera, María Asunción Bermúdez, María Antonia Blanco, Juana (see White, Juana) Botiller, María Celia (Cota) Botiller, María Rita Cañedo, Dolores Cañedo, María Antonia

 

Suberseries 1.2 Women  

folder 3 folder 123 folder 57 folder 55

Cañedo, María Rita (see Vásquez, María Rita [Cañedo])

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Suberseries 1.2Women box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,   box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2,

folder 2 folder 3 folder 6 folder 50 folder 11 folder 154 folder 42 folder 38 folder 78 folder 70 folder 67

box 2, box 1, box 2,   box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,

folder 111 folder 40 folder 132 folder 25 folder 86 folder 13 folder 21

Ibarra, María Jacoba Ibarra, María Quirina Lara, Mariana de Jesús, Lisalde (surname) see also Elisalde Lisalde, Felipa Lisalde, María Catarina Lisalde, María Manuela Lisalde, María Marcela

box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1,

folder 106 folder 94 folder 128 folder 32 folder 87 folder 82 folder 124 folder 71

López, María Concepción López, María de las Nieves López, María del Pilar López, María Ignacia López, María Ramona Lugo, María Antonia Lugo, María de Jesús Lugo, María Vicenta

folder 79 folder 133 folder 1 folder 8 folder 116 folder 22 folder 105 folder 27 folder 33 folder 59 folder 110 folder 122 folder 127 folder 132 folder 144 folder 160 folder 47 folder 43 folder 102 folder 5 folder 60 folder 36 folder 136 folder 143 folder 146 folder 24 folder 74 folder 147 folder 153

box 1, folder 29

Cota, Luisa María Cota, María Celia Cota, María Loreta Cota, María Magdalena Cota, María Marcela Cruz, María Soledad Dominguez, María Antonia Balbina Duarte, María Antonia Duarte, María Francisca Duarte, María Joaquina Duarte, María Soledad Elisalde (surname) see also Lisalde Elisalde, María Agustina Elisalde [Elizalde?], Mariana de Jesús Lara Espinosa, María Gregoria Espinosa, María Josefa (Osuna) (see also Osuna, María Josefa) Estrada, María del Carmen Féliz, Gertrudis Féliz, María Anselma Féliz, María Antonia Féliz, María Concepción Féliz, María de Gracia Féliz, María de la Ascención Féliz, María Saturnina Féliz, Raymunda Ferguson, María (Rendón) Figueroa, María Josefa Flores, María Concepción García, Cayetana García, Cresencia García, María Bruna García, María Guadalupe García, María de Jesús García, María Lorenza Germán, María Florencia Guirado, María Nieves Gutiérrez, Susana Higuera, María Antonia Higuera, María Fermina Ignacia Higuera, María Juliana Higuera, Victoria

Machado, María Antonia

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Suberseries 1.2Women box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1,   box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1,

folder 37 folder 152 folder 163 folder 156 folder 144 folder 134 folder 28 folder 41 folder 121 folder 19 folder 66 folder 155 folder 58

Manríquez, María Apolonia Martínez, Eligia Martínez, Encarnación Martínez, Margarita Monroy, María Victoria Morales, María Francisca Moreno, Juana Moreno, Luganda Moreno, María Agueda Margara Moreno, María Gertrudis Morillo, María Prudencia Ochoa, Trinidad Olivas, María Petronila Oribe, María Isabel (see Uribe, María Isabel) Osuna, Francisca Osuna, María Josefa (see also Espinosa, María Josefa [Osuna]) Osuna, María Martina Palomares, María Concepción Eulogia (marriage to Ignacio Higuera) Palomares, María Concepción Eulogia (marriage to Antonio Lopez) Palomares, María Estéfana Pantoja, Juana Cesaria Pérez, María Francisca Pérez, María Rafaela Crisanto Pico, María Concepción

folder 17 folder 4 folder 84 folder 88 folder 46 folder 85 folder 117 folder 98 folder 107 folder 34

Note Folder contains baptismal records of Francisco de la Cruz, Alexandro and Maria de los Angeles     box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1,

  folder 165 folder 48 folder 77 folder 96 folder 104 folder 109 folder 131 folder 164 folder 45 folder 158 folder 89 folder 31

Pinto, Ana (see Varela, Ana [Pinto]) Pollorena, Magdalena Pollorena, María Antonia Pollorena, María Gabriela Pollorena, Micaela Rayales, María Concepción Rendón, María (marriage to Jess Ferguson) Rendón, María (marriage to José Felix Gallardo) Reyes, Inocencia Reyes, Luisa Robidoux, Catarina Rocha, Josefa Rodríguez, María Visitación

box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1,

folder 118 folder 151 folder 145 folder 9 folder 75 folder 95 folder 133 folder 26

Romero, María Dorotea Romero, María Isabel Rowland, Margarita Rubio, María Josefa Ruiz, Felipá Ruiz, María Arcadia Ruiz, María Natividad Salazar, María Teodora

box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1,

folder 137 folder 72 folder 64 folder 80 folder 12 folder 16 folder 68 folder 39

Sepúlveda, Casilda Sepúlveda, María Encarnacion Serrano, María de los Angeles Silvas, María Benvenuta Sinova, María Casilda de la Cruz Sinova, María Josefa Sotelo, María de los Santos Soto, Casilda

box 1, folder 35

Soto, María de Jesús

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Matrimonial records, 1773-1856 Suberseries 1.2Women box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2, box 2,

folder 30 folder 62 folder 69 folder 76 folder 125 folder 54 folder 23 folder 113 folder 130 folder 139 folder 115 folder 162 folder 52 folder 99 folder 53 folder 90 folder 28 folder 65 folder 49 folder 83 folder 14 folder 112 folder 126

Soto, María Eulalia Soto, María Juliana Uribe, María Isabel Urquídez, Juliana Valdés, Maria Tomasa Valencia, María Benedicta Valenzuela, María Antonia Valenzuela, María Balbina Valenzuela, María Barbara Salome Valenzuela, María Luisa Valenzuela, María Roca Valenzuela, Rafaela Varela, Ana (Pinto) Varela, María Petra (marriage to Esteban López) Varela, Petra (marriage to Rafael Rubio) Vásquez, María Rita (Cañedo) Velázquez, María de los Angeles Verdugo, María Ana Verdugo, María Antonia Verdugo, María Catalina Verdugo, María Josefa Villa, María Antonia Villa, María de la Merced

box 2, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 1, box 2,

folder 129 folder 93 folder 15 folder 92 folder 100 folder 7 folder 97 folder 157

Villa, María del Pilar Villa, María del Rosario Villa, María Estéfana Villa, María Ignacia Villa, Teresa de Jesús Villalobos, María Rita Villavicencio, María de los Ángeles White, Juana

box 1, folder 18

      box 2, folder 149 box 2, folder 108 box 2, folder 148 box 2, folder 142

Zúñiga, María Anastacia

Subseries 1.3 Indian girls (no surname) Aniceta María de Jesús (daughter of Gordiano Azubsabit) María de Jesús (daughter of Pacífico) María Nicolasa

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