María Ignacia de la Candelaria Ygnacia Candelaria (López) Carrillo (bef. 1793 - 1849)

Born before 31 Jan 1793 in San Diego, Provincia de Alta California (California, United States)

Ancestors

Wife of Joaquín Victor Carrillo — married 3 Sep 1809 in presidio de San Diego, Provincia de Alta California (California, United States)

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1849 after age 56 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA

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Biografía

María Ignacia (López) Carrillo is Notable.

Maria was born in 1793.

San Diego, 2 febrero 1793: Bautizada en la iglesia del presidio de San Diego, de dos dias de nacida en dicho presidio. Fueron sus padrinos Ignacio Ortega y María Gertrudis Arce^[1]

Maria Ygnacia Lopez de Carrillo (January 31, 1793, San Diego, New Spain – February 28, 1849, Sonoma, California) was the original grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa, the land on which Santa Rosa, California would later be founded. She was also the mother of the woman after whom Benicia, California was named and the grandmother of Romualdo Pacheco, the 12th governor of California.

Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, California is named after her. ^[2]

Children

With Joaquin, she had thirteen children, seven daughters and six sons. Twelve of them survived to adulthood. Several went on to play notable roles in the early history of California.

1. Maria Antonia Natalia "Josefa" (November 27, 1810 – January 1893) was Ygnacia's eldest daughter. In 1829 she eloped to Valparaíso in order to marry Henry D. Fitch (May 7, 1799 – January 13, 1849), a sea-captain from Massachusetts. They had eleven children. In 1841, Fitch was granted Rancho Sotoyome in the Alexander Valley north of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa.
2. María Ramona de Luz (July 1812 – December 1888) married Captain José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, a soldier from Guanajuato. He was killed in 1831 at the Battle of Cahuenga Pass. She was granted Rancho Suey near present-day Santa Maria, California that same year. She later married Captain John D. Wilson, a Scotsman.
   1. José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (October 31, 1831 – January 23, 1899) was a son of Maria Ramona by Romualdo Pacheco, her first husband. On February 27, 1875 he became the State of California's twelfth governor, its first California-born governor, and its first governor of Mexican ancestry.
3. Maria de la Luz Eustaquia (May 18, 1813 – May 18, 1890) married Jose Manuel Salvador Vallejo (March 3, 1813 – February 18, 1876), the younger brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.
4. Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia (August 23, 1815 – January 30, 1891) married General Vallejo himself on March 6, 1832. The city of Benicia was named after her. In 1834, Vallejo was granted Rancho Petaluma south of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa.
5. Joaquín Victor II (1820 – 1899) was Ygnacia's eldest son. He was elected mayor of Sonoma in 1846 and was imprisoned during the Bear Flag Revolt. He was granted Rancho Llano de Santa Rosa west of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa. He fought at the Battle of Olompali in 1846.
6. Juan Bautista died of poison in 1841.
7. Jose Ramon (February 1821 – May 1864) sold Casa de Carrillo to Lorenzo Soto. Later he fought at the Battle of Olompali and the Battle of San Pasqual. He married Vicenta Sepulveda de Yorba in February 1847.
8. Jose de los Dolores (born 1824).
9. Julio Maria Tomas (1824 – 1889) was imprisoned at Sutter's Fort in 1846 after attempting to deliver a message to his brothers-in-law. After Ygnacia's death, he inherited the bulk of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa.
10. Maria Marta Juana (July 1826 – October 1905) married Jose de Cruz Pilar in 1855.
11. Juana de Jesús "Juanita" (born March 1829) married David Mallagh, an Irish sea-captain, in 1850.
12. Jose de la Luz (February 27, 1831 – March 7, 1831) died in infancy.
13. Maria Felicidad de la Augusta (March 1833 – July 23, 1856) married Victor Castro.

Rancho

María Ygnacia Lopez de Carrillo and her 9 unmarried children left San Diego in 1837 and moved north to Sonoma, California where her daughter Francisca Benicia Carrillo (1815-1891) lived with her husband General Vallejo.

There in 1841 she was given a land grant of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa.

Burial

Her remains were interred in the chapel of the Mission San Francisco de Solano in Sonoma.

Sources

1. ↑ The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=31036
2. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Maria Carrillo High School

Fuentes

Ver también:

• Matrimonio: The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=7204 Early California Population Project Database

• Matrimonio de su hija Maria de la Luz Estaquia: The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=23792

• Wikipedia article: Maria Ygnacia Lopez de Carrillo

• Linda Carter

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16909731/maria_ignacia-de_la_candelaria-carrillo : accessed 01 May 2022), memorial page for Maria Ignacia de la Candelaria Lopez Carrillo (31 Jan 1793–28 Feb 1849), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16909731, citing Mission San Francisco Solano Cemetery, Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA ; Maintained by Linda Carrillo Stroot (contributor 48210911) .