Juan Bautista Valentin Alvarado (1809 - 1882)

Born 14 Feb 1809 in Monterey, Alta California, México

Ancestors

Husband of Martina Castro — married 24 Aug 1839 in Santa Clara, Alta California

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1882 at age 73 in San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, Estados Unidos de América

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Biography

Juan Bautista Alvarado was a Californian.

Juan Bautista Alvarado is Notable.

Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 ^[1] – July 13, 1882) was a Californio and Governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1842. He was governor during the Revolution of 1836, when the territorial Diputación (Legislature) declared "free and sovereign" independence from Mexico and forced the Mexican commander and entourage to flee. Alvarado also oversaw California's brief rejoining with Mexico as a state.

He was the son of Jose Francisco Alvarado and Maria Josefa Vallejo^[1]. He passed away in 1882.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Huntington Library. Early California Population Project Database. Baptismal record for Juan Bautista y Valentin Alvarado
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK8-BB8 : 30 December 2015), Juan B Alvarado, 1860.
• "California Great Registers, 1850-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFN-DND : 25 July 2019), Juan Baptiste Alvarado, 26 Jul 1866; citing Voter Registration, San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 976,458.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6F-CHV : 10 March 2021), John Alvarado, 1870. [Age 61 with Marlin (54, F), Dufino (27, F), Augustus (24, M), Celinda (18, F), Henry (12, M), and Adelina (10, F). He is listed as a farmer. I don't know whether the partially anglicized names came from the Alvarado family or the census process.]
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GR-9WX : 19 February 2021), Juan Alvarado, San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 45, sheet 589B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,064. [Age 71 with Augustus and Henry. Daughter Adeline is now Adeline Tewkesbury.]
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/40768039/juan-bautista-alvarado : accessed 12 May 2021), memorial page for Juan Bautista Alvarado (14 Feb 1809–13 Jul 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #40768039, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .