José Antonio García (abt. 1740 - 1778)

Born about 1740 in Culiacán, Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1778 at about age 38 in Misión de Santa Clara, Provinica de Alta California (California, United States)

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Biography

José García has Mexican ancestry.

José Antonio García was born in Culiacan, Sonora, Mexico.^[1]

Pvt. José Antonio García, his wife Petronila Josefa de Acuna, and their children María Josefa, José Francisco, and Juan Guillermo, as well as Señora García's two children from her first marriage, María Graciana and José Vincente Antonio Hernández were part of the 1776 de Anza Expedition, and resided in the Presidio of San Francisco in December of 1776. ^[2][3]

Son Francisco Maria Leon Garcia was baptized on June 29, 1778 at the age of 2. On July 25, 1807, he married Felipa Lizalda, daughter of Pedro Lizalda and Maria Encarnacion Perez. ^[4] He was buried on December 31, 1834 at the Mission Santa Clara de Asís cemetary.^[5]

José died within two years of his arrival, on January 24, 1778. ^[6] His was the first recorded (gente de razon) death on the books of that mission. ^[7]

Research Notes

• Juan Garcia: possible marriage record http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=14776
• José Vincente Antonio Hernández marriage record: http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=13440
• Petronila de Acuna, died 1783 MONTEREY 1790 Census

Sources

1. ↑ The beginnings of San Francisco : from the expedition of Anza, 1774, to the city charter of April 15, 1850 Pg 296-297
2. ↑ https://www.solideas.com/DeAnza/TrailGuide/Anza_Roll_Call.html
3. ↑ INHABITANTS OF THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO DECEMBER 31, 1776 (Taken from Lo Bulio, "Presidio de San Francisco, 31 December 1776," Antepasados, Vol. II, sección 3, 21-32.)
4. ↑ The Early California Population Project: A Database Compiled and Developed at the Huntington Library. General Editor, Steven W. Hackel, Lead Compiler, Anne M. Reid. (The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 2006.), http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=2391
5. ↑ Bautismo de su hijo Francisco María León The Early California Population Project: A Database Compiled and Developed at the Huntington Library. General Editor, Steven W. Hackel, Lead Compiler, Anne M. Reid. (The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 2006.), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=55006
6. ↑ The Early California Population Project: A Database Compiled and Developed at the Huntington Library. General Editor, Steven W. Hackel, Lead Compiler, Anne M. Reid. (The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 2006.), http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=48140
7. ↑ The beginnings of San Francisco : from the expedition of Anza, 1774, to the city charter of April 15, 1850 Pg 296-297