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Maria Paula Rosalia <I>Vallejo</I> Leese

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Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese

Birth
Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA
Death
30 Jul 1889 (aged 78)
Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA
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Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA Add to Map
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Abrego Plot Roadside St Luke Plot 12
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María Paula Rosalia Vallejo y Lugo was born to sargento Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo (1748-1832) and María Antonia Isabela Lugo y Martínez (1776-1855). She was born at Monterey, Alta California, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel (San Carlos) February 17, 1811 (SC Baptism 02802). She married Jacob Primer Leese (1809-1892) at Mission San Francisco de Solano April 13, 1837 (SFS Marriage 00320). She became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. She was buried at San Carlos Cemetery July 31.
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Other Children:
* Jacobo Ricardo (April 3, 1839; SC Baptisms 04170, ECPP)
* Adelaída del Refugio (February 4, 1847; SFS Baptisms 01651, ECPP) She married Abrimael Abrego y Estrada
* Rosana (1849-??)
* María Jovita Rosalia (1853-??)
* María Cecilia de Jesús (1854-?? Delia?)
Delia Estella (June 1, 1854 - February 8, 1946)
∼Mr. Leese, upon a hasty courtship—or rather, for he seems to have had no time to wait, and California was beginning to shake off her lethargy and be a go-ahead country; in fact, none beyond "popping the question," in smart business fashion, on the 1st of April, 1837 (ominous day for such a deed!)—was married to a sister of General Vallejo. On the 7th of the same month they were tied together, for life, by the "holy bands of matrimony;"
Source: Frank Soulé, John H. Gihon, M.D., and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco. 1855: San Francisco.




1838, a daughter was born to them and given her mother's name. Rosalie Reese Leese was the first white child born in San Francisco. She lived, however, only a short time, and a younger daughter was given the name.
María Paula Rosalia Vallejo y Lugo was born to sargento Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo (1748-1832) and María Antonia Isabela Lugo y Martínez (1776-1855). She was born at Monterey, Alta California, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel (San Carlos) February 17, 1811 (SC Baptism 02802). She married Jacob Primer Leese (1809-1892) at Mission San Francisco de Solano April 13, 1837 (SFS Marriage 00320). She became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. She was buried at San Carlos Cemetery July 31.
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Other Children:
* Jacobo Ricardo (April 3, 1839; SC Baptisms 04170, ECPP)
* Adelaída del Refugio (February 4, 1847; SFS Baptisms 01651, ECPP) She married Abrimael Abrego y Estrada
* Rosana (1849-??)
* María Jovita Rosalia (1853-??)
* María Cecilia de Jesús (1854-?? Delia?)
Delia Estella (June 1, 1854 - February 8, 1946)
∼Mr. Leese, upon a hasty courtship—or rather, for he seems to have had no time to wait, and California was beginning to shake off her lethargy and be a go-ahead country; in fact, none beyond "popping the question," in smart business fashion, on the 1st of April, 1837 (ominous day for such a deed!)—was married to a sister of General Vallejo. On the 7th of the same month they were tied together, for life, by the "holy bands of matrimony;"
Source: Frank Soulé, John H. Gihon, M.D., and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco. 1855: San Francisco.




1838, a daughter was born to them and given her mother's name. Rosalie Reese Leese was the first white child born in San Francisco. She lived, however, only a short time, and a younger daughter was given the name.

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