Born about 1772, María Gertrudis Amésquita y Guana was the daughter of soldado Juan Antonio Amésquita (1739-1818) and María Juana Guana (1740-1777). She accompanied her family from Tubac, Sonora (now Arizona), to Alta California with Anza in 1776. She married (1) soldado José Antonio Roberto Altamirano y Delfín at Mission Santa Clara on July 30, 1787 (SCL Marriage 00139). After he died at San Francisco in 1789, she married (2) soldado José Dolores Pico y Vastida on January 17, 1791 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Marriage 00225). She died at Mission La Purísima Concepción (first location) where her husband was stationed as an escolta and was buried in the mission's first "gente de razon" cemetery on October 21, 1800 (LPC Death 00394, ECPP).
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Children:
(with Altamirano)
- Maria Albina Rufina (1788-1789)
(with Pico)
- (none recorded)
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Children:
(with Altamirano)
- Maria Albina Rufina (1788-1789)
(with Pico)
- (none recorded)
Born about 1772, María Gertrudis Amésquita y Guana was the daughter of soldado Juan Antonio Amésquita (1739-1818) and María Juana Guana (1740-1777). She accompanied her family from Tubac, Sonora (now Arizona), to Alta California with Anza in 1776. She married (1) soldado José Antonio Roberto Altamirano y Delfín at Mission Santa Clara on July 30, 1787 (SCL Marriage 00139). After he died at San Francisco in 1789, she married (2) soldado José Dolores Pico y Vastida on January 17, 1791 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Marriage 00225). She died at Mission La Purísima Concepción (first location) where her husband was stationed as an escolta and was buried in the mission's first "gente de razon" cemetery on October 21, 1800 (LPC Death 00394, ECPP).
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Children:
(with Altamirano)
- Maria Albina Rufina (1788-1789)
(with Pico)
- (none recorded)
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Children:
(with Altamirano)
- Maria Albina Rufina (1788-1789)
(with Pico)
- (none recorded)
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