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Maria Ignacia “Jaíssum” Garcia

Birth
Alameda County, California, USA
Death
26 Nov 1823 (aged 24–25)
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA Add to Map
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Jaíssum was a Native American born in ranchería Ssouyen about 1798 in what his now Alameda County, California. Her father's name was Ssaquel (Ananias). She assumed her Christian name María Ignacia upon her baptism at Mission San José de Guadalupe on April 27, 1803 (SJS Baptism 00897). María Ignacia (no surname) married soldado Felipe Santiago García y Lugo* at Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on July 8, 1813 (SFD Marriage 01506). María Ignacia died during childbirth at Mission Santa Clara November 26 and was buried in the mission cemetery November 27, 1823 (SCL Death 05678). Being fully assimilated into Hispanic culture at the time of her death, she was deemed "como de razon" by Fr. Fortuny Buenaventura.

* Felipe Santiago García y Lugo was born at Monterey December 1 and baptized in the Presidio Chapel December 8, 1781 (SC Baptism 00659). He was the son of soldado Felipe Santiago García and Petra Joaquina Alcantara Lugo y Espinosa (both born Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa). He died in California sometime after 1838.
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Children:
- María de Gracia de Jesús (Aug. 14, bap. Aug. 16, 1818 [SCL Baptism 06715])
- María Concordia Clara Constancia (1821-1828)
- (stillborn Nov. 26, 1823)
Jaíssum was a Native American born in ranchería Ssouyen about 1798 in what his now Alameda County, California. Her father's name was Ssaquel (Ananias). She assumed her Christian name María Ignacia upon her baptism at Mission San José de Guadalupe on April 27, 1803 (SJS Baptism 00897). María Ignacia (no surname) married soldado Felipe Santiago García y Lugo* at Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on July 8, 1813 (SFD Marriage 01506). María Ignacia died during childbirth at Mission Santa Clara November 26 and was buried in the mission cemetery November 27, 1823 (SCL Death 05678). Being fully assimilated into Hispanic culture at the time of her death, she was deemed "como de razon" by Fr. Fortuny Buenaventura.

* Felipe Santiago García y Lugo was born at Monterey December 1 and baptized in the Presidio Chapel December 8, 1781 (SC Baptism 00659). He was the son of soldado Felipe Santiago García and Petra Joaquina Alcantara Lugo y Espinosa (both born Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa). He died in California sometime after 1838.
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Children:
- María de Gracia de Jesús (Aug. 14, bap. Aug. 16, 1818 [SCL Baptism 06715])
- María Concordia Clara Constancia (1821-1828)
- (stillborn Nov. 26, 1823)


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  • Maintained by: Californianos
  • Originally Created by: Steve
  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178393627/maria_ignacia-garcia: accessed ), memorial page for Maria Ignacia “Jaíssum” Garcia (1798–26 Nov 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 178393627, citing Mission Santa Clara de Asis Cemetery, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA; Maintained by Californianos (contributor 49112694).