Soldado of Monterey Presidio. Jose Francisco Garcia y Acuña was born about 1766 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico to Jose Antonio Garcia and Petronila Josefa Acuña. He came to California in 1775-1776 as a member of Juan Bautista de Anza's Colonizing Expedition. He married Maria Manuela Duarte on 30 October 1792 at Carmel Mission (SC Marriage 00466). After she died, he married Maria Antonia Higuera on 16 October 1820 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Marriage 01930). He died on 2 February 1835 at San Jose, Alta California and was buried on 3 February 1835 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Death 07000).
Soldado of Monterey Presidio. Jose Francisco Garcia y Acuña was born about 1766 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico to Jose Antonio Garcia and Petronila Josefa Acuña. He came to California in 1775-1776 as a member of Juan Bautista de Anza's Colonizing Expedition. He married Maria Manuela Duarte on 30 October 1792 at Carmel Mission (SC Marriage 00466). After she died, he married Maria Antonia Higuera on 16 October 1820 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Marriage 01930). He died on 2 February 1835 at San Jose, Alta California and was buried on 3 February 1835 at Mission Santa Clara (SCL Death 07000).
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