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Felipe Santiago de la Cruz Pico

Birth
Cabazan, San Ignacio Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Death
1 May 1815 (aged 77–78)
Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA
Burial
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Born: San Javier de Cabazán, Río Piaxtla, Sinaloa, Nueva España (Cabazán, San Ignacio Municipality, Sinaloa, México)

Felipe Santiago de la Cruz Pico was a vaquero when he enlisted as a soldado de cuera ("leather jacket") at Horcasitas, Sonora, in 1774 to join the Anza expedition to Alta California. He left Tubac Presidio, Pimaría Alta (Arizona), with Anza October 23, 1775, traveling with his wife, María Jacinta Bastida, six children, and a 15-year-old niece. He was posted to San Francisco in 1776 and San Diego from 1782-83. He was retired and a vaquero at Los Angeles in 1790, and later received a royal concessión for Rancho San José de Gracia de Semí. Unlike later Mexican grants, a royal concessión reverted to the Spanish crown upon the awardee's death. He died at the home of his son José Miguel Pico y Bastida (1770-1841) at San Buenaventura and was buried in the Mission San Buenaventura Cemetery May 2, 1815 (SBV Death 01878).
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Anza Expedition Roster:
Santiago Pico 38, María Jacinta Bastida 26, José María 7, José Dolores 6, Francisco Javier 5, José Miguel 4, José Patricio 3, María Antonia Tomasa 2, (relative) María Josefa 15.
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Santiago de la Cruz Pico, occupation Vaquero, Mestizo, born San Javier de Cabazán [Sinaloa], age 60 [53], Wife Jacinta de la Bastida, Mulata, born Tepic, age 53 [41]. Two children, Mulatos: Javier, 23 [20]; Patricio, 21 [18].
(1790 Los Angeles Census)
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Children:
(all born San Javier de Cabazán, Sinaloa)
- José María (1768)
- José Dolores (1769)
- Francisco Javier (1770)
- José Miguel (1771)
- José Patricio (1772)
- María Antonia Tomasa (1773)
- (relative) María Josefa (1760)---

NOTE: In 1922 the Catholic Church sold the original cemetery to the City of Ventura, and Felipe Santiago de la Cruz Pico was re-interred in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. A grave marker has not been found and the exact location of his remains is unknown.
Born: San Javier de Cabazán, Río Piaxtla, Sinaloa, Nueva España (Cabazán, San Ignacio Municipality, Sinaloa, México)

Felipe Santiago de la Cruz Pico was a vaquero when he enlisted as a soldado de cuera ("leather jacket") at Horcasitas, Sonora, in 1774 to join the Anza expedition to Alta California. He left Tubac Presidio, Pimaría Alta (Arizona), with Anza October 23, 1775, traveling with his wife, María Jacinta Bastida, six children, and a 15-year-old niece. He was posted to San Francisco in 1776 and San Diego from 1782-83. He was retired and a vaquero at Los Angeles in 1790, and later received a royal concessión for Rancho San José de Gracia de Semí. Unlike later Mexican grants, a royal concessión reverted to the Spanish crown upon the awardee's death. He died at the home of his son José Miguel Pico y Bastida (1770-1841) at San Buenaventura and was buried in the Mission San Buenaventura Cemetery May 2, 1815 (SBV Death 01878).
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Anza Expedition Roster:
Santiago Pico 38, María Jacinta Bastida 26, José María 7, José Dolores 6, Francisco Javier 5, José Miguel 4, José Patricio 3, María Antonia Tomasa 2, (relative) María Josefa 15.
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Santiago de la Cruz Pico, occupation Vaquero, Mestizo, born San Javier de Cabazán [Sinaloa], age 60 [53], Wife Jacinta de la Bastida, Mulata, born Tepic, age 53 [41]. Two children, Mulatos: Javier, 23 [20]; Patricio, 21 [18].
(1790 Los Angeles Census)
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Children:
(all born San Javier de Cabazán, Sinaloa)
- José María (1768)
- José Dolores (1769)
- Francisco Javier (1770)
- José Miguel (1771)
- José Patricio (1772)
- María Antonia Tomasa (1773)
- (relative) María Josefa (1760)---

NOTE: In 1922 the Catholic Church sold the original cemetery to the City of Ventura, and Felipe Santiago de la Cruz Pico was re-interred in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. A grave marker has not been found and the exact location of his remains is unknown.