1776: Anza Expedition
Born at Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, to a Cáhita mestizo/indigenous couple about 1754, he was soon orphaned and left at the home of Juan Bojorques y [?] and Ana de Ochoa y [?], who then raised him and whose surnames he adopted. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1772 and married (1) Cáhita neophyte Francisca Lara y Nuñez at Mocorito, Sinaloa, on April 3, 1775. He signed on to the Anza Expedition, which he accompanied to Alta California in 1776. Francisca died at San Francisco in January 1777 and he married (2) widow María Angela de la Luz Trejo y [?] de Alviso at the San Francisco Presidio Chapel on July 20, 1777 (SFD Marriage 00005). María Angela died at Monterey in January 1803. He later married (3) widow María Dolores Amezquita y Guana de Arroyo at Mission San Antonio on October 18, 1807 (SAP Marriage 00832).
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Children:
(with LARA)
- María Agustina (1771-1816; m. her stepbrother, Francisco ALVISO in 1787)
(with TREJO)
(born Horcasitas, Sonora)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1765-1803; m. his stepsister, María Agustina BOJORGUES in 1787)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1767-1810)
- (step) Juan Ignacio ALVISO (1770-Aft 1830)
- (step) María Loreto ALVISO (1772-1836; m. Luís María Peralta y Valenzuela)
(born Alta California)
- Hermenegildo (Apr 13, 1778-Mar 30, 1807)
- Bartólome Francisco (Aug 25, bap. 27, 1780 [SCL Baptism 00217]-Sep. 4, 1862, Rancho Laguna de San Antonio; m. María Nicolasa Linares y Rivas in November 1803 at Mission Santa Clara de Asís [SCL Marriage 01060]. His son Gerardo and daughter María Marcela are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Mónica, California.)
- Juan José (Apr. 14, 1784-June 6, 1811)
(with AMEZQUITA)
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(Shared by Sheila Ruiz Harrell)
Marriage Register entry dated April 3, 1775, Pueblo de Mocorito, Sinaloa: "Pedro Antonio Bojorquez [sic], born at [Villa de Sinaloa,] Sinaloa, an orphan left at the house of Juan Vojorquez [sic] and Ana de Ochoa, residents of that jurisdiction; and Francisca de Lara, a coyote [75% indigenous), originally from this jurisdiction [Mocorito], legitimate daughter of [neophytes] [Juan] Bautista de Lara and Francisca Nuñes [sic], residents of this jurisdiction [Mocorito]."
Born at Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, to a Cáhita mestizo/indigenous couple about 1754, he was soon orphaned and left at the home of Juan Bojorques y [?] and Ana de Ochoa y [?], who then raised him and whose surnames he adopted. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1772 and married (1) Cáhita neophyte Francisca Lara y Nuñez at Mocorito, Sinaloa, on April 3, 1775. He signed on to the Anza Expedition, which he accompanied to Alta California in 1776. Francisca died at San Francisco in January 1777 and he married (2) widow María Angela de la Luz Trejo y [?] de Alviso at the San Francisco Presidio Chapel on July 20, 1777 (SFD Marriage 00005). María Angela died at Monterey in January 1803. He later married (3) widow María Dolores Amezquita y Guana de Arroyo at Mission San Antonio on October 18, 1807 (SAP Marriage 00832).
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Children:
(with LARA)
- María Agustina (1771-1816; m. her stepbrother, Francisco ALVISO in 1787)
(with TREJO)
(born Horcasitas, Sonora)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1765-1803; m. his stepsister, María Agustina BOJORGUES in 1787)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1767-1810)
- (step) Juan Ignacio ALVISO (1770-Aft 1830)
- (step) María Loreto ALVISO (1772-1836; m. Luís María Peralta y Valenzuela)
(born Alta California)
- Hermenegildo (Apr 13, 1778-Mar 30, 1807)
- Bartólome Francisco (Aug 25, bap. 27, 1780 [SCL Baptism 00217]-Sep. 4, 1862, Rancho Laguna de San Antonio; m. María Nicolasa Linares y Rivas in November 1803 at Mission Santa Clara de Asís [SCL Marriage 01060]. His son Gerardo and daughter María Marcela are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Mónica, California.)
- Juan José (Apr. 14, 1784-June 6, 1811)
(with AMEZQUITA)
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(Shared by Sheila Ruiz Harrell)
Marriage Register entry dated April 3, 1775, Pueblo de Mocorito, Sinaloa: "Pedro Antonio Bojorquez [sic], born at [Villa de Sinaloa,] Sinaloa, an orphan left at the house of Juan Vojorquez [sic] and Ana de Ochoa, residents of that jurisdiction; and Francisca de Lara, a coyote [75% indigenous), originally from this jurisdiction [Mocorito], legitimate daughter of [neophytes] [Juan] Bautista de Lara and Francisca Nuñes [sic], residents of this jurisdiction [Mocorito]."
1776: Anza Expedition
Born at Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, to a Cáhita mestizo/indigenous couple about 1754, he was soon orphaned and left at the home of Juan Bojorques y [?] and Ana de Ochoa y [?], who then raised him and whose surnames he adopted. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1772 and married (1) Cáhita neophyte Francisca Lara y Nuñez at Mocorito, Sinaloa, on April 3, 1775. He signed on to the Anza Expedition, which he accompanied to Alta California in 1776. Francisca died at San Francisco in January 1777 and he married (2) widow María Angela de la Luz Trejo y [?] de Alviso at the San Francisco Presidio Chapel on July 20, 1777 (SFD Marriage 00005). María Angela died at Monterey in January 1803. He later married (3) widow María Dolores Amezquita y Guana de Arroyo at Mission San Antonio on October 18, 1807 (SAP Marriage 00832).
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Children:
(with LARA)
- María Agustina (1771-1816; m. her stepbrother, Francisco ALVISO in 1787)
(with TREJO)
(born Horcasitas, Sonora)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1765-1803; m. his stepsister, María Agustina BOJORGUES in 1787)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1767-1810)
- (step) Juan Ignacio ALVISO (1770-Aft 1830)
- (step) María Loreto ALVISO (1772-1836; m. Luís María Peralta y Valenzuela)
(born Alta California)
- Hermenegildo (Apr 13, 1778-Mar 30, 1807)
- Bartólome Francisco (Aug 25, bap. 27, 1780 [SCL Baptism 00217]-Sep. 4, 1862, Rancho Laguna de San Antonio; m. María Nicolasa Linares y Rivas in November 1803 at Mission Santa Clara de Asís [SCL Marriage 01060]. His son Gerardo and daughter María Marcela are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Mónica, California.)
- Juan José (Apr. 14, 1784-June 6, 1811)
(with AMEZQUITA)
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(Shared by Sheila Ruiz Harrell)
Marriage Register entry dated April 3, 1775, Pueblo de Mocorito, Sinaloa: "Pedro Antonio Bojorquez [sic], born at [Villa de Sinaloa,] Sinaloa, an orphan left at the house of Juan Vojorquez [sic] and Ana de Ochoa, residents of that jurisdiction; and Francisca de Lara, a coyote [75% indigenous), originally from this jurisdiction [Mocorito], legitimate daughter of [neophytes] [Juan] Bautista de Lara and Francisca Nuñes [sic], residents of this jurisdiction [Mocorito]."
Born at Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, to a Cáhita mestizo/indigenous couple about 1754, he was soon orphaned and left at the home of Juan Bojorques y [?] and Ana de Ochoa y [?], who then raised him and whose surnames he adopted. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1772 and married (1) Cáhita neophyte Francisca Lara y Nuñez at Mocorito, Sinaloa, on April 3, 1775. He signed on to the Anza Expedition, which he accompanied to Alta California in 1776. Francisca died at San Francisco in January 1777 and he married (2) widow María Angela de la Luz Trejo y [?] de Alviso at the San Francisco Presidio Chapel on July 20, 1777 (SFD Marriage 00005). María Angela died at Monterey in January 1803. He later married (3) widow María Dolores Amezquita y Guana de Arroyo at Mission San Antonio on October 18, 1807 (SAP Marriage 00832).
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Children:
(with LARA)
- María Agustina (1771-1816; m. her stepbrother, Francisco ALVISO in 1787)
(with TREJO)
(born Horcasitas, Sonora)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1765-1803; m. his stepsister, María Agustina BOJORGUES in 1787)
- (step) Francisco Javier ALVISO (1767-1810)
- (step) Juan Ignacio ALVISO (1770-Aft 1830)
- (step) María Loreto ALVISO (1772-1836; m. Luís María Peralta y Valenzuela)
(born Alta California)
- Hermenegildo (Apr 13, 1778-Mar 30, 1807)
- Bartólome Francisco (Aug 25, bap. 27, 1780 [SCL Baptism 00217]-Sep. 4, 1862, Rancho Laguna de San Antonio; m. María Nicolasa Linares y Rivas in November 1803 at Mission Santa Clara de Asís [SCL Marriage 01060]. His son Gerardo and daughter María Marcela are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Mónica, California.)
- Juan José (Apr. 14, 1784-June 6, 1811)
(with AMEZQUITA)
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(Shared by Sheila Ruiz Harrell)
Marriage Register entry dated April 3, 1775, Pueblo de Mocorito, Sinaloa: "Pedro Antonio Bojorquez [sic], born at [Villa de Sinaloa,] Sinaloa, an orphan left at the house of Juan Vojorquez [sic] and Ana de Ochoa, residents of that jurisdiction; and Francisca de Lara, a coyote [75% indigenous), originally from this jurisdiction [Mocorito], legitimate daughter of [neophytes] [Juan] Bautista de Lara and Francisca Nuñes [sic], residents of this jurisdiction [Mocorito]."
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Info from: The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006
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