My Family and Junípero Serra
In light of recent controversy over the upcoming canonization of P. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), I want to write a post about two sets of ancestors who interacted with him.
The first set is J. Antonio Buelna and M. Antonia Tapía, my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents through my father, who were married by Serra at Mission San Carlos on May 26, 1776. Antonio, born at Villa de Sinaloa (modern-day Sinaloa de Leyva), Sinaloa, Mexico in ~1741, and Antonia, born at nearby Culiacán in ~1762, went on to have 6 known children between 1777 and 1804. Between 1777 and 1779 Antonio was stationed as a soldier at Monterey, and by 1780 he was stationed at Mission San Antonio, where his third child, M. Raimunda, was born on November 29. By 1790 the family had returned to Monterey, where they are listed in a census of that year (Antonio as a "Spaniard" and Antonia as an "Indian"), and by 1801 was in San Jose. Antonio appears to have lived out the remainder of his life there, dying in San Jose on October 1, 1821. Antonia returned to Monterey following Antonio's death, dying there on July 3, 1830.
The second set is J. Raimundo Carrillo and M. Tomasa Lugo, my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents through my mother, who were married by Serra at Mission San Carlos on April 23, 1781. Raimundo was born on November 8, 1749 in Loreto, Baja California, Mexico, and is thought to have arrived in California as part of the Portolà Expedition of 1769 (Smythe 1908:162). Tomasa was born in ~1763 at Villa de Sinaloa, and arrived in California with her family as part of the first De Anza Expedition of 1774. The couple went on to have 7 children between 1783 and 1799. Based on the baptismal records of these children, we know that in 1783 the family was at Santa Barbara, in 1786 at Los Angeles, in 1788 at Santa Barbara, 1791-1794 at San Diego, in 1796 at San Francisco, and in 1799 at Monterey, where Raimundo would have been stationed as a soldier. He served as commandant of the Presidio de San Diego from 1807 to 1809 (ibid.), dying on November 9 of that year. Tomasa died in San Diego in May 1816. The eldest child, Carlos Antonio (1783-1852), went on to be governor of California from 1837 to 1838.
The first set is J. Antonio Buelna and M. Antonia Tapía, my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents through my father, who were married by Serra at Mission San Carlos on May 26, 1776. Antonio, born at Villa de Sinaloa (modern-day Sinaloa de Leyva), Sinaloa, Mexico in ~1741, and Antonia, born at nearby Culiacán in ~1762, went on to have 6 known children between 1777 and 1804. Between 1777 and 1779 Antonio was stationed as a soldier at Monterey, and by 1780 he was stationed at Mission San Antonio, where his third child, M. Raimunda, was born on November 29. By 1790 the family had returned to Monterey, where they are listed in a census of that year (Antonio as a "Spaniard" and Antonia as an "Indian"), and by 1801 was in San Jose. Antonio appears to have lived out the remainder of his life there, dying in San Jose on October 1, 1821. Antonia returned to Monterey following Antonio's death, dying there on July 3, 1830.
The second set is J. Raimundo Carrillo and M. Tomasa Lugo, my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents through my mother, who were married by Serra at Mission San Carlos on April 23, 1781. Raimundo was born on November 8, 1749 in Loreto, Baja California, Mexico, and is thought to have arrived in California as part of the Portolà Expedition of 1769 (Smythe 1908:162). Tomasa was born in ~1763 at Villa de Sinaloa, and arrived in California with her family as part of the first De Anza Expedition of 1774. The couple went on to have 7 children between 1783 and 1799. Based on the baptismal records of these children, we know that in 1783 the family was at Santa Barbara, in 1786 at Los Angeles, in 1788 at Santa Barbara, 1791-1794 at San Diego, in 1796 at San Francisco, and in 1799 at Monterey, where Raimundo would have been stationed as a soldier. He served as commandant of the Presidio de San Diego from 1807 to 1809 (ibid.), dying on November 9 of that year. Tomasa died in San Diego in May 1816. The eldest child, Carlos Antonio (1783-1852), went on to be governor of California from 1837 to 1838.
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