ROBLES, Guadalupe

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California
• Census: 1845, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California

Notes:

Birth:
BIRTH PLACE - UNSUBSTANTIATED but very likely born in Villa de Branciforte. Hubert Howe Bancroft stated that her father had settled at Villa de Branciforte in 1797.

Christened:
THIS IS HER CONFIRMATION DATE
BAPTISM - cannot locate a baptism record

Guadalupe — RODRIGUEZ, Facundo Primitivo Andres. Facundo (son of RODRIGUEZ, Alejandro and MARTINEZ, Felipa Benedicta "Concepcion") was born 27 Nov 1815, Alta California; was christened 30 Nov 1815, Monterey Presidio, Alta California. [Group Sheet]

1. RODRIGUEZ, Rafaela was born Bet. 1831-1832, Alta California.
2. RODRIGUEZ, Ramona was born 29 Nov 1832, Alta California; was christened 30 Nov 1832, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California.
3. RODRIGUEZ, Concepcion was born Bet. 1834-1835, Alta California.
4. RODRIGUEZ, Josefa was born 05 Jan 1837, Alta California; was christened 09 Jan 1837, Monterey Presidio, Alta California.
5. RODRIGUEZ, Maria Guadalupe was born 05 Dec 1838, Alta California; was christened 12 Dec 1838, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California.
6. RODRIGUEZ, Maria Ana Nieves was born 05 Aug 1840, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; was christened 08 Aug 1840, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
7. RODRIGUEZ, Maria Merced Gertrudis was born 24 Sep 1842, Alta California; was christened 02 Oct 1842, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
8. RODRIGUEZ, Jose Eleuterio was born 20 Feb 1847, Alta California; was christened 03 Mar 1847, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
9. RODRIGUEZ, Jose Narciso was born 26 Oct 1850, Alta California; was christened 31 Oct 1850, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.

Other Events:

• Biography: 1797, Monterey, Alta California; Arrived on the Schooner Concepcion in Monterey Bay on May 12,1797. One of the founders of Villa de Branciforte (see daughter Eugenia's findagrave burial)
• Census: 1830, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; Probably listed age as 53
• Census: 1845, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; Listed age as 70

Notes:

Birth:
BIRTH PLACE - per daughter Estefana's baptism record

Jose married MERLOPES, Maria Rosalia Bef. 1798. Maria was born Bef. 1786, Ahualulco, Jalisco, Mexico. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1845, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; Listed age as 50

Notes:

Birth:
BIRTH PLACE - per daughter Estefana's baptism record
NAME VARIANCES
-Gertrudis Merlopes
Note: Once book states that Rosalia had a SISTER named Gertrudis Merlopes whom Jose Antonio Robles married after Rosalia's death.

Notes:

Married:
CONFUSION REGARDING WIFE
Below book states Jose Antonio Robles maried twice
1- Rosalia Merlopes ... and at her death
2- married her sister Gertrudis.

Historic Spots in California, Stanford University Press, 1990 - California - 617 pages, page 424

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
...  Among the passengers on the Concepcion were three men who became alcaldes. ... Jose Antonio Robles, who married first Rosalia Merlopes and at her death her sister, Gertrudis, and reared several children, held a number of offices before becoming alcalde in 1841; ...

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