ROBLES, Jose Antonio

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]

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; ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=p2WrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA424&lpg=PA424&dq=gertrudis+Merlopes+died&source=bl&ots=iSGD97XxSy&sig=lu1OqekOXu03lCEBwz3ZkAuyaf8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bOtSU_CWPIKCyAHu84GQCg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=gertrudis%20Merlopes%20died&f=false

1. ROBLES, Maria Eugenia "Ynes" was born Abt. 1796, Mexico; was christened 16 Jun 1844, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California; died 01 Jun 1867, Santa Cruz County, California; was buried Abt. 3 Jun 1867, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
2. ROBLES, Jose Antonio Nieves was born Abt. 1797, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died 05 Aug 1822, Alta California; was buried 06 Aug 1822, Mission Santa Clara, Alta California.
3. ROBLES, Jose Antonio de los Angeles was born 03 Aug 1798, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; was christened 04 Aug 1798, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
4. ROBLES, Jose" Rafael" was born Abt. 1802, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died Bef. 20 May 1839, California; was buried Bef. 20 May 1839, California.
5. ROBLES, Jose Raimundo "Ramon" was born Bet. 1804-1805, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died Abt. 14 Apr 1837, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; was buried 15 Apr 1837, Mission Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
6. ROBLES, Jose "Teodoro" was born Abt. 1806, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California.
7. ROBLES, Andres "Avelino" was born Abt. 1808, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died Abt. 18 Apr 1839, Alta California; was buried 19 Apr 1839, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
8. ROBLES, Ygnacio "Fulgencio" was born Bet. 1812-1813, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died Abt. 11 Feb 1842, Alta California; was buried 12 Feb 1842, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
9. ROBLES, Secundino was born 1813, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died 10 Jan 1890, Mountain View, Santa Clara, California; was buried Abt. 12 Jan 1890, Santa Clara County, California.
10. ROBLES, Guadalupe was born Bet. 1814-1816, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; was christened 21 May 1836, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California.
11. ROBLES, Nicolas was born Bet. 1816-1817, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California; died Abt. 16 Jun 1844, Alta California; was buried 17 Jun 1844, Mission Santa Cruz, Alta California.
12. ROBLES, Maria Estefana was born 21 Apr 1821, Alta California; was christened 23 Apr 1821, Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta California.