SOLARES, Manuel

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FIRST NAME PROBABILITY: Some sources question his first name as being Manuel. UNSUBSTANTIATED. He is supposedly the son of Rafael SOLARES, tribal leader.

Manuel married INDIA SOLARES, Maria Ysidora del Refugio Aft. 1872 (cannot locate a marriage record), California. Maria (daughter of INDIO, Benvenuto and INDIA, Brigida) was born 15 Apr 1842, Monterey, Alta California; was christened 30 Apr 1842, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California; died 6 Mar 1923, Santa Barbara County, California; was buried Abt. 8 Mar 1923, Santa Barbara County, California. [Group Sheet]

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Honoring Solares' crucial contributions
By Nakia Zavalla/Commentary
Santa Ynez Valley News, April 1, 2010
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This month the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians will celebrate the birthday of one of our beloved ancestors, Maria Solares. ... She married Manuel Solares, the son of Rafael Solares, whose parents had come from soxtonokmu, the largest village in our ancestral territory. Maria's father-in-law, Rafael Solares, served as chief of the Santa Ynez Band in the late 1800s.