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ZUNIGA, Pedro Buenaventura

Male 1780 - Abt 1829  (49 years)


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  • Name ZUNIGA, Pedro Buenaventura  [1
    Nickname Ventura 
    Gender Male 
    Born 01 Aug 1780  San Juan Capistrano, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 02 Aug 1780  Mission San Juan Capistrano, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Census 1790  San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    With parents and siblings 
    Died Abt. 21 Dec 1829  Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Muerto a la tercera bocanada de sangre 
    Military 22 Dec 1829  Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Soldado licenciado dela Compa. de Monterrey (per Burial record) 
    Buried 22 Dec 1829  Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Person ID I12517  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2017 

    Father ZUNIGA, Jose Pio Quinto,   b. Abt. 1746, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1805, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother INDIA, Maria Rufina Ailam,   b. Abt. 1760, San Juan Capistrano, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1815, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Family ID F3605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GERMAN, Juana Feliciana "Dionicia",   b. 23 Apr 1788, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Nov 1801  Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. ZUNIGA, Maria Gertrudis,   b. 23 Apr 1804, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. ZUNIGA, Maria Concepcion,   b. Feb 1807, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. ZUNIGA, Ramon Nonato,   b. Aug 1810, San Francisco, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. ZUNIGA, Escolastica Ygnacia,   b. Feb 1812, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. ZUNIGA, Benita Maria,   b. Feb 1812, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. ZUNIGA, Gaudeosa Nazaria,   b. 29 Jul 1813, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1832, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     7. ZUNIGA, Antonia Juana de Dios,   b. 27 Feb 1815, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. ZUNIGA, Nicolas Antonio,   b. 05 Dec 1816, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. ZUNIGA, Eduvigis,   b. Mar 1818, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Apr 1818, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +10. ZUNIGA, Maria Timotea "Cecilia",   b. 19 Aug 1819, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1853, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    +11. ZUNIGA, Maria "Dionicia",   b. 10 Apr 1821, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. ZUNIGA, Gamaliel Jose,   b. 26 Jul 1823, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 28 Feb 1846, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     13. ZUNIGA, Maria Gregoria,   b. 09 Feb 1825, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. ZUNIGA, Francisca Casacciola,   b. 04 Jun 1826, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1827, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     15. ZUNIGA, Christotelo,   b. 14 Apr 1828, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1829, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     16. ZUNIGA, Nemesio,   b. 31 Oct 1829, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2017 
    Family ID F4192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 01 Aug 1780 - San Juan Capistrano, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 02 Aug 1780 - Mission San Juan Capistrano, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With parents and siblings - 1790 - San Diego, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Nov 1801 - Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Muerto a la tercera bocanada de sangre - Abt. 21 Dec 1829 - Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Soldado licenciado dela Compa. de Monterrey (per Burial record) - 22 Dec 1829 - Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Dec 1829 - Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S206] BK-L.A. Under The Spanish Flag, William M. Mason, (http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/storage/Northrup3.pdf), pp. 37, 38, 42, 43, 1802.
      BIOGRAPHY
      --1802: Felipe de Goycoechea, commander of Santa Barbara, in preparation of retiring described to Raymundo Carrillo, as to what to observe and care for in both presidio (Santa Barbara) and pueblo (Los Angeles). With regard to the pueblo, Goycoechea is especially illuminating:

      You have Ventura Zuniga in the pueblo, a lad completely void of any sense of honor, of the most vile thoughts, and who has done much harm. I thought that no other punishment would cure him but to place him in my presidial company. Despite all hope I was obliged to exclude him, because I did not want to see him executed.

      --December 1806: Comisionado Francisco Xavier Alvarado had his hands full about this time with the two Ventura brothers, particularly Jose Ventura, and Juan Manuel Zuniga who had been committing excesses with married women. They were sent as enlistees to the Santa Barbara Company where Ventura had been a soldier beforehand until cashiered by Goycoechea. From his second enlistment in 1806, his filiacion described him as follows:

      Jose Ventura Zuniga, son of Pio Quinto Zuniga and Maria Rufina; native of San Juan Capistrano and now living in Los Angeles; occupation, grazier; height, five feet two inches tall; age 25; hair and eyebrows black, eyes brown, aquiline nose, color of skin dark, beardless.

      Zuniga eventually ended up at Monterey, while some of his family remained at Los Angeles.

    2. [S010] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bap, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=36790, 2 Aug 1780.
      BAPTISM
      Msn. San Juan Capistrano
      #272) 2 Aug 1780- PEDRO BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, Ethnicity: Mestizo, 1 d., Birth Date: nacio el dia antecedente, h.l. de padre Pio Quinto Zuniga, soldado de esta Mission, y de madre Rufina Maria, Yndia, Native Name: Allam - S.J.C. Bap. #177. de Mugartegui.
      *More info on web site

    3. [S085] Alta Cal Msn Bk #46_1776-1874_Sn Jn Cap_Bap, Mission San Juan Capistrano, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 2 Aug 1780.
      BAPTISM
      #272) Dia 2 de Agosto de 1780, a PEDRO BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, un nino que nacio el dia antecedte. hijo legitimo de Pio Quinto Zuniga, s.c. de esta escolta. Origo. de Guadalajara y Rufina Maria, india de esta Mision.
      Fueron sus Padrinos Guillermo Carrillo, cabo de esta escolta y Jacinta Bastida muger del s.c. Santiago Pico. Y para que conste lo firmo, Fr.Pablo de Mugartegui.

    4. [S027] Alta Cal Msn Bk #14_1778-1888_Sn Dgo_Conf, Mission San Diego de Alcala or Presidio Church, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 29 Sep 1783.
      CONFIRMATION - San Diego Presidio
      #793) [Sept 29, 1783]- PEDRO VENTURA ZUNIGA, parvo. h.l. del Cabo Pio Quinto Zuniga y Maria Rufina, India neofita dela Misn. de San Juan Capistrano;
      Agustin Castelo, soldado de cuera, casado en San Blas, pad.

    5. [S162] CENSUS 1790 - Alta California, (sfgenealogy.com/sf/ca1790.htm).
      1790 CENSUS - SAN DIEGO
      Pio Quinto Zuniga, mulato, from Guadalajara, 44; wife Maria Rufina, india, [from San Juan Capistrano] 30; four children: [Ventura] 11; [Serapio] 5; [Ignacio] a baby {unable to verify}; [Maria Anastacia] 6.

    6. [S011] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bur, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=39378, 22 Dec 1829.
      BURIAL
      Msn. San Juan Bautista Cemetery
      #2640) 22 Dec 1829- BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, adulto, Soldado licenciado de cuera, vecino del Rancho de la Natividad, en el Cementerio de la Yglesia de esta Mision, Cause of Death: muerto a la tercera bocanada de sangre, Origin: los Ranchos, S.J.C. Bap. #272. Abella.
      NOTES: Padre notes that "Le ayudo a bien morir el anciano Carlos Castro q[uie]n dixo al P. Ministro de esta misma Mision haber muerto a la tercera bocanada de sangre"----AMR 3/2006.
      *More info on web site

    7. [S063] Alta Cal Msn Bk #31_1797-1880_Sn Jn Btsta_Bur, Mission San Juan Bautista, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 22 Dec 1829.
      BURIAL
      #2640) Dec 22 [1829]- BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, adulto, soldo. licenciado dela Compa. de Monterrey, casado con Dionicia German, vecino del Rancho de La Natividad

    8. [S012] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1772-1855 _Marr, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=2067, 27 Nov 1801.
      MARRIAGE
      Msn. San Gabriel
      #721) 27 Nov 1801- BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, soltero, S.J.C. Bap. #272, de padre Pio Quinto Zuniga, y de madre Maria Rufina - S.J.C. Bap. #177, vecinos del referido Pueblo [de los Angeles,
      con JUANA LEONICIA GERMAN, soltera, de padre Ysidro German, y de madre Maria Manuela Ochoa, vecinos de dicho Pueblo [de los Angeles]. Sanchez.
      *More info on web site

    9. [S068] Alta Cal Msn Bk #35_1774-1855_Sn Gab_Marr, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 27 Nov 1801.
      MARRIAGE
      #721) 27 November 1801- BUENAVENTURA ZUNIGA, 21, de Pio Quinto, 54, y Maria Rufina, 41, vecinos del referido Pueblo,
      con JUANA LEONISIA GERMAN, 13, de Isidro, 46, y Maria Manuela Ochoa, 37, vecinos del Pueblo;
      Testigos: Jose Maria Pico, Cabo de la escolta de esta Mision, y su esposa Eustaquia Gutierrez, y Benito de Yabit, Indio casado con Juana.
      Prior testigos: Jose Feliz, soldado del Presidio de San Diego, y Ygnacio Lugo, casado con Gertrudis Sanchez, vecinos del Pueblo. Sanchez.