CORDERO, Romualdo de los Dolores

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• Military: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Military services and wives

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Posted by: Jeannie Cordero (ID *****7309)
Date: September 25, 2005 at 19:56:32
In Reply to: Re: Romualdo Antonio Cordero by Rebecca H Lane of 183

Source: National Archives Soldiers Certificate
No. 888.418 (Pension document packet)
Romualdo CORDERO, Co. C1. Battalion Native, California Volunteer Cavlary
Enlisted July 25, 1864
Date of birth- Monterey, CA 7 FEB 1834
1st marriage- Vistacion FELIZ -died 1873 Monterey
Children - Griselda born 14 DEC 1864,
Matias born 12 FEB 1871
2nd marriage-[Emerica?]Cordero- died several years before 1909 in Santa Barbara
3rd marriage -Maria MARQUEZ [nee CASTILLO] AGE 36 (Romaldo sic age 66)
Santa Barbara, July 13, 1909, R M Carrillo and Ramon Leyva witnesses. Maria divorced from Pablo Marquez June 30,1909

1915 statement by Romualdo states
- "I am living with my present wife Maria."
Question No 9. State the names & dates of birth of all your children, living or dead.
- "child one from 1st wife and died about 54 years ago;
- 2nd wife had four children, all died; the last one being man sic, died at the age of 27 years, died four years ago.
- Maria my present wife has one boy, 5 years old."

Death Certificate
Romuldo Cordero, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Male, white, married, wife Maria Cordero,
- DOB Feb 7th, 88 years 7 months 28 days;
- retire, birthplace CA;
- Father Matias Cordero, birthplace CA;
- mother Masiwasir Herman [could this be MA Yygnacia Zuniga German?], birthplace Spain;
Informant, Mrs. Maria Navarez 217 Anacpa St;
Death 1 OCT 1920; - Cause, chronic Myocarditis with decompensation, duration 3 years;
Signed A F Burkard;
Burial Calvary Cemetery;
Burial 4 OCT 1920, Santa Barbara, CA

Died:
DEATH & BURIAL: See Bio notes which lists dates from death certificate

Romualdo married ESPINOSA, Emerica 03 Mar 1873, Santa Barbara County, California. Emerica (daughter of ESPINOSA, Jose "Asencio" and PICO, Nicolasa) was born May 1834, Alta California; was christened 22 May 1834, Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California; died 27 Feb 1887, Santa Barbara County, California; was buried Abt. 29 Feb 1887, Santa Barbara County, California. [Group Sheet]

Romualdo married CASTILLO, Maria Diaz de 13 Jul 1909, Santa Barbara County, California. Maria was born Abt. 1873. [Group Sheet]