SCHWALD FAMILY GENEALOGY
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GONZALES, Rueben Peter

Male 1939 - 1994  (54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  GONZALES, Rueben Peter was born 8 Dec 1939, Los Angeles County, California (son of GONZALES, Manual Silva and VERDUGO, Emelia "Emily" Ruiz); died 3 Jan 1994, Los Angeles County, California; was buried Abt. 6 Jan 1994, Los Angeles County, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 15 Apr 1940, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; Address: 302 North Arizona Avenue

    Rueben married Living [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living
    6. Living
    7. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  GONZALES, Manual Silva was born 24 Oct 1912, Mexico.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 15 Apr 1940, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; Address: 302 North Arizona Avenue

    Notes:

    Birth:
    BIRTH PLACE: Per 1940 Census

    Manual married VERDUGO, Emelia "Emily" Ruiz 14 Sep 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Emelia (daughter of VERDUGO, Ramon Gonzalez and RUIZ, Salome Marie) was born 26 Oct 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; died 4 Apr 1997, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 6 Apr 1997, All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  VERDUGO, Emelia "Emily" Ruiz was born 26 Oct 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (daughter of VERDUGO, Ramon Gonzalez and RUIZ, Salome Marie); died 4 Apr 1997, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 6 Apr 1997, All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 3 Feb 1920, El Monte, Los Angeles, California
    • Census: 15 Apr 1940, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; Address: 302 North Arizona Avenue

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. 1. GONZALES, Rueben Peter was born 8 Dec 1939, Los Angeles County, California; died 3 Jan 1994, Los Angeles County, California; was buried Abt. 6 Jan 1994, Los Angeles County, California.
    4. Living
    5. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  GRADIAS, Joaquin was born Bef. 1815, Mexico; died Bef. 12 Jan 1862, California; was buried Bef. 12 Jan 1862, California.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    BIRTH PLACE: Per son Joaquin's 1900 Census data

    Died:
    DEATH DATE:
    - 12 Jan 1862 deceased; dau. Maria Angustias' Marriage record

    Joaquin — FELIZ SERRANO, Saturnina. Saturnina was born Bef. 1822, Sonora, Mexico. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  FELIZ SERRANO, Saturnina was born Bef. 1822, Sonora, Mexico.

    Notes:

    Name:
    India neofita (from Mexico)

    NAME VARIATIONS:
    - Saturnina FELIZ (SERRANO); son Nicholas Ochoa's Confirmation record
    - Saturnina FELIZ; daughters Ramona & Maria Antonia Ochoa's Confirmation records

    Children:
    1. GRADIAS, Joaquin was born Abt. 1835, Alta California.
    2. GRADIAS, Maria Angustias was born Abt. 1848, Alta California; was christened 29 Aug 1850, Mission San Gabriel, Alta California.

  3. 6.  VERDUGO, Ramon Gonzalez was born 19 Jun 1875, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 24 Aug 1875, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California (son of VERDUGO, Pedro Nolasco Antonio Jose and GONZALEZ, Maria "Gertrudis"); died 10 Oct 1936, 4820 Brooklyn Avenue, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; was buried 13 Oct 1936, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 15 Apr 1910, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; Address: Mill Puente Road
    • Military: 12 Sep 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; WWI Draft Registration
    • Census: 3 Feb 1920, El Monte, Los Angeles, California
    • Occupation: 1930, 4820 Brooklyn Avenue, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; Ramon was a horse rancher.

    Notes:

    Died:
    *NOTE: Brooklyn Avenue currently renamed East Cesar E Chavez Avenue

    Ramon married RUIZ, Salome Marie 20 Jun 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Salome (daughter of RUIZ, Jose "Saturnino" and OLIVAS, Maria De Los Angeles Gertrudis) was born 22 Oct 1881, Ventura County, California; died 07 Apr 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried 10 Apr 1963, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  RUIZ, Salome Marie was born 22 Oct 1881, Ventura County, California (daughter of RUIZ, Jose "Saturnino" and OLIVAS, Maria De Los Angeles Gertrudis); died 07 Apr 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried 10 Apr 1963, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 15 Apr 1910, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; Address: Mill Puente Road
    • Census: 3 Feb 1920, El Monte, Los Angeles, California
    • Census: 8 Apr 1940, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; Address: 341 North Arizona Avenue

    Notes:

    Descrepancy in birth year:

    Had SSDI listed as: 22 Oct 1875

    Named her chickens after her daughters

    Cow named Bessie

    Lived on Floral Drive

    Birth:
    BIRTH PLACE: 1880 Census parents were listed living in Hueneme, Ventura, California

    Children:
    1. VERDUGO, Emma Ruiz was born 1 Dec 1901, California; died 9 Sep 1976, Stanislaus County, California; was buried Abt. 11 Sep 1976, Stanislaus County, California.
    2. VERDUGO, Ramon "Raymond" Ruiz was born 19 Sep 1903, California; died 08 Jul 1979, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 10 Jul 1979, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    3. VERDUGO, Esperanza "Evelyn" Maria was born 2 Apr 1905, Whittier, Los Angeles, California; was christened 13 Aug 1905, St. Mary of the Asumption Church Whittier, Los Angeles, California; died 3 Dec 1987, Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish, Washington; was buried 7 Dec 1987, Lake Forest Park, King, Washington.
    4. VERDUGO, Arturo "Arthur" Ruiz was born 14 May 1907, California; was christened , California; died 15 Aug 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 17 Aug 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    5. VERDUGO, Rojelio "Roy" Ruiz was born 06 Nov 1909, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was christened , California; died 23 Aug 1997, Tulare, Tulare, California; was buried Abt. 25 Aug 1997, California.
    6. VERDUGO, Bell Ruiz was born 17 Jun 1912, California; was christened , California; died 25 Mar 1982, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 27 Mar 1982, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    7. VERDUGO, Pedro "Pete" Ruiz was born 17 May 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was christened , California; died 1 May 1934, 4820 Brooklyn Avenue, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; was buried 3 May 1934, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    8. VERDUGO, Reynaldo "Ray" Ruiz was born Abt. 1916, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was christened , California; died 10 Sep 1938, Patterson, Stanislaus, California; was buried Abt. 12 Sep 1938, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    9. 3. VERDUGO, Emelia "Emily" Ruiz was born 26 Oct 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; died 4 Apr 1997, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 6 Apr 1997, All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California.
    10. VERDUGO, Adeline "Lily" Ruiz was born 10 Sep 1921, El Monte, Los Angeles, California; died 19 Oct 1991, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  VERDUGO, Pedro Nolasco Antonio Jose was born 07 Aug 1820, Rancho San Rafael, Los Angeles, Alta California; was christened 08 Aug 1820, Mission San Fernando Rey, Alta California (son of VERDUGO, Julio Antonio Josef and ROMERO, Maria de Jesus); died 22 Feb 1911, Old Mission Vieja, Los Angeles, California; was buried Abt. 24 Feb 1911, Montebello, Los Angeles, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1836, Los Angeles, Alta California
    • Census: 1844, Los Angeles, Alta California
    • Census: 9 Jul 1860, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; LISTED TWICE
    • Census: 13 Jul 1860, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; LISTED TWICE
    • Census: 28 Jul 1870, El Monte, Los Angeles, California
    • Census: 1 Jun 1880, San Fernando, Los Angeles, California

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Burial: Founder's Park was created in the area originally known as Mount Olive Cemetery and Broadway (Clark) Cemetery, and is located between 12100 and 12500 Broadway Street in Whittier, California. Citrus Avenue divides the park
    https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/8176/mount-olive-cemetery

    Broadway Cemetery (defunct)
    Whittier, Los Angeles Co., California

    Page 70/75, line #17
    http://whittiermuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cemetery-Information-Report-2009-08-03.pdf

    Died:
    DEATH PLACE: Old Mission San Gabriel or Mission Vieja (erected 1771 to 1776).
    NOTE: The location of Mission Vieja is at what is now the South West corner North San Gabriel Blvd and North Lincoln Ave in Montebello, California.

    Msn. San Gabriel was moved to it's present location after flooding.

    CORRECT DEATH RECORD:
    - UNSUBSTANTIATED but MOST LIKELY this is Pedro Nolasco Antonio Jose Verdugo & family were living in the area during this time

    DEATH CERTIFICATE:
    NOTE: Parents names are actually the names of Pedro's children.

    Pedro married GONZALEZ, Maria "Gertrudis" Abt. 1855, California. Maria (daughter of GONZALEZ, Jose Maria and ESPINOSA, Guadalupe) was born Abt. 1839, Caborca, Sonora, Mexico; died 1899, California; was buried 1899, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  GONZALEZ, Maria "Gertrudis" was born Abt. 1839, Caborca, Sonora, Mexico (daughter of GONZALEZ, Jose Maria and ESPINOSA, Guadalupe); died 1899, California; was buried 1899, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 13 Jul 1860, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California
    • Census: 28 Jul 1870, El Monte, Los Angeles, California

    Notes:

    Birth:
    CORRECT PARENTS:
    Research of mission baptism, marriage and census records reveal it is UNSUBSTANTIATED but MOST LIKELY that these are the correct parents of Maria Gertrudis Gonzalez.
    - Gertrudis and these Gonzalez family members were listed as madrinos/padrinos for many family baptism records and as witnesses for family members' weddings.
    - Many family members lived next door to Gertrudis in the censuses.
    - The padrino for Gertrudis' first son, Juan Daniel (Verdugo) was Antonio Perez, Gertrudis' future step-father (he married Gertrudis' mother Guadalupe ESPINOSA after the death of his first wife)

    BIRTH PLACE: Per mission records:
    - Mother is from Caborca.
    - Last two siblings (dob abt. 1845 & 1848) from Caborca
    - UNSUBTANTIATED but MOST LIKELY all siblings were born in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico

    Name:
    NAME VARIATIONS:
    - Gertrude GONZALES/GONZALEZ ... 1860 Census
    - Gertrude G. VERDUGO ... Possible Gravestone in Msn. San Gabriel Cemetery
    - Maria VERDUGO ... 1870 Census

    Buried:
    BURIAL: Cannot locate a burial record

    POSSIBLE FINDAGRAVE MEMORIAL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86517287/gertrude-g_-verdugo

    NAME: Gertrude G. Verdugo (Gertrudis Gonzalez Verdugo???)
    BIRTH: 1837
    DEATH: 27 Jul 1899 (aged 61?62)

    BURIAL
    San Gabriel Mission Cemetery
    San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California

    GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTION:
    "GERTRUDE G. VERDUGO
    DIED JULY 27, 1899
    AGED 62 YRS"


    Died:
    DEATH DATE: Possibly 1899.
    Gertrudis is not found in the 1880 or any other subsequent California censuses, nor is her husband/so Pedro Verdugo.

    Children:
    1. DANIEL VERDUGO, Juan Antonio Gonzales was born 02 Sep 1855, Los Angeles County, California; was christened 03 Sep 1855, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; died 17 Apr 1918, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was buried 19 Apr 1918, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    2. VERDUGO, Maria "Madelina" "Madalena" was born Bef. 25 Jul 1858, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; was christened 25 Jul 1858, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ; died , California; was buried , California.
    3. VERDUGO, Guadalupe was born 03 Mar 1860, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was christened 04 Mar 1860, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ; died 24 Jan 1943, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried 27 Jan 1943, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    4. VERDUGO, Maria del "Refugio" was born 14 Nov 1861, Los Angeles County, California; was christened 26 Nov 1861, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ; died 28 Dec 1936, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California; was buried 30 Dec 1936, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    5. VERDUGO, Juan de Dios was born 26 May 1863, Los Angeles County, California; was christened 28 May 1863, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; died 10 Apr 1916, Montebello, Los Angeles, California; was buried 11 Apr 1916, Mount Olive Cemetery Whittier, Los Angeles, California.
    6. VERDUGO, Margarita was born 20 Feb 1865, Los Angeles County, California; was christened 22 Feb 1865, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California .
    7. VERDUGO, Maria Aurora was born 19 Feb 1866, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was christened 04 May 1866, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California .
    8. VERDUGO, Maria Del "Carmen" J. was born 19 Nov 1868, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 6 Dec 1868, Mission San Gabriel, Alta California; died 25 Jul 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried 28 Jul 1938, Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier, Los Angeles, California.
    9. VERDUGO, Polonia was born 04 Jul 1870, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 17 Jul 1870, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    10. VERDUGO, Luz "Mercedes" B. was born 23 Jul 1873, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 27 Jul 1873, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; died 2 Feb 1924, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; was buried 4 Feb 1924, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    11. 6. VERDUGO, Ramon Gonzalez was born 19 Jun 1875, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 24 Aug 1875, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; died 10 Oct 1936, 4820 Brooklyn Avenue, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California; was buried 13 Oct 1936, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.
    12. VERDUGO, Pedro was born 27 Jun 1877, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California; was christened 07 Aug 1877, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.

  3. 14.  RUIZ, Jose "Saturnino" was born 29 Nov 1822, Los Angeles, Alta California; was christened 30 Nov 1822, Mission San Gabriel, Alta California (son of RUIZ, Jose Hilario and SINOBA SINOVA, Maria Julia); died 05 Oct 1904, Ventura, Ventura, California; was buried 10 Oct 1904, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, Ventura, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1836, Los Angeles, Alta California
    • Census: 1852, Santa Barbara County, California
    • Census: 9 Jul 1870, San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, California
    • Census: 21 Jun 1880, Hueneme, Ventura, California

    Notes:

    Buried:
    BURIAL: Mission San Buenaventura Cemetery

    The cemetery in now under the Holy Cross School and parking lot

    Died:
    OBITUARY: LA Times Death obit 1904 lists Jose Saturnino Ruiz

    Jose married OLIVAS, Maria De Los Angeles Gertrudis 03 Jun 1876, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Maria (daughter of OLIVAS, Jose "Nicolas" and RUIZ YBARRA, Maria Juana Juliana) was born Abt. Aug 1838, Los Angeles, Alta California; was christened 06 Aug 1838, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California; died 08 Sep 1904, Ventura, Ventura, California; was buried 10 Sep 1904, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, Ventura, California. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  OLIVAS, Maria De Los Angeles Gertrudis was born Abt. Aug 1838, Los Angeles, Alta California; was christened 06 Aug 1838, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California (daughter of OLIVAS, Jose "Nicolas" and RUIZ YBARRA, Maria Juana Juliana); died 08 Sep 1904, Ventura, Ventura, California; was buried 10 Sep 1904, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, Ventura, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 21 Jun 1880, Hueneme, Ventura, California

    Notes:

    Buried:
    BURIAL: Msn. San Buenaventura Cemetery

    The cemetery in now under the Holy Cross School and parking lot


    Died:
    BURIAL - Msn. San Buenaventura
    De Functo for San Buenaventura Mission 1824-1912
    entry #2332: Maria Los Angeles Ruiz:

    On September 10, 1904 I blessed the corpse of Maria Los Angeles Ruiz, brought to church that day.
    She died after receiving the last Sacraments on Thursday, September 8th, 1904 at the age of sixty-six years.
    Fr. Zephyriu Engelhardt, Os.F,Ms.

    Buried 10 Oct 1904 San Buenaventura Mission
    Source: Book 1-2332 Libro de functo

    Children:
    1. RUIZ, Joseph "Gregorio" was born 12 Mar 1877, Ventura County, California; was christened Mar 1877, California; died 04 Aug 1945, Ventura County, California; was buried Abt. 6 Aug 1945, Ventura County, California.
    2. RUIZ, Juana Amelina "Jennie" was born 16 May 1878, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; died 25 Dec 1955, Ventura, Ventura, California; was buried Abt. 28 Dec 1955, Ventura, Ventura, California.
    3. 7. RUIZ, Salome Marie was born 22 Oct 1881, Ventura County, California; died 07 Apr 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried 10 Apr 1963, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.