Family: CORTES, Jose Xavier / RAMIREZ, Maria Nicolasa (F3429)

• Father | Male CORTES, Jose Xavier

  
  

  Born	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Christened	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Died	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Buried	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Married	Bef. 1767  [1, 2]	Mexico  [1, 2]
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  Mother | Female RAMIREZ, Maria Nicolasa

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1755	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christened	Abt. 1755	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Died	Abt. 25 Jan 1786	Alta California
  Buried	26 Jan 1786	Mission San Buenaventura, Alta California
  Other Spouse	SOTO, Guillermo | F3427
  Married	27 Jul 1781	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
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  Child 1 | Male + CORTES, Nicolas Felipe

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1775	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Died	Abt. 6 May 1835	Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Buried	7 May 1835	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	LARA, Maria Juana de Jesus | F3666
  Married	19 May 1792	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + CORTES, Juana Paula Segunda

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1769	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Died	Abt. 15 Apr 1816	Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Buried	16 Apr 1816	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	PENA, Luis Ramon | F3430
  Married	03 Feb 1785	Mission San Buenaventura, Alta California

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + CORTES, Maria Perseverancia

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1776	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christened	Abt. 1776	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Died	Jun 1797	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Buried	01 Jun 1797	San Gabriel, Alta California
  Spouse	GONZALES, Tomas | F4274
  Married	30 Oct 1787	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	LUGO, Luis Gonzaga | F3669
  Married	27 May 1792	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

  Child 4 | Female + CORTES, Maria Ysabel Ramona

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1776	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christened	Abt. 1776	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Died	Aug 1794	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Buried	28 Aug 1794	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Spouse	VASQUEZ, Jose Antonio | F4177
  Married	25 May 1789	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

• Sources

  [S006] Alta Cal 1781 - Rivera Expedition Members, California Spanish Genealogy , (http://www.sfgenealogy.com/spanish/rivera.htm). 1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION Soldado de Cuera: Cortes, Joseph Xavier, widow Nicolasa Ramirez and her Cortes ch: Nicolas Phelipe, 14; Juana Paula Segunda, 12; Maria Perseverancia, 5; Maria Ysabel Ramona, 5 [S281] BK-XV Congreso Int'l de las Ciencias Gen. y Heraldica, Instituto Salazar y Castro (C.S.I.C.), (Madrid, 19-25 Septiembre 1982), http://books.google.com/books?id=a0gT-Pix5t4C&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=1781+Rivera+Expedition+Nicolasa+Ramirez&source=bl&ots=0-dislCt7z&sig=XXVEyd1NUslKvAarXocSwg0kwU8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9nxBVMTrLoz7oQT53YK4Cw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=1781%20Rivera%20Expedition%20Nicolasa%20Ramirez&f=false, 1780. 1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION Jose Xavier Cortez enlisted as a settler in October 1780 but he apparently died at Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. His widow, Maria Nicolasa Ramirez, continued on to Alta California with her children. She married Guillermo Soto on 27 July 1781 at Mission San Gabriel; Soto was a 1781 soldier with Rivera's Expedition. There are Cortez descendents.