ROBLES, Jose Antonio

1777 - 1851  (~ 74 years)

• Name	ROBLES, Jose Antonio
  Gender	Male
  Born	Bet. 1774-1777	Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, Mexico   [1]
  	BIRTH PLACE - per daughter Estefana's baptism record
  Biography	1797	Monterey, Alta California   [2, 3]
  	Arrived on the Schooner Concepcion in Monterey Bay on May 12,1797. One of the founders of Villa de Branciforte (see daughter Eugenia's findagrave burial)
  Census	1830	Villa de Branciforte, Alta California   [4]
  	Probably listed age as 53
  Census	1845	Villa de Branciforte, Alta California   [5]
  	Listed age as 70
  Died	Aug 1851	California
  Buried	Aug 1851	Mission San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, San Benito, California   [6]
  Person ID	I16578	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	3 May 2014

  
  

  Family	MERLOPES, Maria Rosalia,   b. Bef. 1786, Ahualulco, Jalisco, Mexico
  Married	Bef. 1798  [7]
  	CONFUSION REGARDING WIFE Below book states Jose Antonio Robles maried twice 1- Rosalia Merlopes ... and at her death 2- married her sister Gertrudis. Historic Spots in California, Stanford University Press, 1990 - California - 617 pages, page 424 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ...  Among the passengers on the Concepcion were three men who became alcaldes. ... Jose Antonio Robles, who married first Rosalia Merlopes and at her death her sister, Gertrudis, and reared several children, held a number of offices before becoming alcalde in 1841; ... http://books.google.com/books?id=p2WrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA424&lpg=PA424&dq=gertrudis+Merlopes+died&source=bl&ots=iSGD97XxSy&sig=lu1OqekOXu03lCEBwz3ZkAuyaf8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bOtSU_CWPIKCyAHu84GQCg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=gertrudis%20Merlopes%20died&f=false
  Children	+ 1. ROBLES, Maria Eugenia "Ynes",   b. Abt. 1796, Mexico ,   d. 01 Jun 1867, Santa Cruz County, California  (Age ~ 71 years)   2. ROBLES, Jose Antonio Nieves,   b. Abt. 1797, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. 05 Aug 1822, Alta California  (Age ~ 25 years)   3. ROBLES, Jose Antonio de los Angeles,   b. 03 Aug 1798, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California + 4. ROBLES, Jose" Rafael",   b. Abt. 1802, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. Bef. 20 May 1839, California  (Age ~ 37 years) + 5. ROBLES, Jose Raimundo "Ramon",   b. Bet. 1804-1805, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. Abt. 14 Apr 1837, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California  (Age ~ 32 years)   6. ROBLES, Jose "Teodoro",   b. Abt. 1806, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California + 7. ROBLES, Andres "Avelino",   b. Abt. 1808, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. Abt. 18 Apr 1839, Alta California  (Age ~ 31 years) + 8. ROBLES, Ygnacio "Fulgencio",   b. Bet. 1812-1813, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. Abt. 11 Feb 1842, Alta California  (Age ~ 29 years) + 9. ROBLES, Secundino,   b. 1813, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. 10 Jan 1890, Mountain View, Santa Clara, California  (Age 77 years) + 10. ROBLES, Guadalupe,   b. Bet. 1814-1816, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California + 11. ROBLES, Nicolas,   b. Bet. 1816-1817, Villa de Branciforte, Alta California ,   d. Abt. 16 Jun 1844, Alta California  (Age ~ 27 years) + 12. ROBLES, Maria Estefana,   b. 21 Apr 1821, Alta California
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F5332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Bet. 1774-1777 - Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, Mexico Biography - Arrived on the Schooner Concepcion in Monterey Bay on May 12,1797. One of the founders of Villa de Branciforte (see daughter Eugenia's findagrave burial) - 1797 - Monterey, Alta California Census - Probably listed age as 53 - 1830 - Villa de Branciforte, Alta California Census - Listed age as 70 - 1845 - Villa de Branciforte, Alta California Died - Aug 1851 - California Buried - Aug 1851 - Mission San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, San Benito, California  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 882-885. BIRTH YEAR AND PLACE 1256. Robles y Merlopes Jose Antonio Robles [birth] - 1830 Villa de Branciforte Census: 1776-1777 - 1845 Villa de Branciforte Census: 1774-1775 Pueblo de Talrenegra Guadalajara [S262] BK- Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol 5 Hist Cal, H.H. Bancroft , (San Francisco: THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 1886), http://books.google.com/books?id=IxMTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA699&lpg=PA699&dq=avelino+Robles+BRANCIFORTE&source=bl&ots=PyqlXPpY44&sig=V79VOw88vhP2jSfJt33qEb4B7Qg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BOVQU57RI9G1yASGwYLADw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=avelino%20Robles%20BRANCIFORTE&f=false, 1886. BIOGRAPHY Vol. 5. 1846-1848, vol. 22, p. 699 PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX ROBINSON-ROCHE, ROBLES R. (Antonio), nat. of Zacatecas; at Branciforte '28, wife Rosalia Merlopes child. Jose Raimundo Teodoro, Secundino Guadalupe Nicolas Fulgencio Estefana In the padron of '45 he appears as Jose Antonio, age 70, wife Gertrudis Merlopes, age 50 He had settled at B. in 1797. i. 569; regidor 1805, comisionado '17; secretary '17; and alcade '33. ii. 156, 390, 605, 627. iii. 696-7 He died in '42 and his widow in '49. [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/z/i/m/Terry-Zimmerman-1/index.html, 12 May 2008. ANOTHER BIOGRAPHY - UNSUBSTANTIATED facts as no sources are given, by Terry Zimmerman Jose Antonio Robles from Guadalajara, b. 1776 arrives Monterey 1797 with wife Gertrudis Merlopes. Different source of information reports that Jose Antonio Robles married maria rosalia gertruis (chk spelling) merlopes in 1797 at San Lorenzo river. It is reported that he did marry Maria but when she died suddenly he then married Gertrudis. Viceroy Branciforte of Mexico offered Jose Antonio Robles a chance to go as a poblador (original settler) of a new city in Alta California. The offer was a hansome one, with traveling expenses, a five-year subsidy, land and a chance to buy tools and cattle on credit. The deal was too good to be true and when he got to Santa Cruz there was nothing but open fields and no money from Spain. He and his wife made an adobe home and lived in it with the children. He had held his first public office in California when he was elected regidor in 1805 and by 1817 had been made comisionado. Twice, in 1827 and 1833 he had been picked by his fellow townsmen to be named jusz by the governor. They had 13 Children........... Ines Robles b. 1795 in Mexico Jose Antonio Nieves Robles (Jose Antonio de los Nieves Robles), Male, b. 1798 d. 1822 Eugenia Robles, Female, b. 1800 Rafael Robles, Male, b. 1802 served military as soon as sixteen or seventeen years old Raimundo Robles, Male, b.1804 d.1837 served his ten-year military enlistment in the presidio company of San Francisco, married Perfecta Castro Antonio Robles, Male, b. 1805 served military as soon as sixteen or seventeen years old Secundino Robles, Male, b.1811 d.1890 served military as soon as sixteen or seventeen years old, Lived on Rancho Santa Rita near Palo Alto, California until his death in 1890. Teodoro Robles, Male, b.1814 Avelino Robles, Male, d.1839 maria Guadalupe Robles, Female, b. d. Facundo Rodriguez marries Guadalupe Robles 1841 Nicolaus Robles, Male b. d.1844, marries Lucia Soria has 3 children Fulgencio Robles, Male, d. Feb 12, 1842, married Concepcion Salzar Estefana Robles, Female, b.? d.? [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 882-885. 1830 VILLA DE BRANCIFORTE CENSUS D. Mutnick lists approximate birth years from ages listed for this family in this census [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 882-885. 1845 VILLA DE BRANCIFORTE CENSUS D. Mutnick lists approximate birth years from ages listed for this family in this census [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 882-1885. DEATH & BURIAL 1256. Robles y Merlopes Jose Antonio Robles y ___ - Per 1830 Villa de Branciforte Census, Birth abt. 1776-1777 - Per 1845 Villa de Branciforte Census, Birth abt. 1774-1775 [Death] 8/?/1851 [Burial] Msn. San Juan Bautista, de los fundadores de California [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 882-885. FAMILY 1256. Robles y Merlopes Jose Antonio Robles y ___ - married ? - Maria Rosalia Merlopes y ___ 8 children listed