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INDIA SOLARES, Maria Ysidora del Refugio

Female 1842 - 1923  (80 years)


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  • Name INDIA SOLARES, Maria Ysidora del Refugio 
    • BAPTIZED WITH NO LAST NAME: India neofita
      NATIVE NAME: Qilikutayiwit, as attributed by many sources

      NAME VARIATIONS:
      - Maria del Refugio
      - Maria Brigida
      - Maria SOLARES (took husband's last name of SOLARES)
      - Maria Isabel del Refugio SOLARES
      - Maria Refugio SOLARES
    Gender Female 
    Born 15 Apr 1842  Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ORIGIN: Unstated

      December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives, page 11
      "Maria Solares, who had visited among the southern Yokuts and was partially of Yokuts descent" [1]
    • Maria SOLARES is well known for assisting John Peabody Harrington, American linguist and ethnologist and a specialist in the native peoples of California, with documenting the CHUMASH language.

    Christened 30 Apr 1842  Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 17 Jul 1860  Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    With husband living in Luis and Eduvigis' household 
    Census 9 Aug 1870  Las Cruces, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Widowed with children, living in mother's household 
    Census 12 Jun 1880  Ballard, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    With sons, living in Indian Rafael's household 
    Census 13 May 1910  Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Widowed, with son, next door to daughter & her family 
    Census 17 Jan 1920  Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    With son and granddaughter 
    Census 1895-1923  Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS
    Listed with children and grandchildren 
    Died 6 Mar 1923  Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • DEATH DATE DISCREPANCY: Indian Census Rolls, 1923, Santa Ynez, states, "died 3/6/23"
    Buried Abt. 8 Mar 1923  Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19009  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2015 

    Father INDIO, Benvenuto,   b. 27 Jun 1812, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef. 9 Aug 1870, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother INDIA, Brigida,   b. Abt. 1818, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1868, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Family ID F6186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 INDIO, Joaquin,   b. Abt. 1835, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef. 11 Apr 1863, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married Bef. 1861  Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Type: cannot locate a marriage record 
    Children 
    +1. INDIA, Maria Antonia,   b. 25 Jan 1862, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1921, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F6185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 INDIO, Manuel,   b. California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef. 12 Feb 1866, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Apr 1863  Mission La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • CORRECT MARIA IN THIS MARRIAGE RECORD:
      UNSUBSTANTIATED, but MOST LIKELY Maria SOLARES is wife to this Manuel
      - SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MARRIAGES, list Maria's name as Maria del Refugio, exact name she used when she married Nicomedes in 1866
      - Many sources list her marrying a man named Manuel, but no last name or marriage date is given
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F6330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 INDIO LIBERADO, Nicomedes,   b. 10 Sep 1838, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1866, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 12 Feb 1866  Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Children 
    +1. INDIA LIBERADO, Clara Candelaria,   b. Abt. 1866, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1937, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F6244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 UNKNOWN, Unknown 
    Married Aft 1870 
    Type: cannot locate a marriage record 
    Children 
     1. SOLARES, Jose Santiago,   b. Bet. 1868-1873, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F6332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 5 ESTRADA, Frank 
    Married Aft. 1868  [11, 12
    Type: cannot locate a marriage record 
    Children 
     1. ESTRADA, Francisco "Frank",   b. 25 Feb 1870, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1949, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F6329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 6 SOLARES, Manuel,   d. California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Aft. 1872  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Type: cannot locate a marriage record 
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F6331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Apr 1842 - Monterey, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 30 Apr 1842 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With husband living in Luis and Eduvigis' household - 17 Jul 1860 - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Type: cannot locate a marriage record - Bef. 1861 - Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Apr 1863 - Mission La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Feb 1866 - Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Widowed with children, living in mother's household - 9 Aug 1870 - Las Cruces, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Type: cannot locate a marriage record - Aft. 1872 - California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With sons, living in Indian Rafael's household - 12 Jun 1880 - Ballard, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Widowed, with son, next door to daughter & her family - 13 May 1910 - Santa Barbara County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With son and granddaughter - 17 Jan 1920 - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS Listed with children and grandchildren - 1895-1923 - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Mar 1923 - Santa Barbara County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Abt. 8 Mar 1923 - Santa Barbara County, California Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S299] BK-December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives, Thomas C. Blackburn, (University of California Press, 1975), page 11.

    2. [S010] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bap, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=28860.
      BAPTISM
      Msn. San Carlos
      #4385) 30 Apr 1842- MARIA YSIDORA DEL REFUGIO, Yndia, 15 d., Birth Date: de 15 dias de nacida, h.l. de Benvenuto, Origin: Msn. Santa Ynes, y de Brigida, Origin: Msn. Santa Ynes, neofitos.
      Padrinos: Maria Josefa Rodrigues y Ricardo Juan [Unstated]. Suares del Real

    3. [S297] BK-Breath of the Sun: Life in Early California, Fernando Librado, John Peabody Harrington, (Malki Museum Press, 1979), page 154.
      1860 CENSUS - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California
      Book states this is Maria Solares, and the Jouquin listed with her [Maria's husband?]

    4. [S294] CENSUS 1885-1940 - U.S. Indian (ancestry.com), (ancestry.com), 1895-1923.
      INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS, 1885-1940 - CALIFORNIA, U.S.
      DATE - NAME - RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD - DATE OF BIRTH - AGE - GENDER - TRIBE - AGENCY - LAST CENSUS NUMBER
      --- 1800's ---
      1895 [1894], 14 Oct:   Maria BRIGIDA - Widow - abt 1835 - 60 - Female - Santa Inez Or Zanja Cota - Mission - 47
      1896, 4 Jul:  Maria BRIGIDA - Widower - abt 1835 - 61 - Female - Santo Ynes - Mission Tule River "Cons" - 47
      1897, Jun:  Maria BRIGIDA - Widow - abt 1837 - 60 - Female - Santa Inez Reservation - Mission Tule River "Cons" - 47
      1898, 30 Apr:  Maria Refugie SOLARES - Wife [ERROR ?: W=Widow?] - abt 1838 - 60 - Female - Santa Ynez - Mission Tule River "Cons - 47
      1899, 30 Jun:  Maria Refugio SOLARES - Wife [ERROR ?: W=Widow?] - abt 1838 - 61 - Female - Santa Ynez - Mission & C - 47
      --- 1900's ---
      1900, Jun:  Maria Refugio SOLARES - Wife [ERROR ?: W=Widow?] - abt 1838 - 62 - Female - Santa Ynez - Mission Tule River "Cons" - 47
      1901:  Maria Refugia SOLARES - Wife [ERROR: W=Widow?] - abt 1838 - 63 - Female - Santa Ynez - Mission Tule River "Cons" - 47
      1902, Aug:  Maria Refugios COLARES - Wife [ERROR: W=Widow?] - abt 1838 - 64 - Female - Santa Ynez - mission tule river "Cons" - 43
      1903, 30 Jun:  Solares MARIA - Mother - abt 1851 - 52 - Female - Santa Ynez - Tule River "Cons" - 7
      1904, 30 Jun:  Maria DOLORES - Mother - abt 1851 - 53 - Female - Santa Ynez - San Jacinto Training School - 7
      1905, 30 Jun:  Maria DOLORES - Mother - abt 1851 - 54 - Female - Santa Ynez Reservation - San Jacinto Training School - 10
      1906, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Widow - abt 1863 - 43 - Female - Santa Ynez Reservation - San Jacinto Training School - 10
      1907, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Widow - abt 1863 - 44 - Female - Santa Ynez - San Jacinto - 8
      1908: CANNOT LOCATE
      1909: CANNOT LOCATE
      1910, 25 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - abt 1862 - 48 - Female - Santa Ynez Band-Soboba Indian School-7
      1911, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - abt 1862 - 49 - Female - Santa Ynez Band-Soboba Indian School-7
      1912, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - abt 1862 - 50 - Female - Santa Ynez, Round Valley - Soboba - 7
      1913, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - abt 1844 - 69 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 60
      1914, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - abt 1844 - 70 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 66
      1915, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - 1844 - 71 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 67
      1916, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Mother - 1844 - 72 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 67
      1917, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Widow - 1844 - 73 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 66
      1918, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Widow - 1844 - 74 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 67
      1919, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Wid (Widow) - 1844 - 75 - Female - Santa Ynez - Soboba - 67
      1920, 30 Jun:  Maria SOLARES - Wid (Widow) - 1844 - 76 - Female - Santa Yney - Soboba - 67
      1921: CANNOT LOCATE
      1922, 30 Jun:  Trachoma [Maria Refugia SOLARES] - Widow - 1842 - 80 - Female - Santa Ynez - Mission Indian - 54
      1923, 30 Jun:  Maria Refugia SOLARES - _ - Died 3/6/23 - _ - _ - Santa Ynez - Mission Indian - 54

    5. [S237] AVS-Deaths 1905-1939 - California, Ancestry.com, California Death Index 1905-1939, (ancestry.com), page 218/705 (10262).
      DEATH
      Name: Maria Solares
      [Initial of Spouse: M]
      Birth Year: abt 1841
      Death Date: 6 Mar 1924*
      Age at Death: 83
      Death Place: Santa Barbara, California
      [State File No: 35546]
      *DEATH DATE DISCREPANCY: Indian Census Rolls, 1923, Santa Ynez, states, "died 3/6/23"

    6. [S169] CENSUS 1860 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 8/18, 17 Jul 1860.
      1860 CENSUS - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - AGE - SEX -COLOR - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL ESTATE - PLACE OF BIRTH
      Louis - 41 - m - Ind - _/50 - Cal
      Eduvigis - 32 - f - Ind - _ - Cal
      Lorenzo - 40 - m - Ind - _ - Cal
      Tomasa - 38 - f - Ind - _ - Cal
      Jesus Maria - 14 - m - Ind - _ - Cal
      Jouquin - 25 - m - Ind - _ - Cal
      Maria - 20 - f - Ind - _ - Cal


    7. [S135] AVS-Marriages - California, Snta Barb Co, Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, (santabarbaragenealogy.org/SBMarriages.php), http://santabarbaragenealogy.org/Marriages/SB_Marr_Gr_i.php.
      MARRIAGE - Santa Barbara County
      Bride - Groom - Date - Place - Groom Nativity - Bride Nativity
      INDIAN, Maria del Refugio - INDIAN, Manuel - 11 Apr 1863 - La Purisima - Native American - Native American

    8. [S135] AVS-Marriages - California, Snta Barb Co, Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, (santabarbaragenealogy.org/SBMarriages.php), http://santabarbaragenealogy.org/Marriages/SB_Marr_Br_i.php.
      MARRIAGE - Santa Barbara County
      Bride - Groom - Date - Place - Groom Nativity - Bride Nativity
      INDIAN, Maria del Refugio - INDIAN, Nicomedos - 12 Feb 1866 - Santa Barbara Mission - Native American -
      Native American

    9. [S170] CENSUS 1870 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 25/26, 9 Aug 1870.
      1870 CENSUS - (Las Cruces Post Office) Township 3, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - AGE - SEX - PROFESSION - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL ESTATE - PLACE OF BIRTH
      FAMILY #316
      Jose Cardon - 40 - m - Farm Laborer - 175/375 - Cal
      Ludovica Cardon - 38 - f - Keeps House - _ - Cal
      Guillerno Cardon - 3 - m - At Home - _ - Cal
      Jose Gallego - 27 - m - Adobe Mason - _ - Cal
      FAMILY #317
      Brigeta Gallego [TRANSCRIPTION ERROR, no last name given in census] - 40 - f - Keeps House - 325/100 - Cal
      Maria Gallego [TRANSCRIPTION ERROR, no last name given in census] - 26 - f - (W) - _ - Cal
      Maria A Gallego [TRANSCRIPTION ERROR, no last name given in census] - 9 - f - At Home - _ - Cal
      Clara Gallego [TRANSCRIPTION ERROR, no last name listed in census] - 4 - f - At Home - _ - Cal
      Francisco Gallego [TRANSCRIPTION ERROR, no last name listed in census] - 6/12 - At Home - _ - Cal


    10. [S297] BK-Breath of the Sun: Life in Early California, Fernando Librado, John Peabody Harrington, (Malki Museum Press, 1979), page 154.
      1870 CENSUS - Township 3, Santa Barbara, California
      Book states this is Maria Solares.
      Book ALSO states, "Maria may also have been married to a Jose Gallego."

    11. [S171] CENSUS 1880 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 2/6, 12 Jun 1880.
      1880 CENSUS - District 85, Ballard, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - AGE - RELATIONSHIP - CIVIL CONDITION S/M/W - OCCUPATION - PLACE OF BIRTH self/father/mother
      Rafael Indian - 50 - _ - M - Laborer - Cal/Cal/Cal
      ...
      Maria Indian - 40 - squaw - W - _ - Cal/Cal/Cal
      Ramon Indian - 25 - son - M - Laborer - Cal/Cal/Cal
      ...
      Francisco Indian - 16 - son to Maria - S - Laborer - Cal/Cal/Cal
      Santiago Indian - 12 - son to Maria - S - _ - Cal/Cal/Cal


    12. [S297] BK-Breath of the Sun: Life in Early California, Fernando Librado, John Peabody Harrington, (Malki Museum Press, 1979), page 154.
      1880 CENSUS - Ballard, Santa Barbara, California
      Book states this is Maria Solares and her sons in this census.

    13. [S175] CENSUS 1910 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 15/22, 13 May 1910.
      1910 CENSUS: INDIAN POPULATION - District 178, Township 4, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - RELATION - AGE - MARRIED/SINGLE - #YRS MARRIED - MOTHER OF #CHILDREN BORN/#CHILDREN LIVING - OCCUPATION/INDUSTRY
      ADDRESS: Sanja Cota Road
      Maria Solares - Head - 63 - W - _ - 1/1 - Laundress/At Home
      Francisco Solares - Son - 49 - S - _ - _ - Laborer/Odd jobs

    14. [S176] CENSUS 1920 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 5/11, 17 Jan 1920.
      1920 CENSUS - District 104, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - RELATION - HOME OWN/RENT - AGE - SINGLE/MARRIED/WIDOWED - OCCUPATION/INDUSTRY
      Frank Estrada - Head - O - (Ind) - 49 - S - Laborer/Working out
      Maria Solaris - Mother - _ - (Ind) - 76 - Wd - None
      Isabelle Kaln - Niece - _ - (Ind) - 9 - S - None