Fred Schwald & Fam. c 1910
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Christof Schwald
Our web site is indebted to our cousin & good friend, Christof Schwald, of Maulburg, Germany. He discovered our paternal Great Grandpa Fred Schwald's elusive birth record in the clerk's office of Kandern, Germany.
Christof, our family is forever grateful to you for giving us our Deutsche Stammbaum (German Family Tree) which has enabled us to connect with other Schwald families across the world.
Also featured is our direct maternal Hispanic ancestral lineage to fourteen pre-1782 founding families of California.
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Sitzenkirch, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
ELISA "LIZZIE" GYGER
Relation: Our Great Grandmother
Birth: 1868
Place: Bern, Switzerland (abt. 45 mi. from southern Black Forest, Germany)
Immigration: 1870 MORE >>
Kristiansund, Norway
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Virginia Colonial Militia
CHARLES J. BUCK SR.
Relation: Our 4th Great Grandfather
Birth: 1758
Place: Frederick Co., Va.
Military: Rev. War, 4 mos. in the Volunteer Militia-Little Levels of Greenbrier, Botetourt Co., Va.
Pension App: 1834 MORE >>
Typical Spanish Soldado de Cuera
JOSE MARIA VERDUGO
Relation: Our 4th Great Grandfather
Birth: Abt. 1751
Place: Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico
Owner: Rancho San Rafael
Military: Spanish Army, Soldado de Cuera
1769 Portola Exped. MORE >>
JUAN MARIA ROMERO
Relation: Our 4th Great Grandfather
Birth: Abt. 1747
Place: Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico
Military: Spanish Army, Soldado de Cuera
1781 Rivera Exped. Group 1: Soldier escort for L.A. Pobladores
JUAN ANTONIO YBARRA aka IBARRA
Relation: Our 5th Great Grandfather
Birth: Abt. 1756
Place: Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Military: Spanish Army, Soldado de Cuera
1781 Rivera Exped. Group 1: Soldier escort for L.A. Pobladores
JUAN "MATIAS" OLIVAS
Relation: Our 4th Great Grandfather
Birth: Abt. 1759
Place: Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico
Military: Spanish Army, Soldado de Cuera
1781 Rivera Exped. Group 1: Soldier escort for L.A. Pobladores
EFIGENIO RUIZ
Relation: Our 4th Great Grandfather
Birth: Abt. 1747
Place: El Fuerta, Sinaloa, Mexico
Military: Spanish Army, Soldado de Cuera
1781 Rivera Exped. Group 2: Soldier for S.B. Presidio MORE >>
1781 Rivera Expedition (2 Groups - 2 Routes)
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Group 2: RUIZ
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Catalina Verdugo Adobe
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LOSS OF RANCHO SAN RAFAEL MORE >>
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Typical Early California Mission
SPANISH COLONIZATION OF ALTA CALIFORNIA: 1769 - 1781
MAJOR EXPEDITIONS AND RECRUITMENTS:
1. 1769 - PORTOLA EXPEDITION
★Velicata, Mexico → San Diego & Monterey
Soldiers, priests, Indians & support; First presidios & missions
List of Expedtion Members: >>
2. 1771 - SOLDIER TRANSFERS
★Mexico → Msn. San Gabriel
21 soldiers, 5 mule drivers
★Guayamas, Mexico → San Diego
12 soldiers, 10 of them go to Monterey
3. 1773 - RIVERA RECRUITMENT
★Guadalajara, Mexico → Monterey
51 soldiers
4. 1774 - ANZA'S FIRST EXPEDITION
★Tubac, Mexico → Msn. San Gabriel & Monterey
3 padres, 20 soldiers, 11 servants, 35 mules, 65 cattle & 140 horses
5. 1774 - Lt. ORTEGA ESCORTS FAMILIES
★Loreto & Velicata, Mexico → San Diego
Families of Rivera's 1773 recruited soldiers
6. 1775 - 1776 - ANZA'S SECOND EXPEDITION
★Tubac, Mexico → Monterey
200 soldiers & families to colonize San Francisco
7. 1777 - PUEBLO DE SAN JOSE GUADALUPE
★San Francisco Presidio, Alta Cal. → San Jose
68 Pobladores to colonize Pueblo San Jose
8. 1781 - RIVERA EXPEDITION (The last major expedition)
★Los Alamos, Mexico → Msn. San Gabriel
Soldiers & families to colonize Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
Presidio and three new Channel missions; livestock - ,
931 head of horses and mules.
List of Expedtion Members: >>
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