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

• Male CORTES, Jose Xavier

  
  

  Birth	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Christening	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Death	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Burial	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Marriage	Bef. 1767  [1, 2]	Mexico  [1, 2]
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  Female RAMIREZ, Maria Nicolasa

  
  

  Birth	Abt. 1755	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christening	Abt. 1755	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Death	Abt. 25 Jan 1786	Alta California
  Burial	26 Jan 1786	Mission San Buenaventura, Alta California
  Other Spouse	SOTO, Guillermo | F3427
  Marriage	27 Jul 1781	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
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  Male + CORTES, Nicolas Felipe

  
  

  Birth	Abt. 1775	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Death	Abt. 6 May 1835	Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Burial	7 May 1835	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	LARA, Maria Juana de Jesus | F3666
  Marriage	19 May 1792	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

  Female + CORTES, Juana Paula Segunda

  
  

  Birth	Abt. 1769	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Death	Abt. 15 Apr 1816	Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Burial	16 Apr 1816	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	PENA, Luis Ramon | F3430
  Marriage	03 Feb 1785	Mission San Buenaventura, Alta California

  
  

  Female + CORTES, Maria Perseverancia

  
  

  Birth	Abt. 1776	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christening	Abt. 1776	Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Death	Jun 1797	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Burial	01 Jun 1797	San Gabriel, Alta California
  Spouse	GONZALES, Tomas | F4274
  Marriage	30 Oct 1787	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Spouse	LUGO, Luis Gonzaga | F3669
  Marriage	27 May 1792	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

  Female + CORTES, Maria Ysabel Ramona

  
  

  Birth	Abt. 1776	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Christening	Abt. 1776	Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Death	Aug 1794	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Burial	28 Aug 1794	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Spouse	VASQUEZ, Jose Antonio | F4177
  Marriage	25 May 1789	Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California

  
  

• Sources

  [S006] California Spanish Genealogy , Alta Cal 1781 - Rivera Expedition Members, (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] Instituto Salazar y Castro (C.S.I.C.), BK-XV Congreso Int'l de las Ciencias Gen. y Heraldica, (Madrid, 19-25 Septiembre 1982), 1780, 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. 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.