VALENZUELA, Maria del Carmen

1764 - 1841  (~ 77 years)

• Name	VALENZUELA, Maria del Carmen
  Birth	Abt. 1764	Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
  Gender	Female
  Military	1781	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  	1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION MEMBER With husband
  Census	1790	Santa Barbara, Alta California
  	w/wife & children
  Death	Abt. 21 Jan 1841	Alta California
  Burial	22 Jan 1841	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California   [1]
  Person ID	I10386	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2017

  
  

  Family	ORCHAGA MACHADO, Jose Manuel,   b. Abt. 1756, Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Abt. 25 Feb 1810, Alta California (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	1780	Alamos, Sonora, Mexico   [2, 3]
  	www.culvercity.org Jose Manuel Machado married in Los Alamos, Mexico, to travel to Alta California with a wife. Machado, a poor muleteer looking for a better life, enlisted as a "soldado de cuera, " or leather jacket soldier. Muleteers had poor reputations, so he had to wait to marry Maria de la Luz Valenzuela Y Avilas until the church could determine that he had no other "intended" or wife. The Machados, married in 1780, traveled in Rivera's 1781 expedition to Alta California the following year
  Children	+ 1. MACHADO, Jose Manuel,   b. 28 Nov 1781, Los Angeles, Alta California + 2. MACHADO, Joseph Hilario,   b. 10 Oct 1783, Santa Barbara, Alta California d. Abt. 16 Dec 1851, California (Age 68 years) + 3. MACHADO, Maria Candelaria de los Dolores,   b. 02 Feb 1786, Alta California d. Abt. 9 Jan 1820, San Diego, Alta California (Age 33 years) + 4. MACHADO, Jose "Antonio",   b. 02 May 1788, Santa Barbara, Alta California   5. MACHADO, Jose Basilio Antonio,   b. 15 Jun 1790, Alta California d. Nov 1790, Alta California (Age 0 years) + 6. MACHADO, Maria Antonia Francisca Valentina,   b. 14 Feb 1792, Santa Barbara, Alta California d. Abt. 7 Feb 1863, California (Age 70 years) + 7. MACHADO, Jose "Agustin" Antonio,   b. 27 Aug 1794, Santa Barbara, Alta California d. May 1865, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 70 years) + 8. MACHADO, Jose "Ygnacio" Antonio,   b. 20 Feb 1797, Santa Barbara, Alta California d. Abt. 09 Sep 1878, Culver City, Los Angeles, California (Age 81 years) + 9. MACHADO, Maria "Barbara" Del Carmen,   b. 24 Aug 1799, Los Angeles, Alta California
  Family ID	F3367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt. 1764 - Alamos, Sonora, Mexico Marriage - 1780 - Alamos, Sonora, Mexico Military - 1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION MEMBER With husband - 1781 - Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Census - w/wife & children - 1790 - Santa Barbara, Alta California Death - Abt. 21 Jan 1841 - Alta California Burial - 22 Jan 1841 - Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S011] Early California Population Project, Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bur, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=1083. BURIAL L.A. Plaza Church Cemetery #37a) 22 Jan 1841- CARMEN VALENZUELA, en el Cementerio de la Iglesia, viuda de [unstated]. Estenaga [S006] California Spanish Genealogy , Alta Cal 1781 - Rivera Expedition Members, (http://www.sfgenealogy.com/spanish/rivera.htm), 1781. 1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION Machado, Jose Manuel, 24; wife Maria del Carmen Valenzuela, 17. [S162] CENSUS 1790 - Alta California, (sfgenealogy.com/sf/ca1790.htm). 1790 CENSUS - SANTA BARBARA Jose Manuel Orchaga [Machado], mestizo, from Villa Sinaloa, 34; wife Maria Valenzuela, espanola, [from Alamos] 26; five children: Jose Manuel, 9; Jose Hilario, 7; Maria Candelaria, 5; Jose Antonio, 3; Jose Basilio, two months {born 15 June 1790}.