CORTES, Jose Xavier

1747 - 1781  (~ 34 years)

• Name	CORTES, Jose Xavier
  Birth	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Christening	Bef. 1747	Mexico
  Gender	Male
  Military	1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  	1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION MEMBER Enlisted as a settler in October 1780 but died before the expedition began
  Death	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Burial	Bef. 27 Jul 1781	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Person ID	I10493	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	RAMIREZ, Maria Nicolasa,   b. Abt. 1755, Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Abt. 25 Jan 1786, Alta California (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	Bef. 1767	Mexico   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. CORTES, Nicolas Felipe,   b. Abt. 1775, Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Abt. 6 May 1835, Santa Barbara, Alta California (Age ~ 60 years) + 2. CORTES, Juana Paula Segunda,   b. Abt. 1769, Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Abt. 15 Apr 1816, Santa Barbara, Alta California (Age ~ 47 years) + 3. CORTES, Maria Perseverancia,   b. Abt. 1776, Palo Blanco, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Jun 1797, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age ~ 21 years) + 4. CORTES, Maria Ysabel Ramona,   b. Abt. 1776, Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Aug 1794, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age ~ 18 years)
  Family ID	F3429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Bef. 1747 - Mexico Christening - Bef. 1747 - Mexico Marriage - Bef. 1767 - Mexico Military - 1781 RIVERA EXPEDITION MEMBER Enlisted as a settler in October 1780 but died before the expedition began - 1781 - Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Death - Bef. 27 Jul 1781 - Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Burial - Bef. 27 Jul 1781 - Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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.