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ORTEGA, Jose Francisco

ORTEGA, Jose Francisco

Male 1734 - 1798  (~ 64 years)

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  • Name ORTEGA, Jose Francisco 
    Nickname Jose 
    Birth Abt. 1734  Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening Abt. 1743  Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1769  San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Portola Expedition Member 
    Military Feb 1775  Mission San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Theniente del Real Presidio de San Diego 
    Biography 1794  Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Owner of Rancho Nuestra Senora del Refugio 
    Death Feb 1798  Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 04 Feb 1798  Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I11515  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2017 

    Father ORTEGA, Francisco Maria Jose de,   b. Abt. 1710, Castillo, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother DE LA GUERRA, Maria Magdalena Francisca,   b. Abt. 1715, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CARRILLO, Maria Antonia Victoria,   b. Abt. 1742, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1803, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Marriage 1759  Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
    +1. ORTEGA, Jose Maria,   b. Abt. 1760, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1822, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
    +2. ORTEGA, Ygnacio,   b. Abt. 1765, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1829, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    +3. ORTEGA, Maria Luisa,   b. Abt. 1768, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. 28 Jan 1838, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    +4. ORTEGA, Vicente,   b. Abt. 1773, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1807, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years)
    +5. ORTEGA, Joseph "Francisco" Maria,   b. Feb 1775, San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. 18 Dec 1832, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
    +6. ORTEGA, Juan de Capistrano Antonio Maria Atenogenes,   b. 23 Oct 1776, San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1818, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +7. ORTEGA, Maria Antonia De Jesus,   b. 09 Feb 1779, San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1812, Santa Barbara, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     8. ORTEGA, Ana Maria,   b. 26 Jan 1782, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1782, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F3837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt. 1734 - Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - Abt. 1743 - Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1759 - Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Portola Expedition Member - 1769 - San Diego, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Theniente del Real Presidio de San Diego - Feb 1775 - Mission San Diego, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - Owner of Rancho Nuestra Senora del Refugio - 1794 - Santa Barbara, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Feb 1798 - Santa Barbara, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 04 Feb 1798 - Mission Santa Barbara, Alta California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S156] Harry Crosby, BK-Gateway to Alta Cal: The Exped to San Diego, 1769, (Sunbelt Publications, 2003), page 159.
      BIRTH - MARRIAGE
      JOSE FRANCISCO DE ORTEGA Callidad: Espanol
      Born: 1734 At: Celaya [Guanajuato] Died: 1798 Buried: Santa Barbara
      Parents: Francisco Maria Jose de Ortega and Maria Magdalena Francisca de Guerra
      Married: Maria Antonia Victoria Carrillo At: Loreto, 1759

    2. [S001] Granville W. and N.C. Hough, Alta Cal 1769 - 1774 - WHO CAME, WHO STAYED, (SHHAR Press - www.southcoastsar.org/borderlandstudies/BOOK_2.PDF), 1769.
      1769 PORTOLA EXPEDITION MEMBER
      105.  Ortega, Jose Francisco de*, soldado de cuera, Sergeant

    3. [S254] Archives - www Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Ortega.
      BIOGRAPHY
      Ortega was born in 1734 at Celaya, Guanajuanto, New Spain, where he worked as a warehouse clerk. Little else is known about his youth. In 1755 he enlisted and served at the Royal Presidio at Mision Nuestra Senora de Loreto in Baja California. In 1759 Ortega married Maria Antonia Victoria Carrillo (ca. 1741 - May 1803). Some time after being promoted to sergeant, Ortega left the army to mine in Baja California and became alcalde (mayor) of the mining camps placed on the peninsula. Ortega rejoined the army in 1768, recruited by Portola to join his expedition. ...

    4. [S254] Archives - www Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_del_Refugio.
      RANCHO NUESTRA SENORA DEL REFUGIO -[current day Santa Barbara County, California]
      26,529-acre Spanish land grant to Jose Francisco Ortega in 1794 and is the only land grant made under Spanish rule in what is today Santa Barbara County, California.
      A Mexican title was granted to Antonio Maria Ortega in 1834 by Mexican Governor Jose Figueroa. The grant extended along the Pacific coast from Cojo Canyon east of Point Conception, past Arroyo Hondo and Tajiguas Canyon, to Refugio Canyon, and encompassed present day Gaviota.

    5. [S011] Early California Population Project, Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bur, (huntington.org), 4 Feb 1798, http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=68.
      BURIAL
      Msn. Santa Barbara Cemetery
      #56) 4 Feb 1798- JOSE FRANCISCO ORTEGA, adulto, en el Cementerio de la Mision de Santa Barbara, Death Place: junta a rancheria Casil alias la Nueva, graduado de capitan, casado con Antonia Carrillo. Tapis.
      Notes: Padre notes that ego "murio casi de repente...viviendo de camino para el Presidio de Sta Barbara: por cuyo motivo aunque el RP Fr. Jose de Miguel fue a socorrerlo con toda diligencia, no pudo administrarle Sacramen.o alguno. Pero unos 15 dias antes de su muerte havia recibido en la Iglesia de dicho Presidio los sacramentos de Penitencia y Eucharistia"
      *More info on web site

    6. [S095] Mission Santa Barbara or Real Presidio of Santa Barbara, Alta Cal Msn Bk #52_1782-1874_Snta Barb_Bur, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 4 Feb 1798.
      BURIAL
      #53) Feb 4, 1798- el Fr. Esteban Tapis, dio sepulta. en el Cementerio de la Mision al cuerpo de Don JOSEF FRANCISCO ORTEGA, Graduado de Capitan y marido de Dona Antonia Carrillo.
      "Murio casi derepente, junto a la rancheria de Casil, alias la Nueva, veniendo de Camino para el Presdo. de Santa Barbara."

    7. [S160] CENSUS 1775 - Alta California, (www.sfgenealogy.com).
      1775 CENSUS - PRESIDIO OF SAN DIEGO
      Lieutenant Jose Francisco de Ortega, married [to Antonia Carrillo; children: Ignacio, Luisa, {and Joseph Maria}]

    8. [S162] CENSUS 1790 - Alta California, (sfgenealogy.com/sf/ca1790.htm).
      1790 CENSUS - MONTEREY
      Don Jose Francisco de Ortega, lieutenant in command, espanol, from Celaya [Guanajuato], 56; wife Antonia Carrillo, espanola, from Loreto, 48; two children: [Jose Francisco Maria] 15; [Maria Antonia de Jesus] 12; also one male, espanol, 10.