REYES, Matias

1825 - 1903  (~ 78 years)

• Name	REYES, Matias
  Birth	Jan 1825	Mexico
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1835	Santa Barbara County, California   [1]
  	Biography
  Census	30 Aug 1870	Santa Barbara County, California
  	With wife and children
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Santa Barbara County, California
  	With wife and children, living in daughter and son-in-law's household
  Death	21 Mar 1903	Santa Barbara County, California   [2]
  	CORRECT DEATH RECORD: UNSUBSTANTIATED but MOST LIKELY this is the correct death record for Matias Reyes
  Burial	Abt. 23 Mar 1903	Santa Barbara County, California
  Person ID	I17407	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	INDIA, Griselda,   b. Mar 1835, California
  Marriage	Abt. 1860	California   [3, 4]
  	Type: cannot locate marriage record
  	PETRA REYES' FATHER'S NAME: Per descendent M. Romero Warren - 2014 MARRIAGE YEAR: Per 1900 Census, married 40 years
  Children	+ 1. REYES, Petra,   b. Abt. 1858, California   2. REYES, Racela,   b. Abt. 1860, California   3. REYES, Eusebio,   b. Abt. 1861, California   4. REYES, Elugario,   b. Abt. 1863, California   5. REYES, Juan,   b. Abt. 1865, California   6. REYES, Elisie "Lizzie",   b. Feb 1868, California   7. REYES, Aurora,   b. Abt. Nov 1869, California   8. REYES, Rachel,   b. Jan 1876, Santa Barbara County, California   9. REYES, Joseph,   b. Apr 1878, Santa Barbara, Alta California
  Family ID	F5617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jan 1825 - Mexico Biography - Biography - 1835 - Santa Barbara County, California Marriage - Type: cannot locate marriage record - Abt. 1860 - California Census - With wife and children - 30 Aug 1870 - Santa Barbara County, California Census - With wife and children, living in daughter and son-in-law's household - 5 Jun 1900 - Santa Barbara County, California Death - 21 Mar 1903 - Santa Barbara County, California Burial - Abt. 23 Mar 1903 - Santa Barbara County, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S184] PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS, Family - Message Board - Los Californianos, (loscalifornianos.org), http://www.loscalifornianos.org/queries_451_-_460.html. BIOGRAPHY Respuesta a Pregunta 457 - 2 March 2008 Matias Reyes, although not an original founder, was indeed a well-known figure in early Santa Barbara. Matias Reyes was a wood-cutter and sold firewood door-to-door. He did own at one time 101 acres of land in Mission Canyon. Part of it was the Botanical Gardens and also included what is now known as Scoffield Park. Matias was married to a full blooded Cahuilla Indian by the name of Griselda, first married by a Justice of the Peace in San Diego, then again by the Church in Santa Barbara. The first of several children is listed as Petra Reyes (later married to Jose Antonio Cruz). I found one record that listed Petra's mother as 'Christiana, a neophyte'. A local historian believes the priest who recorded this misunderstood Griselda's name and wrote it by mistake as "Chrisanta." Matias died on 21 March 1902 in Santa Barbara, Calif. You may view his picture in one of several Santa Barbara history books, one in particular is Santa Barbara Past and Present by Walker Thompkins, published in 1975; another is California Editor by Thomas M. Storke. [S238] Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, AVS-Deaths Pre-1905 - California, SB Co, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cabf1905/Santa-Barbara/StaBarbCoIndx.htm), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cabf1905/Santa-Barbara/SB-RS.htm. DEATH - Santa Barbara County, California DATE OF DEATH - SURNAME, FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME - AGE - RACE - SEX - MARITAL STATUS - NATIVITY 21-Mar-1903 - REYES, M. - 82 - White - M - M - Mexico [S170] CENSUS 1870 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), 30 Aug 1870, page 59-60/107. 1870 CENSUS - Township 2, Santa Barbara, California NAME - AGE - SEX - PROFESSION - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL ESTATE - PLACE OF BIRTH Maties Reyes - 48 - m - Day Laborer - _ - 350 - Mex Griselda Reyes - 35 - f - Keeps House - _ - _ - Cal Petra Reyes - 12 - f - At Home - _ - _ - Cal Racela Reyes - 10 - f- At Home - _ - _ - Cal Eusebio Reyes - 9 - m- At Home - _ - _ - Cal Elugario Reyes - 7 - m- At Home - _ - _ - Cal Juan Reyes - 5 - m- At Home - _ - _ - Cal -- NEXT PAGE -- Elisie Reyes - 2 - f - At Home - _ - _ - Cal Aurora Reyes - 9/12 - f - At Home - _ - _ - Cal [S173] CENSUS 1900 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), 5 Jun 1900, page 8/54. 1900 CENSUS - Township 3, Santa Barbara, California NAME - RELATION - DOB - AGE - MARRIED/SINGLE - #YRS MARRIED - MOTHER OF #CHILDREN BORN/#CHILDREN LIVING - YR IMMIG - # YRS IN US - OCCUPATION - PLACE OF BIRTH: Self/Father/Mother Hans Benson - Head - Apr 1864 - 36 - M - 4 - _ - 1880 - 20 - Sailor - Norway/Norway/Norway Lizzie Benson - Wife - Feb 1868 - 32 - M - 4 - 0/0 - _ - _ - _ - California/California/California Morti?? Reyes - F-in-law - Jan 1825 - 75 - M - 40 - _ - 1835 - 65 - Farm Laborer - Mexico/Mexico/Mexico Griselda Reyes - M-in-law - Mch 1835 - 65 - M - 40 - 10/8 - _ - _ - Washerwoman - California/California/California Rachel Reyes - S-in-law - Jan 1876 - 24 - S Joseph Reyes - B-in-law - Apr 1878 - 22 - S - _ - _ - _ - _ - Farm Laborer - California/Mexico/Mexico