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VOLUME 2
QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A CALIFORNIA PIONEER 1850-1925 PERIOD
EXHIBIT
Previeio for members and contributors TIME: Monday, January 14, 2:00-5:00 P.M. PLACE: Society Headquarters, Old Mission Exhibitors are invited to attend at 4:30, following the annual business meeting.
Report of the Director Your museum direclor regrets that our president, Mr. Elbert S. Conner, because of out-of-town business, will be unable to serve as president in the coming year. Our working staff and Mrs. Gledhill and I arc deeply appreciative of his fine work and the lime that he has given to the affairs of our Society. We also regret that Mr. Francis Price Sr. has re signed from the Board of the Historical Society, and we sincerely hope that when his heavy schedule of writing historical books and articles is completed he again will be able to take a more active part as an olTicer in our affairs. With Dr. William H. Ellison, Mr. Price has recently given the library a copy of their translation and edit ing of “Ocurrencias en California” by Angustias de la Guerra Ord. It is an important addition to Californiana. Our sincere thanks to them for their generous gift to the Society’s library. Julian F. Goux on Directorate It is with pleasure that we note that Mr. Julian F. Goux has consented to fill the un-expired term on the Board created by the resignation of Mr. Price. Mr. Goux. a distinguished lawyer, has an interesting Santa Bar bara background: His grandfather, Jules Emil Goux, was at one time associated with Judge Albert Packard in the first experiment of the silk industry in California, for which the second story of the old Packard winery adobe was used. Progress Report on Adobe Preservation Located at 412 West Montccito Street, the Captain Trussell-Winchester adobe, which was willed to the Santa Barbara Historical Society by Mrs. John Russell (Continued on Page 1)
By ZoETH S. Eldredge Collectors of California historical literature, particularly those interested in the Santa Barbara scene, will find information of great value in the following text, reproduced from the “California Register.” We have Owen O’Neill to thank for placing the ma terial in our hands for printing in Noticias. Mr. O’Neill, long time Santa Barbaran and County Surveyor until ills retirement to Cambria Pines, is a sixth generation descendant from Don Jose Francisco de Ortega, founder of the Santa Barbara Presidio on April 21, 1782, and central figure in the geneological record which makes up the bulk of Zocth Eldredge’s here-published material. Mr. O’Neill is well-known by historians, also, for “A History of Santa Barbara County” published in 1939 by Harold McLean Meier, carries the name of Owen H. O’Neill as Editor in Chief, and is an invaluable source book for students of this area. The text below was contained in a fragment of the “California Register,” wliich happily came into Mr. O’Neill’s possession. Mr. John Smith, head of the Santa Barbara City Public Library, assisted us in establishing the source of the text, as very little information was given on our borrowed copy. We take this opportunity to thank him for this bit of sleuthing in our inter ests. Mr. Smith is now interested, through this effort, in securing complete copies of the “Register” for his archives. Zoeth S. Eldredge, the author, was an historian of note (d. 1919), and our Society has his 5-volunie work, “History of Cali fornia,” published in 1915 by the Century History Company, in New York City. These volumes were a gift from the late Dr. Isabel McCracken of Stanford University, ihrougli Dr. Julia Bramlage. Tlie “California Register,” incidentally, was published by the San Francisco Geneological Society, between the years 1900-1902, in three issues. The Ortega material was an extract from one of these issues. Since it seemed important to publish this Ortega family record in toto, rather than breaking it up in serial form, we are omitting much mattery usually a part of Noticias. We will return to the regular format with our next issue.—Editor. It was two hundred and twenty-six years after Cabrillo, the navigator, sailed up the coast of Alta California that the first expedition for the settlement of the country was organized. It was sent in four divisions, two by sea and two by land, all under the command of Don Caspar de Portola, captain of dragoons and governor of the Californias. With the second land division, which marched from Velicata, in Lower California, May 15, 1769, under the personal command of the governor, was a young sergeant named Jose Francisco de Ortega, a gallant soldier who had already seen many years’ service on the (See Page 2)
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NOTICIAS QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Officers and Dihf.ctors —1956 President Elbert S. Conner First Vice President . Hugh J. "Weldon Second Vice President Charles A. Storke Recording Secretary. . . Edna Sharpe Paul G. Sweetser Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Margaret Conklin Directors: Dr. Donald C. Davidson, W. Edwin Gledhill, Mrs. Henry Griffiths, Percy C. Heckendorf, Rev. Basil Kelly, O.F.M., Dr. Philip W. Powell, Julian Goux, Donald B. Welch. W. Edwin Gledhill . . Mrs. W. Edwin Gledhill Wilberla M. Finley . .
Museum Director . . . Curator . . . . Editor
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frontier. During the march from Velicala to San Diego Bay, Ortega commanded the rear guard and the escort of the governor. The four divisions met at San Diego, and, on the 14th of July, Portola began his march from San Diego to Monterey. On this march Ortega distinguished himself by his tireless activity. He was in command of the advance guard, and it was his duty to explore the way, and he thus traversed the route several limes. The expedition readied the moutli of the Salinas River, September 30, 1769, but not recognizing the Bay of Monterey from the descriptions of the navigators, the explorers passed on. Their provisions were running short, and already the men were on half rations. Scurvy liroke out among them, and eleven men had to be carried on litters, while the sick-list included both Portola and Rivera, his second in command. On the 31st of October the command halted in the San Pedro Valley, near the beach, on the San Francisco peninsula, while Ortega, with a feiv soldiers, pushed on ahead until his further progress w'as stopped by the waters of the Golden Gate. Thus he, was the first one to see the Golden Gate, and per haps the first one to see the Bay of San Francisco. He returned with the expedition to San Diego, thence to Loreto, where for several years the governor had abun dant use for his energy. In 1773 lie was made a lieutenant and assigned to the command of San Diego. On May 5, 1775, he wrote to the comandaiile of California, Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, giving him tlic latest news from Mexico, received by mail-carrier April 26th. The following extract from this letter may be of interest to Californians;'—
soldiers with families. It is said that they will shortly establish four missions,—one on the other side of the Colgrado (River), another on this side, and the same in San Francisco, where I do not know how they will get along without launches.* These things have made much noise, and we need the hand of God for their sucess.”t While Ortega was in command at San Diego, there occurred the first serious trouble with the Indians of California. On the night of November 4-5, 1775, without warning, a body of eight hundred or one thousand In dians attacked the mission, burned the church and other buildings, and killed one of the priests, a carpenter, and a blacksmith. The mission guard finally beat them off, but not until all the soldiers were badly wounded. Ortega was absent at the time, having gone with about one half of his force to establish the mission of San Juan Capis trano. Being notified by messenger of the disaster, he at once returned and took active measures to suppress the revolt. In 1781$ Ortega founded the presidio of Santa Bar bara, where he served as comandante until 1784. In 1782 he founded the mission of San Buenaventura. From 1784 to 1787, he served on the frontier in various excur sions and explorations, and in September, 1787, was assigned to the command at Monterey. Here he served until 1791, when he was transferred to Loreto, where he succeeded Arillaga as comandante, and in 1795 was re tired as brevet captain and attached to the Santa Bar bara presidio. He died February 3, 1798, and was buried at the Santa Barbara mission. Ortega’s hoja de servicios (service record) may be seen in Provincial State Papers, Benicia, Military, xv. 539, Spanish Archives of California. It was made in 1791, in the presidio of Loreto, and is certified by Captain Arillaga, comandante, who afterwards became governor of California. It is as follows:— 66
The Lieutenant Don Jose Francisco de Ortega:
//is age, 57; His native place, the city of Zelaya; His character, honest; His health, broken; His services and circumstances, as follows:— Time of Beginning His Services. Employment.
D.ty. Month. Yc.ir.
Li;xoth ok Skkvicf. in Each Gkadk. Employment.
Ye.irs. Monihs. D.iys.
Soldier.
I
Oct.
/as
As Soldier.
0
10
Corpora!
3
Aug. Feb.
1756
.As Corporal
0
6
5
I7S7
.As Sergeant
16
6
6
Aug.
1773
.As Lieutenant..
IS
4
17
36
3
0
Sergeant Lieutenant.
14
Total to the end of December, 1791
2
(( Presidiol Companies Where He has Served. 66
In the company of the royal presidio of Loreto, as soldier, corporal, and sergeant, 17 years, 10 months, and 13 days: as lieutenant and comandante of the companies of San Diego and Santa Barbara, 1.0 years and 4 monihs: as commander of escorts on the frontier, 3 years; and lias acted as habilitado** of the presidio of Monterey.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Juan Bautista de Aiiza has already begun preparations for his new expedition for the port of San Francisco. They got ready for him in Mexico twenty-five thou.sand or thirty thousand dollars, in reales, for the expenses. A presidio has to be made in the port of San Francisco, and he takes to it a company of thirty
●The two San Francisco missions wore not establislicd on opposite sides of the bay, its Ortega c.tpecied. One was at San Francisco, near the northern end of the peninsula, and the other at Santa Clara, at the southern end of the bay. The two Colorado missions were not e.stablishcd until 17R1, and then they were both on the California side of ilio river. -{-Provincial
State Papers,
tEd. Note:
O. H. O’Neill annotates correct date as April 21,
i.
390.
“‘.Accounting oiTicer of the company.
1782.
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(( Campaigns and Jfarlike Actions in Which He has Engaged.
(( In the expedition to San Diego and Monterey he had the commission of explorer of roads which the expedition had to follow. In the execution of this duty he was frequently threatened and surrounded by large bodies of Gentile Indians, whom he always forced to retire. During his command in San Diego he prevented various uprisings of Indians, arresting the chiefs and reducing them to peaceful condition. He founded the missions of San Juan Capistrano, San Buenaventura, and the pre sidio of Santa Barbara. He has exercised, and exercises with honesty, the functions of habilitado. <c
JOSE JOAQUIN DE ARILLAGA.
2. Ignacio Maria de Ortega^ (]ose Francisco^), born in the Real de San Antonio (Lower California) in 1756; died in California in 1833; married Gertrudis Arce. He enlisted in the San Diego presidial com pany, March 29, 1792. In 1803 he was granted the San Isidro rancho, eleven square leagues, in what is now Santa Clara County. The supreme court has recently confirmed this grant to his descendants. Children:— I.
11. 111.
Notes of the Captain. Valor:
IV.
well known.
Application: good. Capacity: regular, U Conduct: good, married. State: 99
ARILLAGA.
The blood of this interesting pioneer of California flows in the veins of many prominent families of the state today, as the names of De la Guerra, Bandini, Wil cox, Den, More, Chapman, Hill, Carrillo, Castro, etc., in the following lists will testify. His descendants are very numerous, and I can undertake to give only a por tion of them. I have only a partial transcript of the Santa Barbara mission registers, and none at all of the other missions of that district, where so many of them were born, married, and died.
V.
VI.
I have taken the names of most of the descendants of the fourth generation from a Santa Barbara padron of 1834, and I have, therefore, no list of children born after that date:— 1. Jose Francisco de Ortega was born in 1734*, in the city of Zelayo, in what is now the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. His wife was Maria Antonia Victoria Carrillo. She was born in Loreto in 1741, and was buried in Santa Barbara, May 8, 1803. Children:— I.
2. ii.
Ana Maria,2 b. Loreto, 1754; m. Pedro Mejiar. Ignacio Maria, b. Real de San Antonio, 1756; m. Gertrudis Arce.
3. iii. 4. iv.
Jose Maria, b. Loreto, 1759; m. Maria Francisca Lopez. Maria Luisa, b. La Purisima, 1768; m. Francisco de Paula Garcia.
5. V.
Jose Vicente, b. Loreto, 1772; m. Maria Antonia Sanchez.
6. vi.
Jose Francisco, b. San Diego; m. Maria Francisca Yorba.
7. vii.
Juan Capistrano Martin, b. San Diego, 1774; m. Rafaela Arellano.
Vlll.
Maria Antonia de Jesus, b. San Diego; m, Joaquin Sanchez.
Vll.
JosE Francisco Maria, b. San Diego; m. Margarita Cota.
●Ed. Nolf: O. H. O’Neill adds the information that Ortega was buried February 3, 1798.
Maria Clara, b. 1808; m. John Gilroy, a Scottish sailor, who came in 1814, the first foreigner to settle permanently in California. The town of Gilroy takes its name from him. He received, through his wife, one square league of the San Isidro rancho. Their children were: 1. Nicodemus Gilroy,* b. 1826. 2. Miguel Gilroy, b. 1828. Maria Antonia, b. 1809; m. Bruno, son of Joaquin Bernal (h. in San Francisco, Oct. 6, 1799), by whom she had: 1. Antonio Bernal,* b. 1825. 2. Dolores Bernal, b. 1827. 3. Francisco Bernal, b. 1830. 4. Pedro Bernal, b. 1832. 5. Jose Bernal, b. 1834. 6. Gertrudis Bernal, b. 1835. 7. Guadalupe Bernal, b. 1836. 8. Ruben Bernal, b. 1837. 9. Luis Bernal, b. 1839.
3. Jose Maria“ de Ortega (Jose Francisco^), born Loreto, 1759; died before November 24, 1824; married Maria Francisca Lopez. He enlisted in the San Diego company, June 9, 1777; was made corporal, November 1, 1781; Sergeant, December 21, 1788. He was grantee of Nuestra Senora del Refugio rancho, six square leagues (26,529 acres), in Santa Barbara County. In 1818 the pirate Bouchard landed at this rancho, which fronts on the Santa Barbara Channel, and destroyed a large amount of the rancho property. Children:— 1.
8. ix.
Quintin,^ b. San Diego, 1792; m. Vicenta Beltran, and had: 1. Pilar,* b. 1820. 2. Magdalena, b. 1824. 3. Miguel, b. 1826. 4. Quintin, b. 1832. He was grant ed one square league of his father’s rancho of San Isidro, by Governor Figueroa, in 1833. Raimunda, b. 1795. Mahia Isabkl, b. Santa Barbara, Nov. 19, 1797; m. Julian Cantua (b. 1788), and had: 1. Manuel Cantua,* b. 1816. 2. Manuela Cantua, b. 1820. 3. Faustina Cantua, b. 1822. Maria de la Merced, b. 1800; m. Jose Antonio, son of Jose Antonio Castro and Maria Victoria Beltran, born in Sinaloa in 1787. Merced Ortega died in Monterey, April 5, 1887. Jose Antonio Castro, her husband, was grantee of Lomerias Muertas rancho, one and one-half square leagues, in Monterey County, and Rancheria del Rio Estaneslao, eleven square leagues, in San Joaquin. He had, by Merced Ortega, twenty-four children. His daughter Modesta was the wife of Don Jose Castro, one-time actinggovernor of California, and comandante-general at the time of the American occupation. Maria Gertrudis, b. 1802; m. Pedro Chabolla, and had: 1. Joseja Chabolla;* b. 1829. 2. Jose Miguel Chabolla, b. 1831. 3. Jose de Jesus Chabolla, b. 1833. 4. Jose Alejandro Chabolla, b. 1835. 5. Jose Salvador Chabolla, b. 1837. 6. Maria Chabolla, b. 1838. 7. Teresa Chabolla, b. 1839.
Jose Maria Martin,® b. San Diego, 1780; m. (1) Maria Gertrudis Celia Rodrigues, (2) Maria Inocencia Moraga; and had: 1. Jose Maria Apolonia;* b. Feb. 9, 1800. 2. Jose Maria Cesario, h. Feb. 24, 1801. 3. Maria Manuela, b. Oct. 7, 1802. 4. Maria de Altagracia Luciana, b. May 25, 1807. 5. Jose Gabriel Eligio, b. Dec. 1, 1808, 6. Daria, b. Dec. 19, 1810; m. Ramon Vsddes, and
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NOTICIAS had: Josefa Valdes,® b. 1826; Dolores Valdes, b. 1829; Francisco Valdes, b. 1831; Maria Dolores Valdes, b. 1834. 7. Ana Maria Sinforza, b. July 18, 1817; m. Gregorio Lopez, and had Adelaida Lopez,® b. 1834. 8. Maria Loreta de los Dolores del Gracia, b. Sept. 7, 1820. 9. Jose Vicente Ramon, bap. Jan. 28, 1823.
ii.
Maria Antonia de la Cruz, b. Santa Barbara, May 3, 1783.
iii.
Jose Vicente, b. San Vicente, Lower California, 1785; enlisted in the Santa Barbara company, Nov. 1, 1806; m. Maria Estefana Oliveras, and had: 1. Rafaela Sabina Luisa* b. Aug. 29, 1809; m. Daniel Hill, a native of Massachusetts, who came in 1823. Daniel Hill was granted La Golela rancho, Santa Barbara. His children were: Rosa Hill,® b. 1827; Vicente Hill, b. 1828; Josefa Hill, b. 1829; Luisa Ana Hill, b. 1830; Juan Hill, b. 1833; Susanna Hill, m. T. W. More. One of the other daughters married Dr. Nicholas Den. 2. Luis Gonzaga, b. March 12, 1812. 3. Jose Manuel, bap. June 11,1814. 4. Pedro, b. 1815.
iv.
Antonio Maria, b. La Purisima,* 1786. Refugio, which had been granted to his father, was re-granted to him by Governor Figueroa, Aug. 1, 1834. He mar ried, in Santa Barbara, Feb. 24, 1811, Maria Tomasa, daughter of Ignacio Rodrigues, and had: 1. Maria Soledad,* b. March 28, 1812. 2. Maria Manuela Ambrosia, b. June 17, 1813. 3. Jose Manuel, b. 1814. 4. Jose Antonio Marcus, bap. April 12, 1817. 5. Pacifica, b. 1820. 6. Maria Lugarda, bap. April 28, 1821. 7. Maria Luisa Gonzaga, bap. April 30, 1823. 8. Teresa, b. 1824. 9. Maria de Jesus, b. April 26, 1825. 10. Ramon, b. 1826. 11. Vicente, b. 1829. 12. Maria Antonia, b. 1831. 13. Maria, b. 1831. 14. Pedro, b. 1832.
v.
Maria Antonia Loreta, bap. Santa Barbara, Sept. 9, 1792.
vi.
Maria del Pilar Salvadora, b. Santa Barbara; m., in Santa Barbara, May 30, 1810, Santiago, son of Jose Dario Argiiello. Santiago Argiiello entered the military service as cadet in 1805; was ensign in 1817; lieutenant in 1827; captain in 1831. He was comandanle at San Diego in 1828; supliente member of congress in 1830. In 1829 he was granted the Tia Juana rancho, in 1841 the Trabuco rancho, and in 1846 the San Diego mission estate. By Pilar Ortega he had: Francisco,* Ignacio, Jose Antonio, Jose Ramon, Santiago E., who married Guadalupe Estudillo, one of whose daughters married A. H. Wilcox, and another, William B. Cutts; Rejugia, who married Juan Bandini; Teresa, who married Jose M. Bandini; Luisa, who married A, V. Zamorano; and Concepcion, who married Agustin Olvera.t
vii.
Juan Maria, b. Santa Barbara, Feb. 17, 1796.
viii.
Maria de la Solidad, b. Santa Barbara, April 13, 1797; m., in Santa Barbara, August 30, 1822, Luis Antonio, son of Jose Dario Arguello, and first governor of California under Mexican rule, fay whom she had: Jose Ramon Antonio Arguello* bap. Sept. 9, 1828; Luis Antonio Gonzaga Tranquilino Arguello, b. July 6, 1830; and daughters, Maria Concepcion Arguello, b. 1824; Maria Josefa Argiiello, b. 1826, who married Don Euligio Cells; and Maria Ramona Argiiello. Don Luis Antonio Arguello received grant of Las Pulgas rancho, in San Mateo County, which had been given to his father in 1795, and this was confirmed to his widow and children. He died in 1830, and is buried in the churchyard of the Mission Dolores. Dona Soledad died in Santa Clara in 1874.
ix.
Maria de Jesus Salvadora, b. Santa Barbara, Jan. 1, 1800; m. Jose Ramirez.
● This was the mission of La Punsima Concepcion, near Loreto, in Lower California, established by the Jesuits in 1718. ●{●Bancroft: History of Califorma, ii. 702.
X.
Jose Joaquin Geronimo, b. Santa Barbara, Sept. 30, 1801; in. Maria Casimira Pico, and had: Maria del Refugia de Jesus,* bap. March 8, 1823; and Manuel, bap. March 8, 1825. Jose Joaquin was granted Valle de Pamo, four square leagues, in San Diego County, by Micheltorcna, Nov. 25, 1843, and Santa Isabel, four square leagues, in the same county, Nov. 9, 1844, by the same governor,
xi.
JosE Dolores de Altagracia, b. Santa Barbara, Feb. 6, 1790; m. Maria Dolores Leyba, and bad: 1. Estevan* b. 1814. 2. Maria del Pilar, b. Feb. 1, 1818. 3. Ignacio Jose Ciriaco, b. June 17, 1820. 4. Jose Francisco Rafael, b. Nov. 20, 1822. 5. Maria Josefa Ramona, b. Nov. 22, 1824. 6. Jose Antonio, b. 1826. 7. Maria Concepcion, b. 1829. 8. Jose Maria, b. 1831. 9. Maria Ramona, b. 1833. Jose Dolores was granted the Canada del Corral, two square leagues, in Santa Barbara County, by Jimeno, Nov. 5, 1841.
xii.
Maria Concepcion Manuela, b. Santa Barbara, Sept. 12, 1808; m., in Santa Barbara, Nov. 23, 1824, Jose Antonio, son of Don Jose de la Guerra y Noriega, and had: 1. Jose Antonio de la Guerra* y Ortega, b. 1826. 2. Maria Dolores de la Guerra, b. 1828. 3. Maria de la Soledad de la Guerra, b. 1830. 4. Catarina de la Guerra, b. 1832. 5. Teresa de la Guerra, b. 1833. Probably others,
i
xiii. Maria Catarina Manuela, b. Santa Barbara, Nov, 25, 1810; m., in Santa Barbara. Nov. 8, 1829, Jose, son of Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo and Josefa Castro, by whom she had: 1. Tomasa Carrillo,* b. 1830. 2. Carlota Carrillo, b. 1831. 3. Maria Josefa Carrillo, b. 1832. And probably other children. 4. Maria Luisa^ de Ortega (Jose Francisco^), born in La Purisima,* 1768; married Francisco de Paula Garcia, and had:— i.
Maria de Jesus’ Garcia, b. 1784.
ii,
Maria Estefana Garcia, b. Santa Barbara, Oct. 21, 1787.
iii,
Maria del Rosario Garcia, b. 1788.
iv.
Maria de la Concepcion Garcia, b. San Diego, 1790; m., in Santa Barbara, Sept. 18, 1809, Anastacio, son of Don Raimundo Carrillo, by whom she had: 1. Raimundo Carrillo,* b. 1811, grantee of San Miguel rancho in 1841, and Nojoqui rancho in 1843. He married Dolores Ortega, perhaps daughter of Jose Francisco Maria Ortega. 2. Micaela Car rillo, b. 1813. 3. Manuela Carrillo, b. 1815. 4. Francisco Carrillo, b. 1817. 5. Luis Carrillo, b. 1818; m. Refugia Ortega, perhaps daughter of Jose Joaquin Ortega. 6. Soledad Carrillo, b. 1821. 7. Guillermo Carrillo, b. 1827; m. Manuela Ortega.
VI.
Jose Maria Garcia, b. San Diego, 1792; was alcalde of Santa Barbara, 1834; m., in Santa Barbara, April 25, 1819, Maria Antonia Ayala, and had: 1. Maria de los Angeles Garcia* b. 1821. 2. Jose Dolores Garcia, b. 1825. 3. Maria de Altagracia Garcia, b. 1825. 4. Maria Rafaela Garcia, b. 1825. 5. Jose Eusebio Garcia, b. 1826. 6. Juan Sabino Garcia, b. 1827. 7. Miguel Garcia, b. 1830. 8. Maria Inh Garcia, b. 1833.
5. Jose Vicente’* de Ortega (Jose Francisco^), born in Loreto, 1772; married, in Santa Barbara, August 5, 1798, Maria Antonia, daughter of Jose Tadeo Sanchez. He died before May 5, 1808.
Children:— 1.
Jose Antonio Nicolas,® b. Santa Barbara, Dec. 9, 1796, a natural child of Jose Vicente by another woman.
* Lower California. The mission of La Purisima Concepcion in Santa Barbara County was established in December, 1787.
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11.
Maria de Guadalupe, b. Santa Barbara, Dec. 12, 1799; m., in Santa Ines, 1822, Joseph Chapman, an American sailor who came in 1818 from Honolulu with the pirate Hippolyte Bouchard, who, in No vember of that year, landed three hundred men at Monterey and captured and plundered the presidio. Chapman was taken prisoner, and claimed that he was impressed by Bouchard at Honolulu. In 1821 he was pardoned, and was baptized at San Buenaventura in 1822. In 1838 he was granted the San Pedro rancho. By Maria de Guadalupe Ortega he had: 1. Jose Dolores Chapman,* b. 18^. 2. Jose Juan Chapman, b. 1825. 3. Maria Rita Chapman, b. 1827. 4. Maria Ignacia Chapman, b. 1828. 5. Maria Guadalupe Chapman, b. 1831. 6. Concepcion Chapman, b. 1834. Jose Calixto, b. Santa Barbara, Oct. 14, 1801. Jose Rosalino, b. Santa Barbara, Sept. 4, 1803; m., perhaps, Dolores Quintero. Their children were: 1. Maria Antonia Francisco de Altagracia Catalina,* bap. May 17, 1824. 2. Diego Antonio, b. 1826. 3. Rodrigo, b. 1827. 4. Ramona, b. 1830. 5. Francisco, b. 1832.
I
in. IV.
V.
Maria Valentina, b. Santa Barbara, Feb. 14, 1805. Maria Josepha Pia, bap. Santa Barbara, Nov. 5, 1808.
VI.
6. Jose Francisco^ de Ortega (Jose Francisco^), born in San Diego, 1774; married Maria Francisca, daughter of Antonio Yorba and Maria Josefa
Grijalva. He enlisted in the Santa Barbara company, December 2, 1792. Child:— 1.
Francisco Manuel,® b. Santa Barbara, March 31, 1814.
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Marginal notations on the California Register copy from which we worked prompted us to give our readers the following geneological record and that of the chil dren of Owen Hugh O’Neill. It is our hope that others will be inspired to search their family records, and make it possible for the Society to continue the collection of such records in order that we can enlarge our geneological files for serious researchers in this field. Geneological Record of Owen Hugh O'Neill Owen Hugh O’Neill®, born in La Graciosa, (near Orcutt), California, February 8, 1873; 6th generation from: 1. Captain Jose Francisco de Ortega, born in Zelaya, Guana juato, Mexico, in 1734. At his death on February 3, 1798, he was buried in the Old Mission cemetery in Santa Bar bara. Captain Ortega married Maria Antonio Victoria Car rillo, born in Loreto, Baja California, in 1741; buried in Santa Barbara, May 8, 1803. 2. Jose Maria de Ortega, b. Loreto, 1759; died November 1824. Married Maria Francisca Lopez. 3. Jose Vicente de Ortega, b. San Vicente, Baja California, 1785; married Maria Estefana Oliveras, 1807-1808. 4. Rafaela Sabina Luisa de Ortega, b. Santa Barbara, August 29, 1809; married Daniel Antonio Hill, of Billerica, Massa chusetts, in 1826, ceremony performed by Padre Antonio Ripoll, Old Mission. 5. Maria Antonia Nicolasa Hill, b. Santa Barbara, 1843; d. 1920; married in 1870 to Dr. Owen Hugh O’Neill, b. Ireland 1826; d. 1875. 6. Owen Hugh O’Neill, b. La Graciosa, February 8, 1873; married Zaida Evelyn Frisbie, January 20, 1910.
7. Juan Capistrano Martin- de Ortega (Jose Francwco^j, born in San Diego, 1774; married in Santa Barbara, January 15, 1804, Rafaela, daughter of Manuel Ramirez Arellano. He enlisted in the Mon terey company, November 26, 1794. Children:— I.
Maria Clemencia,® b. Santa Barbara, Nov. 23, 1805; m. Jose Guadalupe Hernandes. Maria Antonia, bap. Santa Barbara, May 30, 1808; m. Pedro Dejeme. Joaquina Eulalia, bap. Santa Barbara, Dec. 12, 1811; m. Juan Jose Gervasio Ayala. Emigdio Miguel, b. Santa Barbara, May 10, 1813; m. Concepcion Domingues. With Luis Arellanes (Arellano) he was granted, by Micheltorena, Dec. 26, 1844, La Punta de la Laguna, six square leagues, in San Luis Obispo County. Maria Buenaventura, b. Santa Barbara, July 13,1815; m. Joaquin de Cota. Maria de Jesus, b. Santa Barbara, Dec. 31, 1817; m. Fernando Tico.
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Maria Dolores Juliana,^ b. Feb. 16, 1818; m. (per haps) Raimundo Carrillo, Antonio Tomas, b. Dec. 19, 1819. Jose Antonio, b. 1821. Maria del Refugio, b. 1823. Jose Vicente Estefano, b. April 7, 1824. Manuela, b. 1831. Francisca, b. 1832.
O’Neill line of descent from RALPH HILL% of Billerica, Massachusetts. 1. Ralph Hill, married to Margarete Toothaker. 2. Nathaniel Hill, married to Elizabeth Holmes. 3. Joseph Hill, married to Susan Baldwin. 4. Jonathan Hill, married to Mary Lane. 5. Job Hill, married to Susan Blanchard. 6. Daniel (Antonio) Hill, b. 1799 in Billerica, Mass.; married to Rafaela Sabina Luisa Ortega, 1826, in Santa Barbara. 7. Maria Nicolasa Hill, b. Santa Barbara, 1843; d. 1920. Mar ried in 1870 to Dr. Owen Hugh O’Neill, b. Ireland, 1826; d. 1875. ’ 8. Owen Hugh O’Neill, b. La Graciosa, Calif., February 8, 1873; married Zaida Evelyn Frisbie, January 20, 1910. 12 children: Maria Antonia .. b. Aug. 8, 1911; m., October 22, 1933 (April 3, 1945) Mildred Eugenia . b. Sept. 15, 1913; m., April 13, 1941 Owena Zaida . .. b. Dec. 12, 1914; m., September 22, 1944 Owen Hugh . . . b. Jan. 22, 1916; m., August 31, 1946 William Robert .. b. May 11, 1918; m., April 4, 1943 Helen Kathryn .. b. Jan. 22, 1920; m., January 10, 1938 Barbara Eleanor.. b. Jan. 28, 1922; m., July 15, 1941 Rose Frisbie ... b. Nov. 13, 1923; m., January 27, 1943 Milton Harrison . b. Oct. 10, 1926; m., February 14, 1948 Elma Adelaide .. b. Sept. 17, 1928; m., September 5, 1947 John Charles . .. b. Aug. 11, 1930; m., November 1, 1952 Daniel Hill b. July 25, 1933;
Noticias prizes the opportunity which enabled us to publish material such as the foregoing, which yields significant background material on Santa Barbara County early families. Many of our Society’s members can trace their lineage to some of the forebears whose names ap pear in the Ortega geneology.
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Mishopshow”... our neighbor, Carpinteria ... where, on September 10, Father Maynard Geiger, OFM, spoke at the dedication ceremonies held at the installation of a pair of bronze plaques placed on either side of the 101 Highway to mark the trail of the Portola expedition in 1769, the footpath of the early missionaries, the route of early cattle drives to southern markets, the road travelled by governors, early mail and stage coaches. The plaques also mark the site of the ancient Chumash village which later became Carpinteria. Army Reserve Training Center . .. recently completed and dedicated on October 30. Located on Hollister Avenue at San Roque, it was named for John C. Fremont, Pathfinder,” who was a lieutenant colonel when he occupied Santa Barbara on Christmas Day in 1847, camping very near this same spot. Among the prominent speakers on the program was Francis Price Sr., past president of the Historical Society, who told briefly of Fremont’s conquest of Santa Barbara. Also introduced was Robert Foxen, great-grandson of Joseph Foxen, who guided Fremont’s forces over San Marcos pass to effect the bloodless conquest. Fremont Hall will be under the command of Lt. Col. Francis A. Farley, USAR. Dr. Kurt Baer .. . who has recently completed a new history and catalogue of the art treasures of the Mission Santa Ines. An earlier book covering the art treasures of the Santa Barbara Mission has been published by Dr. Baer, professor of art at the University of California, Santa Barbara College. “The Treasures of Mission Santa Ines” contains 109 illustrations of the mission and its art
NOTICIAS prominent lawyer of the later 1800’s, and is now known as the News-Press. In November, 1938, Mr. Storke was appointed United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Senator William Gibbs McAdoo. In 1955, he was ap pointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of Cali fornia. His son Charles A. Storke holds the office of sec ond vice-president of our Historical Society.
Gifts to the Society We appreciate very much gifts received, since the last issue of Noticias, from the following members and friends: Miss Gail Harrison Mrs. Rosamond Pierce Barry Miss Pearl Chase Mrs. Edward D. Jones Mr. Keith Crawford Miss Anna B. Lincoln Mrs. William Houston Lazear Miss Margaret Conklin Mrs. Lawrence Cobb Mrs. Arnold Mountfort Mrs. Roger Clerboia Mr. and Mrs. Donald Myrick Mrs. Clara B. Davis Mr. Owen Hugh O’Neill Col. Edward Davis Mrs. Florence Hepp Patterson Mrs. Nellie Goodrich Mr. Francis Price, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Edwin Gledhill Miss Doris Fay Palmer Mr. Elliot Evans Mrs. Evelyn K. Richmond Dr. William H. Ellison Mrs. A. L. Rehmus Mr. Max Richter Mr. and Mrs. George Finley Mr. Warren Howell Santa Barbara Museum of Art Sen. and Mrs. J. J. Hollister Dr. Ronald Doulton Shoemaker (from the Chamberlain Miss Maria L. Trussell estate) Mrs. Henriette Von Blon Mrs. L. M. Holman
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pieces, from its founding in 1802 to its present state, and was published by the Academy of California Church History. Dr. Baer is currently at work on a compre hensive study of the art of all the Old Missions.
New names continue to appear on the Society’s mem bership roster. Mrs. Henry Griffiths, chairman of our membership committee, supplies the following list of members joining since the last issue of Noticias:
The California Historical Society . . . upon its new home at 2090 Jackson St., San Francisco. Built in 1898, it was formerly the home of William Frank Whittier, pioneer from Maine, and one-time senior partner of Whit tier, Fuller Company, which became the W. P. Fuller & Company paint firm. Whittier was the founder of the town of Hemet, in Southern California. The residence was a show place in its day, and thanks to the vision of the California Historical Society, will remain a place to be seen and admired by countless visitors to their headquarters. It may well become one of the few historic relics left where later generations can learn of the vigor ous and romantic past of the great state of California, as exemplified in the architecture of the 19th Century.
Patrons Ambassador by the Sea Ocean Park Motel
Thomas M. Storke . . . on the celebration of his eightieth birthday in November. Publisher and editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press, he is the great-grandson of Daniel Hill, native of Massachusetts who came to Santa Barbara in 1823, and Rafaela Sabina Luisa Ortega, whose great-grandfather was Don Jose Francisco de Ortega, first Comandante. His father, the late C. A. Storke, founded the Los Angeles Herald in 1873, bringing the first steam press to California at that time. In 1900, Mr. T. M. Storke acquired the old Independent, which later, in 1913, consolidated with the News, becoming the Daily News. In 1932 this merged with the Santa Barbara Press, owned by Reginald J. Fernald, son of Judge Charles Fernald,
Contributing Members Dr. and Mrs. James T. Case Jordanos’ Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Polsky Judge and Mrs. Atwell Westwick Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Woodhouse Sustaining Members Mr. H. S. Cable Mrs. Ben Dismuke Mr. James J. Hollister Tierra de Oro Parlor N.D.G.W. No. 304
Active Members Mrs. Joseph H. Barnard Mrs. Arthur Christensen Admiral William Glassford Dr. Jesse Lubeck Mrs. Charles Mattei Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mills Mission Canyon Chapter, D.A.R. Mr. Joseph Murillo Northrop Mrs. Lennart Palme Mr. F. B. Putnam Mr. Norman Scharer Mrs. Luther M. Schroll Mrs. George Sidenberg, Jr. Mrs. Jane H. Wheelwright Mrs. Edna Williams Mr. Don Woods
In order that we may all give our membership com mittee our cooperation in adding to our growing list of members, we give again our membership classification and annual fees: Active Member Sustaining Member . Contributing Member Patron Benefactor
.$ 5.00 . 10.00 . 15.00 . 25.00 . 100.00
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Report of the Director (Continued from Page 1) Hastings (Katherine Winchester Bagg) is now being re paired, painted and its roof re-shingled and otherwise preserved under the direction of our Board member, Mr. Elmer Whittaker. The rank growth of shrubbery sur rounding the cottage has been cleared away and, for the first time in years, this historic landmark is visible from the street. Mr. Elmer Whittaker can eminently qualify as an ex pert both in the preservation and restoration of adobe landmarks. After the earthquake of June 29, 1925, while almost every one else in Santa Barbara was paying lip service historically but making very little effort to re store these landmarks in the old pueblo town area, Mr. Whittaker collected the Abadie adobe bricks from the old Harmer home in the De la Guerra Plaza which had been badly damaged in the quake. On the property he owned on the site of the original Presidio, he used them for the restoration of the Caneda adobe, one of the or iginal Presidio buildings. This charming adobe Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker have enjoyed as their home for a number of years. This restoration is sucessful and historically it is of the greatest value to Santa Barbara. Most im portant, it can show to the leaders of this community and to the average individual like myself, that it is practical to restore some of the old pueblo atmosphere by the rebuilding of these landmarks. Possibly, many landmarks could be reproduced (even if not on their original sites) such as the Aguirre adobe—considered when it was built to be the finest in California—and the Ortega adobe, which long has been envisioned in res toration by an historically minded leader of our city. Others which could be rebuilt, are the Goux adobe, recently destroyed, and the Packard adobe, destroyed in the real estate operations of Mr. T. Bartley Murray and Mr. Tom Carrabin. The Society has in its files a collection of photographs of these adobes that could be of assistance in any restoration. Exhibit Schedule The Spanish exhibit which was so much admired came to a close on Saturday night, December 8. We are very much indebted to those kind families who loaned us their valuable heirlooms to augment those owned by the Society. The next exhibit will cover the period from 1850 to 1925 and will open as in the past with a preview for our members, on January 14, 1957. From then on the public can enjoy the exhibition every afternoon except Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. Bequests Invited To the friends and members of the Santa Barbara Historical Society we seriously suggest, when making bequests, that this Society be included in your will. Gifts to the Society, either in money or historical material, can be taken off the income tax and through these gifts and bequests we may become more useful to our com munity. Other specific needs of the Society are: 1. A storeroom to house the Society’s material not in use in a current exhibit. This could be built on the property now owned by the Society at 412 West Montecito Street, at an approximate cost of §6,000.
PAGE 7 2. Two steel filing cases with four drawers and of legal size, in which to file the collection of photographs and other material. 3. A microfilm camera for the recording of docu ments. With the season’s greetings to the new members of our group and appreciation to all members for their interest and support in our program, Sincerely, W. Edwin Gledhill Museum Director
Dr. Rolle Speaks on W. H. Davis Due to a happy combination of events, the members and friends of the Santa Barbara Historical Society were privileged to attend the semi-annual luncheon at which Dr. Andrew F. Rolle was guest speaker—and at the same time celebrate the 170th anniversary of the founding of the Old Mission on December 4. Dr. Rolle spoke to an attentive audience in Restaurante del Paseo using as his subject “The California of William Heath Davis and His Times.” Author of a recently published book, “An American in California, William Heath Davis, 1831-1906,” a profes sor of history at Occidental College, and a Rockefeller research fellow at the Huntington Library, publisher of this important contribution to California history, Dr. Rolle was well-qualified to tell of the experiences of Mr. Davis. Stressing the idea that biography serves to breathe life into the past. Dr. Rolle noted that our Society is especially fortunate to have as its curator Mrs. W. Edwin Gledhill, the granddaughter of one of the co-founders with Davis of the new town of San Diego, (Andrew B. Grey, chief surveyor for the United States Boundary Commission). Father Maynard Geiger, OFM, historian of the Old Mission, brought birthday greetings from the Mission to the luncheon guests. He called attention to the fact that it was 340 years since Viscaino sailed into the channel on December 4, 1602, and because it was the natal day of St. Barbara, gave the name to the channel, the mainland, and the surrounding islands. Elbert S. Conner, retiring president of the Society, presided at the well-attended meeting.
Hastings Adobe Open House Members and friends of the Society may look forward to the announcement in the near future of the date on which an Open House will be held at the Hastings Adobe. Upon completion of the renovation work now in progress, it will be opened to visitors for inspection, according to Mr. Gledhill, Director.
Noticias calls its readers’ attention to the series of ar ticles written by our past-president Francis Price, with Betty Zinser, scheduled to appear early in 1957 in the News-Press prior to its publication in book form. Titled “The Mission Period 1786-1834. it was written pri marily as an addition to the fourth grade curriculum in the Santa Barbara Schools.
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St. Vincent's—A Centennial Year On December 28, 1856, curious townspeople were amused and a bit amazed to witness four black-robed women being carried ashore from the boat which lay at anchor in Santa Barbara’s non-existent harbor. One small figure, outraged at this method of transportation from boat to shore, was vigorously protesting, but to no avail. She too, came ashore on the back of a smiling sailor. This then, was their first introduction to Santa Barbara, the end of a long journey which began at Eramitsburg, Maryland, in the Fall of 1856, and ended just after Christmas that same year. When the call came to the mother house of the Daugh ters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul at Emmitsburg, from the Sisters in Los Angeles {where the Order had established itself in January of the same year), five women came to serve in an unknown land. Their jour ney took them by boat down the Atlantic coast to the Isthmus of Panama, where they endured untold hard ships and discomfort, exposure and tropical fevers. One sister died during the mule trip across the Isthmus, but the remaining four eventually reached San Francisco, again by boat, resting until able to continue to Santa Barbara. Judge F. J. Maguire greeted them, housing them in his home until quarters could be arranged for them. After a few days rest, on January 3, 1857, the Sisters were taken out to Los Cienegitas, about four miles west of Santa Barbara, where they selected three acres of govern ment land, paying for it at once. It was entered in their respective names. Here in a few weeks was begun the first St. Vincent’s School, a small adobe building con sisting of three rooms—a kitchen, an attic, and a small gallery in front. In these humble quarters were opened a day school for the children who lived near, and a board ing school for young ladies sent in from neighboring ranches and the Santa Ynez mountains. Knowing no Spanish, the Sisters learned to make them selves understood to children who spoke no English, and time and patience overcame this problem. While the adobe was under construction, the Sisters had resided at the historic Aguirre Adobe. So began the first Englishspeaking school in the region of Santa Barbara. The
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Sisters carried on their work at the Cienegitas Ranch for seventeen years, until the increased responsibilities made their isolation from town more and more of a hard ship. In 1873, land was purchased in town, and one of the first brick buildings in town was erected. It was scarcely completed and occupied when it burned down, March 13, 1874. Rebuilt in November 1874, it served their needs for many more years. St. Vincent’s Day Nursery was begun, to serve work ing mothers, during the strenuous days of World War I. In 1924, on March 16, work was begun on a new Or phanage building on the Cienegitas Ranch, where seventy years before the Sisters had built their small adobe, and on November of that year, the move was made to this location. Here, one hundred years later, they are serving the needs of the community as zealously as in the begin ning. The program has changed to one of a training program for high-grade slow-learning children, girls from five years to eighteen years. The work is expanding and progressing, care of the sick and needy continues, and the place of the School with its devoted Sisters of Charity continues firm in the hearts of a grateful community.