| |
| | Journal of San Diego History |
 | | Juan María Olivera, corporal, español, from Loreto, Baja California, age 37; married to Guadalupe Briones, mestiza, from San Luis Potosí, age 26; four children: Leonardo Martín, 9; Desiderio, 4; Máximo, 7; Matías, a baby and an orphan, María Briones, 13. |
 | | Ignacio Rúiz, español, from the Yaqui River, age 20; married to María Gorgona Valenzuela, coyota, from Topago, Sonora, age 20. |
 | | The baptismal records, marriage records, and death records of San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, and San Gabriel Missions usually indicated such status whenever soldiers were mentioned as godfathers or witnesses to marriages, as well as marriage and death records of the soldiers themselves. |
| www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/78fall/garrisons.htm (7263 words) |
|