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Anza Expedition Roll Call

Some of those who left Tubac on Monday October 23, 1775

PRESIDIO SOLDIERS

Sergeant Juan Pablo Grijajva
and his wife, Maria Dolores Valencia
Children:
Maria Josepha
Maria del Carmen
Claudio

Corporal Domingo Alviso
and his wife, Maria Angela Trejo
Children:
Francisco Javier
Francisco
Maria Loreto
Ignacio

Corporal Jose Valerio Mesa
and his wife, Maria Leonor Barboa
Children:
Jose Joaquin
Jose Ignacio
Ignacia Dolores
Maria Manuela
Joseph Antonio
Juan

Corporal Gabriel Peralta
and his wife, Francisca Javier Valenzuela
Children:
Juan Jose
Luis Maria
Pedro Reglado
Maria Gertrudis
Juan Antonio Amezquita
and his wife, Juana Maria de Guana
Children:
Manuel Domingo
and his wife Rosalia Zamora
Maria Josepha
Maria Dolores
Maria Getrudis
Maria de los Reyes (baby) 

Justo Roberto Altamirano
with his wife, Maria Loreta Delfina
Children:
Jose Antonio
Jose Matias

Jose Ramon Bojorques
and his wife, Francisca Romero
Children:
Maria Antonia (married Tiburcio Vasquez)
Maria Gertrudis
Maria Michaela (married Ignacio Anastacio Higuera)

Ignacio Linares
and his wife, Maria Gertrudis Rivas
Children:
Maria Gertrudis
Juan Jose Ramon
Maria Juliana
Salvador

Carlos Gallegos
and his wife, Maria Josefa Espinosa 

RECRUITS

Juan Salvio Pacheco
and his wife, Maria del Carmen del Valle
Children:
Miguel
Ignacio
Igrnacio Gertrudis
Bartolome Ignacio
Maria Barbara

Jose Antonio Garcia
and his wife, Maria Josefa de Acuna
Children:
Maria Graciana
Maria Josefa
Jose Vicente
Jose Francisco
Juan Guillermo 

Pablo Pinto
and his wife, Francisca Javier Ruelas
Children:
Juan Maria
Juana Santos & husband Casimiro Varela
Juana Francisca
Jose Marcelos 

Antonio Quitero Aceves
and his wife, Maria Feliciana Cortes
Children:
Maria Petra
Jose Cipriano
Maria Gertrudis
Juan Gregorio
Pablo
Jose Antonio

Ignacio Maria Gutierrez
and his wife, Ana Maria de Osuna
Children:
Maria Petronia
Maria de los Santos
Diego Pascual (baby)
who was born on the Gila, en route 

Ignacio de Soto
and his wife, Maria Barbara Espinosa
Children:
Maria Antonia
Jose Antonio

Jose Manuel Valencia
and his wife, Maria de la Luz Munos
Children:
Maria Gertrudis
Francisco Maria
Ignacio Maria

Luis Joaquin Alvarez
and his wife, Maria Nicolasa Ortiz
Children:
Juan Francisco
Maria Francisca 

Jose Antonio Sanchez
and his wife, Maria de los Dolores Morales
Children:
Maria Josefa
Jose Antonio
Ignacio Cardenas (adopted) 

Joaquin Isidro de Castro
and his wife, Maria Martina Botiller
Children:
Ignacio Clemente
Maria Josefa
Maria Encarnacion
Maria Martina
Jose Mariano
Jose Joaquin
Francisco Maria
Francisco Antonio
Carlos Antonio
Manuel Ramirez Arellano
and his wife, Maria Agueda de Haro
Children:
Jose Mariano

Felipe Santiago Tapia
and his wife, Juana Maria Cardenas
Children:
Jose Bartolome
Juan Jose
Jose Cristoval
Jose Francisco
Jose Victor
Maria Rosa
Maria Antonia
Maria Manuela
Maria Ysidora

Juan Francisco Bernal
and his wife, Maria Josefa de Soto,
sister of Ignacio
Children:
Jose Joaquin
Juan Francisco
Jose Dionisio
Jose Apolonario
Ana Maria
Maria Teresa de Jesus
Tomas Januario 

Juan Atansio Vasquez
and his wife, Maria Gertrudis Castelo
Children:
Jose Tiburcio (married Antonia Bojorques)
Jose Antonio
Pedro Jose 

Juan Agustin Valenzuela
and his wife, Petra Ignacia de Ochoa
Children:
Maria Zepherin 

Santiago de la Cruz Pico
and his wife, Maria Jacinta Vastida
Children:
Jose Dolores
Jose Maria
Jose Miguel
Francisco Javier
Patricio
Maria Antonia Tomasa
Maria Josefa 

Jose Vicente Felix
and his wife, Manuela Pinuelas, who died in childbirth, the only person to die on the expedition.
Children:
Jose Francisco
Jose Doroteo
Jose de Jesus
Jose Antonio Capistrano
Maria Loreta
Maria Antonia
Maria Manuela 

Sebastian Antonio Lopez
and his wife, Felipa Neri (or Felipa Zermana)
Children:
Sebastian Antonio
Maria Tomasa
Maria Justa 

Jose Antonio Sotelo
and his wife,  Gertrudis Peralta (or Manuela Gertrudis Buelna)
Children:
Ramon
Juan Antonio

Pedro Antonio Bojorques
and his wife, Maria Francisca de Lara
Children:
Maria Agustina
SETTLERS

Jose Manuel Gonzales
and his wife, Maria Michaela Ruiz
Children:
Juan Jose
Ramon
Francisco
Maria Gregoria
Maria Anna  

Nicolas Galindo
and his wife, Maria Teresa Pinto
Children:
Juan Venancio

Christobal (Gregorio Antonio) Sandoval
(married Maria Dolores Ontiveros)

Nicolas Antonio Berreyesa
accompanied by his sister, Isabel (unmarried)

Maria Feliciana Arballo
widow of Jose Gutierrez
Children:
Maria Tomasa Gutierrez
Maria Estaquia Gutierrez

Señora Duarte (wife of Soldado Duarte already in CA) and their three children


BACHELORS 

Don Francisco Munos
Pedro Perez de la Funte
Marcos Villela

INDIAN INTERPRETERS 

At least three,
including Sebastian Tarabal

LEADERS

Don Juan Bautista de Anza
Fray Pedro Font  
Fray Francisco Garces
Lieutenant Don Jose Joaquin Moraga
Sergeant Juan Pablo Grijalva
Don Mariano Vidal, Commissary


Father Font wrote in his diary that when the vaqueros, muleteers, servants, and Indian interpreters were counted and added to the above list, a total of 240 people were counted. He later states in his diary that about 193 people remained in California. In a similar list that Anza put together, he estimated that over 191 people left Tubac. Both Font and Anza were unsure as to the exact number, and so we may never know all the people who were on the 1775-1776 expedition.

SOURCES

Somos Primos, September 2004, Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research

Bolton, Herbert E. Anza's California Expeditions, Vol. 1-5. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1930.

Garate, Donald T. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Correspondence of Various Subjects, 1775. Antepasados VIII, San Leandro, CA: Los Californianos, 1995.

Garate, Donald T. The Juan Bautista de Anza - Fernando de Rivera y Moncada Letters of 1775-1776. Antepasados XII, San Diego, CA: Los Californianos, 2006.