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Early San Diego People and Families

Early San Diego Families resided in the area up to the late 1800's in what is currently San Diego, California.

First Families - Southern Californian Tribes

The Kumeyaay lived by the San Diego River at a village they called Kosa'aay. For thousands of years, the people migrated between ocean and mountains until the arrival of the Spanish settlers. At first the Spanish settlers were welcomed by the Kumeyaay, but their traditions were challenged and life was increasingly difficult during that period. Kumeyaay culture proved resilient and today many tribes still exist carrying on their traditions. Southern California Tribes now consist of 13 Federally Recognized Kumeyaay Tribes and several non-Frederally Recognized Tribes. Each band's History and Culture reflects their Kumeyaay perspectives. The tribes official archivists and historians keep the history alive. Tribes are located both in Southern California and Baja California.

Tribes Federally Recognized
Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Barona Band of Mission Indians
San Pasqual Band of Indians
Inaja Cosmit Indian Reservation
Capitan Grande Indian Reservation
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueño Indians, aka Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians aka Cuyapaipe
Manzanita Indian Reservation
La Posta Indian Reservation
Jamul Indian Village A Kumeyaay Nation
Mesa Grande Indian Reservation
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation

Tribes Non-Federally Recognized
(This section is in work)

First People in Southern California Expeditions

  Juan Cabrillo Expedition (1542)
  Gaspar de Portola Y Junipero Serra Expedition (1769)

Notable People and Families at the Royal Presidio

In 1769 the Spanish colonization of Alta California began in San Diego with construction of a military outpost, El Presidio. Living in the Presidio and first mission, where a few Kumeyaay people, several non-native California people and their families. Father Sierra maintained a registery (marriage, baptism and deaths). There are approximately 200 persons named living in the Presidio during that period. The demographics of the Presidio and social activities changed after ownership of the area went from Spain to Mexico. In 1821 Mexico gained independance from Spain. By 1822 a Mexican Military command arrived in San Diego. A small settlement initially consisted of presidio military garrison. Mission San Diego del Alcala was built six miles away. Spanish soliders began to build residences below Presidio Hill in what is now Old Town San Diego.

Spanish and Military Commondants of the San Diego Presidio

Name (First, Middle and Last)	Position	Dates
Pedro Pages	Lieutenant	July 1770 to May 1774
José Francisco Ortega	Lieutenant	July 1771 to 1781
José de Züñiga	Lieutenant	September 1781 to October 1793
Antonio Grajera	Lieutenant	October 1793 to August 1799
José Font	Lieutenant	August 1799 to 1803
Manuel Rodriguez	Lieutenant	August 1799 to 1803
Francisco María Ruiz	Lieutenant	1806 to 1807
José de la Guerra y Noriega	Lieutenant	1806 to 1807
José Raimundo Carrillo	Captian	1807 to 1809
Francisco María Ruiz	Lieutenant	1809 to 1821
Ignacio del Corral	Captian	1810 to 1820
José María Estudillo	Lieutenant	October 1820 to September 1821
Francisco María Ruiz	Captian	September 1821 to 1827
José María Estudillo	Lieutenant	1827 to 1830
Santiago Argüello	Lieutenant	1830 to 1835
Augustin V. Zamorano	Captian	1835 to 1840
Pablo de la Portilla	Captian	1835 to 1838
Example	Example	Example

Surnames/People in the Royal Presidio, San Diegos first mission

1. Arroyo
2. Aguilar
3. Alvarado
4. Alvares
5. Amarillas
6. Arguello
7. Barabara
8. Barquez
9. Barreras
10. Blanco
11. Bustamante
12. Camacho
13. Canedo
14. Carrillo, Joseph Raimundo
15. Clara
16. Cota
17. Cuanacho
18. Davilla
19. Delfina
20. Feliz
21. Domingo
22. Filipa
23. Dominguez
24. Fermin
25. Garcia
26. German
27. Gloria
28. Gonzalas
29. Gonzales
30. Gregorio
31. Guerrero
32. Josef
33. Josef Manuel
34. Leybo
35. Lobo
36. Lopez
37. Lugo
38. Machado
39. Mariano
40. Mariner
41. Marquez
42. Marron
43. Meneses
44. Mercado
45. Nepomuceno
46. Olivas
47. Osuna
48. Pantoya
49. Peralta
50. Petrona
51. Pico
52. Reyes
53. Rodriguez
54. Romero
55. Rosas
56. Ruiz
57. Sanchez
58. Shea
59. Silvas
60. Soto
61. Urselino
62. Valenzuela
63. Verdugo
64. Villalobos
65. Yorba
66. Zaboleta

Notable People and Families in Old Town San Diego

Old Town San Diego First Families

In 1820, Spanish settlers built houses in Old Town. The families were Carrillo, Ruiz, Ybanez, Serrano, Marron, Cota and others later joined. By 1825 the families Fitch, Robinson, and others built homes.

A Historical Research Plan for Old Town State Park lists the families as follows:

Street	Family Name	Number on Plot	Year Built	Notes
Juan Street	Casa Reyes & Ybanez	26	1820	refer to deed
Juan Street	Casa de Juan Rogna	35	1820	refer to deed
Juan Street	Casa de Pico	27	1824	refer to deed
Juan Street	Casa de Serrano	23A	1847	refer to deed
Juan Street	Casa de Alvarado	37	1850	refer to deed
Juan Street	Casa de Machado Smith	29	1846	refer to deed
Juan Street	Adolfo Savin house	18	1849	refer to deed
Fitch Street	The Fitch Adobe	52	1848	refer to deed
Fitch Street	no name listed	52A	1854	refer to deed
Fitch Street	no name listed	52B	1854	refer to deed
Fitch Street	no name listed	52C	1854	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Romero, Fitch house	34	1854	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Soto	27A	1855	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Moreno	33	1800's	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Marron	39	1821	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Alta	20	1858	two houses on this lot, refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Juan Machado	20	1858	two houses on this lot, refer to deed
Fitch Street	Butcher Shop & Ferrier	20A	1855	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Congress Hall	25	1870 - 1872	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Alvarado - Garcia	19A	1855	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Francisco Alvarado	19	1824 - 1830	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Snook house	31	1847	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Henry Delano Fitch House	28	1800's	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Osuna house then part of Fitch Store	30	1845	refer to deed
Fitch Street	Casa de Jose Serrano	23	1823	refer to deed
Washington	Adobe no name listed	27B	no year	refer to deed
Washtington Street	Adobe no name listed	27C	no year	refer to deed
Washtington Street	Adobe no name listed	27D	no year	refer to deed
San Diego Street	The Bandini House	17	1850	refer to deed
San Diego Street	The Seely Stables	17	1869	refer to deed
San Diego Street	The Estudillo House	13	1824 - 1830	refer to deed
Garden Street	The Machado Silvas house	44	1849	refer to deed
Garden Street	The Robinson Rose	23	1850	refer to deed
Garden Street	The School House	23A	1856	refer to deed
Garden Street	name	38	1871	refer to deed
Garden Street	Adobe	next to 23A	1869	refer to deed
Garden Street	Jail	next to 22	1867 - 1869	refer to deed
Garden Street	Casa Juanita Machado de Wrightington	1	1846	refer to deed
Garden Street	Light - Freeman House	2	1840	refer to deed
Garden Street	American Hotel	2	1857	refer to deed
Garden Street	O'Neill House	3	1856	refer to deed
Garden Street	Adobe	next to 23A	1869	refer to deed
Garden Street	Case de Rodriguez	4	1845	refer to deed
Garden Street	Case de Rodriguez	4	1845	refer to deed
Garden Street	Case de Rodriguez	4	1845	refer to deed
Garden Street	Case de Rodriguez	4	1845	refer to deed

San Diego's 1st Precincts in 1850

In February 18, 1850 after formal government was created, San Diego was created as the first county. It was 37,400 square miles and the Pacific coastline 200 miles east to the Colorado River and included present counties of San Diego, Riverside, Imperial and San Bernardino and the easterly portion of Inyou. The national census of 1850 gave San Diego a population of 798 and La Playa was a population of 650. The Old Town and La Playa first precincts were established a Poll list of an election held for county officers at San Diego, California, April 1850. Person ran for the following offices and results were as follows:

Old Town Precinct

Name (Last, First)	Elected/Served Position/Voter
Adams, Henry
Aguirre, Jose Antonio	District Attorney
Alvarado, Francisco Maria
Amador, Lorento
Arguello, Santiago E
Arguello, Jose Maria
Aguzer, Salvador
Bandini, Juan	(elected Treasurer and Assessor, did not serve)
Bangs, B.
Bean, Joshua H.	(served as alcalde, first mayor of San Diego)
Briones, Jose
Brown, John	(elected Coroner)
Brown, E.G.
Campbell, James
Clayton, Henry	(served as County Surveyor)
Colgate, Lewis R.
Con, Daniel
Conger, John (Judge)
Cotton, Andrew
Crenshaw, Miles K.	District Attorney
Crosthwaite, Philip	(served as Treasurer)
Curly, William
Eseajadillo, Jose
Estudillo, Jose Antonio	(elected Assessor)
Evans, George F.
Faur, Peter
Ferguson, David
Ferrell, William C.	(elected as District Attorney, ran for County Judge and County Attorney)
Fitzegerald, Edward H.	Clerk
Follmer, John A.
Garcia, Philip
Gardiner, Darius
Gaskill, George
Gerguson, David
Gilbert, Luther
Gribbin, Peter
Gray, Albert B.	(elected Surveyor)
Haraszthy, Agostin	(elected as Sheriff)
Hays, John	(elected as County Judge)
Hiller, Henry
Holley, F. M.
Hooff, P.H.	Clerk
Hutchins, Frederic
Ingalls, L.G.
Israel, Joseph P.
Leamy, William
Lopez, Jose Lena
Lopez, Francisco
Lopez, Tomas
Machado, Juan
Machado, Raphael
Matsell,Henry C.	(elected as Recorder)
McCready, Benjamin F.
Moon, William H.
Moreno,Jose T.
Moreno, Antonio
Moreno, Jose
Morris, Charles
Murphy, James
Noell, C.P.
Osuna, Leandro
Osuna, Juan Diego
Patrickson, Thomas
Pearson, John B.
Pedrorena, Miguel de	District Attorney
Peters, John
Peterson, Robert
Post, John
Power, William
Reid, John B.
Ring, Augustus
Rodriguez, Ramon
Rodriguez, Francisco
Rust, Richard	(elected County Clerk)
Savin, Adolph
Schaeffer, Earnest
Semple, John
Shepley, David
Slaughter, W.A.
Smith, A. Jay	Recorder
Smith, Albert B.
Snook, John
Stewart, John C.
Sutherland, Thos. W.	(elected as County Attorney)
Sweeney, Thomas W.
Tilghman, W.F.
Tongue, William
Tryong, James
Varney, Charles C.
Viard, George F.
Wall, Enos	Judge
Watkinson, Abel
White, William
Whitehead, Joseph
Williams, David A.
Woodfir, John
Ybarra, Andrus

La Playa Precinct

Name (Last, First)	Elected/Served Position/Voter
Adams, John
Banks,William B.
Barbee, Daniel	Clerk
Bedell, Tobias
Blair, James
Bleecker, John R.	Judge
Botsford, William
Brennan, Edward
Brown, John
Cader, Jonas
Cadle, Michael
Cooper, Joseph
Corbett, John
Daily, Edward
Dupree, Oliver
Dushant, Francis
Edwards, John
Emmil, Frederick
Eustis, Edward
Fitzgerald, Michael
Fox, Thomas
Gangouare, Sylvanus
Gardiner, David L.	Clerk
Giler, Antern
Gray, Jacob
Heintzelman, Samuel P.
Hemmenway, William H.
Hensley, John	Judge
Hoop, Henry
Inwood, Allen
Johns, Thomas D.
Johnson, James
Kearney, Lawrence
Kenney, John
Kneeland, Thomas
Kufter, Joseph
Latham, John
Leahy, Michael
Mason, Francis
McCinchie, Peter
McCormick, James
McDonnah, Patrick
McGinnis, Thomas
McGlone, James
McHue, John
Mealey, Peter
Murray, Edward
Nettleton, Williams
Newman, Patrick
O'Neil, Moses
Patton, Festus G.	County Clerk
Pearl, William
Quin, Timothy
Reed, Peter S.
Reed, James
Richner, Rudolph
Sherman, Bartholomew
Smith, Albert B.
Sullivan, James
Summers, John E.
Symcox, Patrick
Tallman, George B.
Tibbitts, George P.
Toling, Frederic
Tremaine, Edward T.
Vickers, Michael
Warner, John
White, James
Wilber, Henry

First Grand Jury San Diego

The first term of the district court was held on May 6, 1850. The judge and clerk were present but no business was transacted. On September 2nd, 1850 court was organized, trail jurors summoned and six cases were tried with the following first grandjurymen.

1. Aguirre, Antonio
2. Alara, Holden
3. Amador, Loreto
4. Blake, Seth B.
5. Couts, Cave J.
6. Emers, J.
7. Haraszthy, Charles
8. Lopez, Bonifacio
9. Lopez, Cristobal
10. Moon, Wm. H.
11. Moreno, Jose de Js.
12. Osuna, Ramon
13. Rocha, Manuel
14. Rose, Louis
15. Wall, James

References

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park General Development Plan

Also See

California_Mission_Indians

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