Jose Manuel RODRIGUEZ
New.familysearch.org, May 2009
Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850 (FHL#979.4 F2n, 1987)
New.familysearch.org, Oct 2010
NOTES: He was one of three carpenters brought by Father Junipero Serra from Mexico on the "Santiago", landed at San Diego 13 Mar 1774, Corporal of the guard at San Juan Bautista in 1801. At Monterey in 1836 he was "Padron" and a widower, age 68 years.
He married Maria Fautima Balbanera Autuna 11 Nov 1781 at Carmel, Monterey, California . Maria Fautima Balbanera Autuna was born at Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico Abt 1766 daughter of Josa Manuel Juan Autuna and Juana Gertrudis Serna .
They were the parents of 14
children:
Jose Damaso Tomas Antonio Rodriguez
born 11 Dec 1782.
Inocencio Josef Rodriguez
born 26 Dec 1784.
Jose Mariano Loreto Rodriguez
born 9 Dec 1788.
Maria Guadalupe Gabriela Rodriguez
born 7 Dec 1790.
Ana Josefa Rodriguez
born 4 Feb 1793.
Maria Antonia Rodriguez
born 14 Feb 1795.
Maria Josefa Rodriguez
born 20 Apr 1797.
Antonia Bernabe Martin Rodriguez
born 11 Jun 1799.
Jose A. Rodriguez
born 11 Jun 1799.
Marie Ana Jesus Rodriguez
born 15 Sep 1801.
Maria de Altagracia Rodriguez
born 25 Nov 1803.
Jose Antonio Dolores Rodriguez
born 27 Mar 1806.
Lucresia Maria Antonia de Gracia Rodriguez
christened 28 Apr 1809.
Maria Josefa Rodriguez
christened 8 Apr 1811.
Maria Fautima Balbanera Autuna died 28 Dec 1830 at Carmel, Monterey, Virginia .