Jose Joaquin CASTRO

                   Jose Joaquin Castro and his parents came with Anza to Alta California
on the 1776 expedition.  -- Note from Bea Polloreno.

Source for death date and place and parents:  Rodney Hartwell,
"Augustan" June 1970.  -- Notes from Bea Polloreno.

Quote from book: "Santa Cruz, the Early Years" by Leon Rowland (Paper
Vision Press):
     "Joaquin Castro had trudged with his brothers and sisters in the
epochal march of the Anza party in 1776.  His father, Joaquin Isidro
Castro, had been recruited by Anza because of his family of 8
children, which had been increased by the birth of Carlos during the
overland trip.  His mother, Martina Boutillier was French or of French
descent and, according to legend in the Castro family, of noble birth.
     "Ignacio, Joaquin's eldest son, was a married man and a soldier
when he was drowned in 1817 near San Juan Bautista while carrying the
mails.  Antonia married Antonio Feliz.  Rafaela, born in 1799, became
the wife of Francisco Rodriguez, fourth of that family.  Two of the
Castro brothers, 10 year old Rafael de Jesus and 1 year old Francisco,
died in 1811.  Jose Rafael, born in 1803, married Solidad Cota while
in the army.  Juan Jose, who was born in 1805, married Manuela Juarez
and, on her death, Rita Josefa Pinto.  Martina had 3 husbands,
Corporal Simon Cota, Michael Lodge and Louis DePeau.  Candida became
the wife of Jose Bolcoff, the Russian.  Guadalupe, born in 1811, died
a bachelor in 1893.  Jacinta, noted for her piety in aiding the
Mission Fathers while a girl, became a nun and Mother Superior of the
convent at Benecia.  Maria de los Angeles married Joseph L. Mayors,
early American, and presented him with 22 children.  Ignacio, the
last of the sons of Antonio Amador, married Ricarda Rodriguez, grand-
daughter of Jose Antonio (Rodriguez)."  -- Copied by Bea Polloreno.