Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda

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Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda (1747–1788) was a Mexican colonial military officer and founder of the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family of Southern California.

Life[]

He was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico, the son of Juan José Sepúlveda (born 1720) and Ana María Josefa García (born 1720).

He married María Candelaria de Redondo in 1762.[1]

In 1781, the couple and their 6 children accompanied the José de Zúñiga Expedition into upper Las Californias.[2]

Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda died in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles and was buried at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel cemetery on 26 January 1788.[3][4]

Children[]

His descendants formed the powerful Sepúlveda family of California, one of the most prominent Californio families of Southern California.

Sepúlveda's eldest son, (1764–1808), and his fifth son, °(1775–1853), became progenitors of two distinguished branches of the family. Sepulveda Boulevard, the longest street in the City and County of Los Angeles, is named for the Sepúlveda family.

References[]

  1. ^ 6-Generation Family Found in California
  2. ^ The Garrisons of San Diego Presidio
  3. ^ Orange County California Genealogical Society. 1969. Saddleback ancestors: rancho families of Orange County, California.
  4. ^ "Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda". Archived from the original on 2004-12-27. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

Further reading[]

  • Rudecinda Lo Buglio (1970) Sepulveda of Alta California: 1781-1822, Antepasados, vol. 1, no. 1, Los Californianos.
  • Rudecinda Lo Buglio (1976) Sepulveda of Alta California: 1781-1822, Antepasados, vol. 1, no. 4, Los Californianos.
  • Sepulveda's in California
  • Pio Pico Genealogy Database
  • Sepulveda Family
  • Northrop, Marie E. (1986). Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850, Volumes I, II & III. Southern California Genealogical Society, Burbank, California.
  • Pitt, Leonard; Ramón A. Gutiérrez (1999). Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21958-8.
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