José Raimundo Carrillo Explained

Captain José Raimundo Carrillo (1749 - 1809) was Californio soldier and settler, known as an early settler of San Diego, California and as the founder of the Carrillo family of California.

Biography

Carrillo was born in 1749 in New Spain (present-day México) at Loreto, Baja California. He came to upper Las Californias as a soldier with the first expedition of Gaspar de Portolà in 1769, and rose to rank of Captain.

Carrillo served at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Presidio of Monterey, and in 1806, the Presidio of San Diego.He was commandant of the Presidio of San Diego during 1807 - 1809.In 1809 he died and was buried in the chapel on Presidio Hill November 10, 1809.

On April 23, 1781 Carrillo married Tomasa Ignacia Lugo, daughter of the soldier Francisco Lugo, with the ceremony performed by Junipero Serra at San Carlos, New Spain.

The children of José Raimundo Carrillo and Tomasa Ignacia Lugo.[1] [2]
NameBirth/DeathMarriedNotes
Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo1783 - 1852Maria CastroGovernor of Alta California from 1837-1838. Grantee of Rancho Sespe.
Maria Antonia Carrillo1786 - 1843José de la Guerra y Noriega
Anastasio José Carrillo1788 - 1850Concepción GarciaGrantee of Rancho Punta de la Concepcion. His son, Guillermo Carrillo, is the namesake of the Hill-Carrillo Adobe in Santa Barbara
Domingo Antonio Ignacio Carrillo1791 - 1837Concepción PicoGrantee of Rancho Las Virgenes.
Maria Ignacia Josefa Carrillo1794 - 1802Died in childhood.
1796 - 1862Estefanía PicoServed as three-time mayor of pre-statehood Los Angeles. Grantee of Rancho Las Posas.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/carrillo/jrcarrillo.htm "José Raimundo Carrillo" biography from Smythe's History of San Diego (1907-09), p. 162
  2. http://ca-files.biofiles.us/TW.SB.V.Bio-2.htm The Carrillo Family