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Persons included in the General Index of Santa Cruz: The Early Years (1980). See also Rowland immigrant list to 1846.

Those not yet having a page are listed here by Rowland article title and page number (listing only those articles containing local names and/or others who had significant local impacts):

Old Santa Cruz Mission [1-26]

• Azebez, Pablo (1791 Mission Santa Cruz soldado & godfather); Balthazar (native chief); Bernal, Joaquin (1st month Mission godfather); Estrada, Maximo (1791 Mission SC serviente); Fernandez, Manuel (1795 2nd Mission SC priest); Flores, Jose Isidro (1797 Mission SC escolta); Higardero, Jose (1817 mission escolta); Espi, Luz (1796 Mission SC priest); Espinosa, Felipe (1839 soldado); Linares, Ramon (1791 Mission Santa Cruz godfather); Lopez, Baldomero (1791 1st Mission SC priest); McNamee, Hugh (1889 Holy Cross priest); Vejar, Pablo (1800 mission escolta; wife Josefina Miramonte);

Villa de Branciforte [25-56]

• Acedo, Jose (1st Branciforte group); Arceo family (1st Branciforte group); Aguila, Jose (1798 Villa invalido); Barbosa, Jose (1st Branciforte group); Bernal, Apolonario (Branciforte invalido); Bravo, Marcelino (Branciforte invalido); Briones family (Branciforte); Cimintel, Cristobal (1805 Branciforte regidor); Cordero, Fermin (in 1st Branciforte group); Cota family (Californio); Garcia, Luz (Branciforte invalido c.1800; daughter Luz was 1st wife of Michael Lodge); Hernandez, Felipe (1798 Branciforte settler, 1803 poblador, 1805 alcalde); Hernandez, Luisa (wife of Jose Acedo); Higuera, Salvador (Branciforte invalido); Leon, Victoria de (wife in 1st Branciforte group); Robles, Jose Antonio and wife Gertrudis Merlopes (1st Branciforte group); Moraga, Gabriel (army corporal, appointed 1st Villa administrator);

The Story of Old Soquel [57-92]

• Bates, Joel (Bates Creek lumberman); Bayley, Benjamin F. (Soquel school, Civil War); Kirby, Gershal H. (early Soquel lumberman); Arano family (1850 JP, 1871 Anchor hotel in Aptos); Depeaux, Louis (3rd husband of Martina Castro); Burrell, Lyman and Lucy (Soquel logger, Summit area); Cahoon, Benjamin (1860s arrival, logger); Caldwell, Leander G. (Soquel farmer, 2nd county sheriff); Canares, Peter (early Soquel hotelier); Henderson, Mrs. Katherine (heir to F.A. Hihn Capitola interests); Lawson, Yates C. (Soquel clerk); McCall, Hugh P. (timber cutter); Miller, John (1856 J of P);

Martina Castro's grant [63-65]

• Amaya, Casimero (1864 Soquel Augmentacion division recipient); Farley, Benjamin (1864 Soquel Augmentacion division recipient); Fourcade, Jean (1842 arrival, 1850 Martina Castro land recipient); Hester, Craven (1864 Soquel Augmentation division recipient); Hinkley, R. G. (1864 Soquel Augmentation division recipient); Macondray, Frederick (1864 Soquel Augmentacion division recipient);

Ned Porter's Store [71-73]

• Angell, Horatio & Fenner (1887 Soquel merchants); Auerbach, H. (1870s Soquel merchant); Cummings family (1850s Santa Cruz, Soquel); Lawson, Yates C. (1880 Cummings clerk in Soquel); Darling, A. (1880s Soquel shoemaker); Dunning, James (1880s Soquel blacksmith); Eldridge, George W. (1862 Soquel wheelwright); Ewing, Samuel B. (1880s Soquel merchant); Feeley, Mrs. Phoebe (1868 Soquel Cong. Church member); Ford, George (Soquel blacksmith c.1900); Getschmann, Alex (1868 Soquel hotelier); Hall, Henry (1880s Soquel merchant); Mrs. Rachel Hall (wife of Hall, Samuel A., and a 1868 Soquel Cong. Church founding member); Lynam, John (Soquel shoemaker); Mann, Tom W. & Elizabeth (Soquel hoteliers); Mills, Charles (1880s butcher);

The Sugar Mill [California Beet Sugar Company, 1873 Soquel, 77-78]

• Flint, "Major"[?] (Sugar mill financier); Harboard, Adolphe (Sugar mill foreman, German immigrant); Kleinan, E. (Sugar mill worker, German immigrant); Maasberg, Christian (Sugar mill worker, German immigrant); Obermuller, Fred (Sugar mill worker, German immigrant); Otto, Andreas (Sugar mill worker, German immigrant); Tanke, John (Sugar mill foreman, German immigrant); Weferling, W. (Sugar mill worker, German immigrant);

Soquel's Church [Congregational, 81-83, includes a list of pastors]

• Tenney, W. A. (1st pastor); Parrish, Narcissa (founding member, wife of Parrish, Joshua); Feeley, Mrs. Phoebe (founding member); Burrell, Mrs. Lucy M. (founding member); Nobel, Mrs. (founding member, wife of Noble, Augustus); Hall, Mrs. Rachel (founding member, wife of Hall, Samuel A. - builder); McKay, Mrs. Jane (founding member); Mattison, Mrs. John (founding member, wife of Mattison, John S.);

Voters of 1868 [Soquel precinct - not indexed unless mentioned elsewhere, 84-91]

Annals of Santa Cruz [93-217]

• Vancouver, George (Mission grist mill); Appleby, R. H. (buyer of High St Wagner property); Arias, Francisco (1877 Water Street bridge hanging); Becker, Francis M. (Betsy Jane locomotive designer); Bell, Leo C. (Unique theater stock company); Bixby, Nelson (High St house); Blaisdell, Henry (early Mason, later 1st Nevada governor); Booker, Thomas (Bear Flag revolt messenger); Chamalis, Jose (1877 Water Street bridge hanging); Christy, Bob (1882 variety show); Conran, John (1877 Walnut Ave housebuilder); Cox, E. J. (horse car co.); Dickey, William (1846 California Battalion); Doyle, John (1860s Rodeo Gulch); Isaac (1876 SC merchant); Frick, George (1852 sold Mission Street lot to R. C. Kirby); Galway, James (1847 Stevenson regiment arrival; short-lived 1868 newspaper); Gordon, James (1846 "sheriff"); Gragg, George (partner of Lynch); Handley, James (1882 variety show); Hernandez, Mariano (1851 lynching); Hillman, Samuel (1860s sold property to London Nelson); Hinds, David (1870 SC merchant); Hoeger, Frederick (1841 Majors mill syndicate); Kellogg, Edmund (1st County Surveyor); Kittleman, Thomas (1st Santa Cruz road supervisor); Knowles, Robert (1869 Church Street home); Lampee, Robert (1857 Holy Cross church painter); Lee, Joseph (painter of ship Santa Cruz); Leonard, A.T. (Dr. - Villa Fontenay); Logan, Lorenzo (1848 "sheriff"); Lucas, Jonathan (English immigrant before 1840); McCabe, R.S. (contractor on 1894 courthouse); McCusker, Daniel (2nd husband of Catherine Bennett Graham); McLean, John (MD and 1850 state senate candidate); Merrill, Jock (Opera House bartender); Meserve, A.J. (merchant, 1864 Cooper St. ford footbridge fundraiser); Miles, Benjamin H. (1855 state assembly member);

[Mexican era]

• Antomont, Frederico (posted bond for Nicolas Robles after 1834 arrest); Escamilla, Blas (1846 Rancho San Vicente grantee); Galindo, Dolores (married Rodriguez son c.1820); Emis, Juan (1846 alcalde election candidate); Linares, Victor (1839 soldado in Branciforte arrest);

[Mariners (may not have been local residents)]

• Brennan, James (early ship builder); Hannah, Levi (1865 sea captain); Bogart, J. C. (Gussie Telfair steamer captain); Fake, George O. (1865 sea captain); Farley, Dan (1869 sea captain); Hobron, William M. C. (1865 sea captain);

[Santa Cruz hotels]

• Douglas, A. H. (Douglas House); Hedgepeth, A. N. and unnamed brother (1884 Eastern House hotel); Leonard, J. J. C. (1901 buyer of Sea Beach Hotel);

[Santa Cruz schools]

Adams, Clara (1857 Santa Cruz teacher); Doxie, Nellie (1867 Bay View School teacher); Dryden, D. A. (early Santa Cruz minister and teacher); Ercanbreck, C. K. (1860s Santa Cruz teacher); Loveland, H. S. (Santa Cruz teacher before 1868);

[Santa Cruz Churches]

• Bartlett, W. C. (Congregational minister); Chittenden, O. (1858 Baptist minister); Cool, Peter Y. (1862 Methodist minister); Davis, R. N. (1884 Unitarian minister); Ford, G. W. (1879 Baptist minister, Mrs. Ford founded Santa Cruz Seminary); Gamble, Mrs. John L. (1897 buyer of Santa Cruz Seminary from Mrs. Ford); Green, John D. (SC Methodist founding group; Green Street); McCreary, E.D. (1890 Methodist minister); Ames, Charles (1868 Unitarian minister); Merriam, T.M. (1886 Baptist minister);

[Civil War]]

• Bent, Charles O. (dairyman, Civil War volunteer); Broughton, W. W. (printer and Civil War volunteer); Calderwood, Ambrose (county sheriff, Civil War volunteer); Farrand, W. D. (Civil War secessionist); Fuller, Marcellus P. (Eagle restaurant; Butler Guards (Civil War) captain; Giles, George W. (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Glover, Asa (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Hawes, Alfred H. (Civil War cavalry lt.); Hite, William (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Howard, Frank (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Fiester, Felix (blacksmith, Civil War volunteer); Hite, William (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Hoff, George T. (Civil War Butler Guards lieutenant; Holt, George (1st SC Civil War volunteer, painter, IOOF cemetery); Howard, Frank (Civil War "Company K" volunteer); Love, Jerome (Civil War "Company K" volunteer);

[Newspapers]

• Ashley, Delos (not local, 1855 Monterey Sentinel); Beane, Charles (Santa Cruz Journal, 1868); Coffin, Henry (1870 founder of the Local Item); Conway, E.F. (1882 newspaper editor); Devlin, E. J. (1907 Evening News founder); Hyde, Jeremiah (seller of Sentinel half interest to McPherson, Duncan); Inskeep, George (1856 owner of 1st Pacific Sentinel home building); Liston, John F. (1863 Sentinel printer); Majors, Green (Courier);

[Baseball]

• Arellanez, Frank (1890s baseballer); Chase, Hal (pro baseballer), and father J. E.; Deveraux, Bill (1890s baseballer); Harry Hooper (Capitola pro baseballer); Hunolt, John (1880s SC baseballer);

Felton Was laid Out By Edward Stanley [169-171]

• Cramer, Thomas (Felton hotel); Drew, Wallace (1883 Felton livery stable); Kent, D.L. (1884 Felton incorporation trustee); Ley, George (Felton treasurer, 1884); McKoy, Hubbard W. (Felton businessman after 1875); McLaughlin, Charles (see Graham, Isaac); Merrill, J.M. (1880 Felton businesses);

Boulder Creek [174-180]

• Alcorn, Branciford (1865 Boulder Creek); Alcorn, John H. (Boulder Creek, son of Branciford); Anthony, A. M. (1902 Boulder Creek 1st town clerk); Aram, J. H. (one of 1st 1905 B. Creek HS trustees); Bracket, Daniel (Boulder Creek teacher, 1879); Cottrell, Charles T. (Boulder Creek store); Day, William & George (1868 Boulder Creek arrivals); Dennison, George (1883 Boulder Creek Hotel); Dickerson, J. W. (1st Boulder Creek HS principal, 1906); Dool, Mrs. Emma (1900 B. Creek Rebekah lodge); Dool, W. H. (1902 B. Creek village 1st trustees); Ellsworth, John W. (1867 B. Creek sawmill); Farnsworth, J. W. (1877 B. Creek stage driver); Forsyth, W. T. (1891 B. Creek school principal); Fuller, J. H. (one of 1st 1905 B. Creek HS trustees); Harman, Dan (1880s B Creek stage); Hartman, Isiah (1900 B Creek JofP); Hendon, Asbury P. (1874 B.Creek Methodist minister); Hubbs, Samuel (one of 1st 1905 B. Creek HS trustees); McAbee brothers (B.C. livery stable); McDonald, W.R. (1891 B.C. school trustee); McKay, Angus (B.C. blacksmith); Maddock, James M. (last Boulder Creek town clerk); Middleton, Henry L. (1882 lumberman);

[other San Lorenzo Valley]

• Askins, J. O. (1885 SLV Methodist minister); Bell, Thomas (Pacific Mills/Ben Lomond, logging); Berry, Tilford George (1860s settler, Berry Creek); Bloom, I. T. (Brookdale lumberman); Brimblecom, Samuel (retired mariner in Lorenzo); Campbell, Duncan (Lorenzo stage operator); Crediford family (1867 Lorenzo); Dobbs, John (1865 arrival, Bear Creek; Fowler, Chester (1887 1st Ben L. postmaster); Gibbs, George (1865 B. Creek area settler); Greenleaf, William C. (1865 B. Creek area settler); Harmon, Austin & Oscar (1865 Bear Creek settlers); Hicks, A.C. & N.B. (early Pacific Mills settlers); Iler, Ben & Richard (1865 Bear Creek settlers); Lawrence, James (1866 Bear Creek settler); Marshall, J. D. (1852 Marshall Creek settler, Ben Lomond - married Graham daughter from 1st marriage); Michner, David B. (1879 Lorenzo teacher);

[Pajaro Valley]

• Atkinson, Fred (1913 Register-Pajaronian); Carr, Jesse D. (1st PV apples); Dean, Portius Festus (1870 Watsonville county supervisor); Eagar, Thomas (1900 Corralitos miller); Goodall & Nelson (1867 Pajaro Landing): Hoy, Jones (1853 Corralitos farmer, miller); Knowles, Mr/Mrs A.P. (1872 1st Corralitos school teachers);

Los Fundadores [if not listed elsewhere]

• Alviso family (Los Fundadores); Amador family (Los Fundadores);