Castro family
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
The Castro family was one of the two (the other being the Rodriguez family) largest and most influential groups of Californio immigrants/colonists to settle in Santa Cruz County (and elsewhere in California).
- Joaquin Isidro - Came to California as a soldado in the de Anza party of 1776, with his wife Martina Botiller and 8 children. After his death at Monterey in 1802, Martina moved to the Branciforte/Santa Cruz area.
- Joaquin - age 7 in 1776. Following army service, Joaquin was granted a homesite in Branciforte as an invalido. Of the surviving children:
- Antonia married Antonio Feliz
- Rafaela (1799-1841) - married Francisco Rodriguez
- Rafael (1803-1878) was grantee of Rancho Aptos, and is buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Aptos.
- Maria Rafaela (1837-1857) married A. J. Eldon and died at age 20 - probably in childbirth.
- Martina (1807-1890) - married 3 times: Simon Cota, Michael Lodge, and Louis Depeaux (Riptide CE23)
- Nicanor Cota, who married French-Canadian Francois Lajeunesse of the 1833 Walker party
- Luisa Cota, who married Frenchman Jean Richard Fourcade
- Carmelita Castro Lodge married Thomas Fallon
- Louisa married France-born Jean Richard Fourcade (Rowland p.161)
- Maria Antonia (1834-1915) married Henry Winegar Peck
- Maria Elena (1836-1904) married Joseph Littlejohn
- Maria Guadeloupe Castro Lodge married France-born Joseph Averon
- Maria Josefa Castro Lodge married Lambert Clements
- Candida married Josef Bolcoff
- Maria de los Angeles married Joseph Majors
- Jacinta, grantee of Rancho Refugio along with sisters Candida and Maria de los Angeles, became a nun and renounced her share of the rancho.
- Carlos - born during the 1776 march. Mayor domo of Mission Santa Cruz in 1812.
- Joaquin - age 7 in 1776. Following army service, Joaquin was granted a homesite in Branciforte as an invalido. Of the surviving children:
Elsewhere in California
- Jose Antonio Castro held several different high-ranking offices in Mexican-era Alta California. His house in San Juan Bautista is now a museum.
- Juan B. Castro, founder of Castroville and nephew of Pio Pico, was profiled in: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California (1893), p433.
