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Early San Diego People and Families
Early San Diego Families resided in the area up to the late 1800's in what is currently San Diego, California.

First Families - Southern Californian Tribes
The Kumeyaay lived by the San Diego River at a village they called Kosa'aay. For thousands of years, the people migrated between ocean and mountains until the arrival of the Spanish settlers. At first the Spanish settlers were welcomed by the Kumeyaay, but their traditions were challenged and life was increasingly difficult during that period. Kumeyaay culture proved resilient and today many tribes still exist carrying on their traditions. Southern California Tribes now consist of 13 Federally Recognized Kumeyaay Tribes and several non-Frederally Recognized Tribes. Each band's History and Culture reflects their Kumeyaay perspectives. The tribes official archivists and historians keep the history alive. Tribes are located both in Southern California and Baja California.

First People in Southern California Expeditions
Juan Cabrillo Expedition (1542) Gaspar de Portola Y Junipero Serra Expedition (1769)

Notable People and Families at the Royal Presidio
In 1769 the Spanish colonization of Alta California began in San Diego with construction of a military outpost, El Presidio. Living in the Presidio and first mission, where a few Kumeyaay people, several non-native California people and their families. Father Sierra maintained a registery (marriage, baptism and deaths). There are approximately 200 persons named living in the Presidio during that period. The demographics of the Presidio and social activities changed after ownership of the area went from Spain to Mexico. In 1821 Mexico gained independance from Spain. By 1822 a Mexican Military command arrived in San Diego. A small settlement initially consisted of presidio military garrison. Mission San Diego del Alcala was built six miles away. Spanish soliders began to build residences below Presidio Hill in what is now Old Town San Diego.

Surnames/People in the Royal Presidio, San Diegos first mission

 * 1) Arroyo
 * 2) Aguilar
 * 3) Alvarado
 * 4) Alvares
 * 5) Amarillas
 * 6) Arguello
 * 7) Barabara
 * 8) Barquez
 * 9) Barreras
 * 10) Blanco
 * 11) Bustamante
 * 12) Camacho
 * 13) Canedo
 * 14) Carrillo, Joseph Raimundo
 * 15) Clara
 * 16) Cota
 * 17) Cuanacho
 * 18) Davilla
 * 19) Delfina
 * 20) Feliz
 * 21) Domingo
 * 22) Filipa
 * 23) Dominguez
 * 24) Fermin
 * 25) Garcia
 * 26) German
 * 27) Gloria
 * 28) Gonzalas
 * 29) Gonzales
 * 30) Gregorio
 * 31) Guerrero
 * 32) Josef
 * 33) Josef Manuel
 * 34) Leybo
 * 35) Lobo
 * 36) Lopez
 * 37) Lugo
 * 38) Machado
 * 39) Mariano
 * 40) Mariner
 * 41) Marquez
 * 42) Marron
 * 43) Meneses
 * 44) Mercado
 * 45) Nepomuceno
 * 46) Olivas
 * 47) Osuna
 * 48) Pantoya
 * 49) Peralta
 * 50) Petrona
 * 51) Pico
 * 52) Reyes
 * 53) Rodriguez
 * 54) Romero
 * 55) Rosas
 * 56) Ruiz
 * 57) Sanchez
 * 58) Shea
 * 59) Silvas
 * 60) Soto
 * 61) Urselino
 * 62) Valenzuela
 * 63) Verdugo
 * 64) Villalobos
 * 65) Yorba
 * 66) Zaboleta

Old Town San Diego First Families
In 1820, Spanish settlers built houses in Old Town. The families were Carrillo, Ruiz, Ybanez, Serrano, Marron, Cota and others later joined. By 1825 the families Fitch, Robinson, and others built homes.

A Historical Research Plan for Old Town State Park lists the families as follows:

San Diego's 1st Precincts in 1850
In February 18, 1850 after formal government was created, San Diego was created as the first county. It was 37,400 square miles and the Pacific coastline 200 miles east to the Colorado River and included present counties of San Diego, Riverside, Imperial and San Bernardino and the easterly portion of Inyou. The national census of 1850 gave San Diego a population of 798 and La Playa was a population of 650. The Old Town and La Playa first precincts were established a Poll list of an election held for county officers at San Diego, California, April 1850. Person ran for the following offices and results were as follows:

First Grand Jury San Diego
The first term of the district court was held on May 6, 1850. The judge and clerk were present but no business was transacted. On September 2nd, 1850 court was organized, trail jurors summoned and six cases were tried with the following first grandjurymen.


 * 1) Aguirre, Antonio
 * 2) Alara, Holden
 * 3) Amador, Loreto
 * 4) Blake, Seth B.
 * 5) Couts, Cave J.
 * 6) Emers, J.
 * 7) Haraszthy, Charles
 * 8) Lopez, Bonifacio
 * 9) Lopez, Cristobal
 * 10) Moon, Wm. H.
 * 11) Moreno, Jose de Js.
 * 12) Osuna, Ramon
 * 13) Rocha, Manuel
 * 14) Rose, Louis
 * 15) Wall, James

Also See
California_Mission_Indians

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