Smith Family of Baja California by Donna Przecha San Diego, California July 2012 1 Smith Family of Baja California Donna Przecha _______________________________________________________________________________________________ This is an update of research notes on the family of Thomas Smith and Maria Meza. After sending out the initial report many researchers submitted further information. This report is mainly limited to the children and grandchildren of Thomas and Maria but some lines have been extended a bit further. We did discover that there is a lot of good research that has been done by several family members, much of it well documented. Harry Crosby and I hope that someone will be interested in using this information as a starting point for a more complete history of the family, including later generations. I will admit that the documentation is not complete. It is more a question of indicating where or to whom to go for complete source information. The census information is brief, usually only a year and place. Most people access census returns now through an index, rather than through districts, EDs, pages, etc. I have listed the people as I found them, usually in Ancestry.com or Heritage Quest, even if the spelling is incorrect since this is the way they are indexed. The endnotes are embedded so that it is easy to see the source. To save space and make reading easier, I have used “Guia Familiar” rather than the complete citation: Pablo L. Martínez, Guía Familiar de Baja California, 1700-1900 (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Baja California, 1965). Many of the references to Guía Familiar are left in Spanish. The abbreviations used in these entries are: b. = baptized n. = born c. = married h. l. de = legitimate child of h. de = child born out of wedlock of nat. de = native of, born at Abs. pats. = paternal grandparents Abs. mats. = maternal grandparents celibe = unmarried finado, –ada = deceased orig. de = born at Abbreviations used in census return: b. = born imm. = year of immigration mo = mother fa = father mo b = mother’s birthplace fa b = father’s birthplace parents b = birthplace of both parents mo of or mo x = number of children born to the mother living = number still living dau = daughter gr-dau = granddaughter gr-son = grandson In the descendants report: [x] - Numbers in brackets indicate this person will be found in another place in the report. This indicates a cousin marriage. The individual will appear as a child to his parents in one place and as a spouse in another place. (See separate listing of cousin marriages.) Donna Przecha 2 Smith Family of Baja California Donna Przecha _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Descendants of George Smith 1 George Smith b: NY .. +Ann Mary Mott b: NY ...... 2 Thomas Smith b: 1781 New York, New York d: Aft. 1850 .......... +Maria Meza b: Abt. 1792 San José de Comondú or Loreto d: Aft. 1852 ............... 3 Juan Smith b: 1810 d: Aft. 1875 ................... +Tomasa Arce d: Bef. 1875 ....................... 4 Maria Loreto Smith b: Abt. 1830 L Cal ....................... 4 Loreto Smith b: Abt. 1832 Calif ....................... 4 Marcelino Smith b: June 01, 1836 Mexico d: June 10, 1913 San Diego, CA ........................... +Gertrudis Romero b: November 16, 1834 Mexico d: May 09, 1918 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Isidoro Smith b: April 04, 1856 Mexico .................................... +Angela Aus b: Abt. 1861 Mexico ........................................ 6 Gertrudis Smith b: July 14, 1895 San Diego, CA ................................ *2nd Wife of Isidoro Smith: .................................... +Braulia Rosas ........................................ 6 Amelia Smith b: October 01, 1887 San Jose del Cabo ........................................ 6 Maria Victoria Smith b: December 23, 1886 San Jose del Cabo, B C ................................ 5 Gumersindo Smith b: January 13, 1860 Comondú ................................ 5 Gumersinda Smith b: February 13, 1861 L Cal d: December 02, 1942 San Diego, CA .................................... +Francisco Ames m: February 14, 1890 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Tomasa Smith b: November 10, 1862 Comondú .................................... +Sacramento Cano b: Abt. 1847 Hermosillo, Son m: October 20, 1878 Comondú ........................................ 6 Esther Cano b: September 21, 1879 Comondú ........................................ 6 Florentina Cano b: January 17, 1881 Comondú ........................................ 6 Carlos Cano b: March 30, 1889 San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Jorge Cano b: April 23, 1897 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Jesus Smith b: March 30, 1864 ................................ 5 Esquipulas Smith b: November 30, 1864 B Cal Sur, Mex .................................... +Candelaria Martinez b: Abt. 1873 Los Angeles, CA d: 1905 ........................................ 6 Marcelino Smith b: July 1893 Calif ........................................ 6 Tomasa Smith b: December 1894 Calif d: December 19, 1914 San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Paz Smith b: December 1896 US ........................................ 6 [10] Aurora Smith b: December 1898 ............................................ +[9] Yldefonso Matias Smith b: Abt. 1890 Mexico m: November 1915 San Diego, CA ................................................. 7 [11] Ildefonso [Yldefonso] Smith b: Abt. 1918 Calif ................................................. 7 [12] Edwardo Smith b: Abt. 1919 Calif ................................................. 7 [13] Irene Smith ................................................. 7 [14] Beatriz Smith ........................................ 6 Erminia Gabriela Smith b: March 18, 1904 Lakeside, San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Edward Smith b: Abt. 1900 ................................ *2nd Wife of Esquipulas Smith: .................................... +Josephine Romero b: Abt. 1883 ........................................ 6 Juanita [Jeannie] Smith b: February 03, 1906 San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Esquipulas [Escapula] Smith b: May 08, 1907 Calif ........................................ 6 William Smith b: June 22, 1908 Calif ........................................ 6 Sarah Smith b: January 05, 1910 Calif ........................................ 6 Gilbert Smith b: September 10, 1911 ................................ 5 Paz Smith b: January 24, 1867 d: December 29, 1923 San Diego, CA .................................... +Joaquin William Gutierrez b: June 25, 1859 San Juan Capistrano, Los Angeles, CA d: November 27, 1920 San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Rita Gutierrez b: Abt. 1890 ........................................ 6 Rosa Maria Gutierrez b: August 30, 1892 1 Smith Family of Baja California Donna Przecha _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ........................................ 6 Alejandra Gutierrez b: 1893 ........................................ 6 Fidel Joaquin Gutierrez b: April 24, 1894 ........................................ 6 Abraham Gutierrez b: January 1896 ........................................ 6 Guadelupe Gutierrez b: November 1897 ........................................ 6 Linda Gutierrez b: November 01, 1900 ........................................ 6 Angelita Gutierrez b: Abt. 1903 ................................ 5 Pauline Smith b: January 15, 1871 Mexico d: November 02, 1954 San Diego, CA .................................... +Miguel Fernandez b: September 29, 1886 Mexico d: July 24, 1955 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Romualdo [Romeo] Smith b: February 07, 1871 Mexico .................................... +Lydia Cesena b: Abt. 1887 Mexico ........................................ 6 [2] Clorinda Georgia Smith b: May 25, 1909 San Diego, CA d: 1979 ............................................ +[1] Frank Smith b: August 26, 1906 Colton, San Bernardino, CA d: February 24, 1968 Colton, San Bernardino, CA ................................................. 7 [3] Raymond Smith b: 1956 d: 1979 ........................................ 6 Florinda Smith b: May 25, 1909 San Diego, CA ........................................ 6 Florinda Smith b: April 16, 1910 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Eulogio [Hugh] Smith b: March 11, 1873 d: July 15, 1939 .................................... +Beatrice Victoria Peralta ................................ 5 Severiano Martin Smith b: March 1875 d: Abt. 1875 ................................ 5 Juan [John] Angelo Smith b: February 1877 Mexico d: October 12, 1904 San Diego, CA ................................ 5 Maria Nieves Smith b: July 29, 1881 Comondú d: April 06, 1955 San Diego, CA .................................... +Leon Amos Farnsworth b: April 06, 1884 m: July 25, 1907 d: August 07, 1960 ....................... *2nd Wife of Marcelino Smith: ........................... +Ramona Peralta b: Comundú ................................ 5 Otilio Smith b: 1869 Conomdú .................................... +Antonia Alberti m: June 20, 1891 Ensenada de Todos Santos ....................... 4 Peter Smith b: Abt. 1836 Calif ....................... 4 Pilar Smith b: April 22, 1843 Mexico d: September 21, 1913 San Diego, CA ........................... +R[efugio?] Murillo ................................ 5 Salvadora Murillo b: Abt. 1861 Mexico ...............................