Gonzales family
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The Gonzales family of Santa Cruz had an adobe residence on the west side of Mission Plaza.
- Corporal Francisco Gonzales (1771-1832) served as Mission Santa Cruz mayordomo (administrator) from 1808-1811. His wife Rafaela belonged to the Castro family.
- According to Rowland, Francisco Gonzales was among the first godfathers named in mission records (appointed by the padres for neophyte baptisms).
- Daughter Marguerite (the French version of Margarita) married French immigrant Dabadie, Jean B..
- Son Juan Jose was grantee of Rancho Pescadero in 1833, and became first mayordomo of former Mission Santa Cruz property following its 1834 secularization.
- A son of Juan and Maria named Felipe (aka Filipe, 1822-1892) moved to the Pajaro Valley, and his daughter Bernabe (p370-71) has a bio in Guinn. Find-a-Grave has no record of Bernabe, but a number of persons named Gonzales are buried in Watsonville cemeteries.
- A daughter of Juan and Maria named Maria Carlotta (1829-1920) married Francisco Alzina between 1846 and 1850, when Alzina built a house for them next door to her parents. She is buried in the Alzina plot at Old Holy Cross.