Soto family
The Soto family were among the early Californio residents of our area.
- Francisco Soto was mayor domo of Mission Santa Cruz in 1839
- Gertrudis Soto married into the Rodriguez family
- A Soto married Joséfa Pérez (The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Six, item (23), page 192)
- Ascension and Graciela Soto are shown as property owners on the 1889 "Hatch map".