Preferred Citation: Alvarez, Robert R., Jr. Familia: Migration and Adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1880-1975. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1987 1987. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft600007cb/


 

Index

A

Abalone fishing, 187 n. 1

Acapulco, 14 , 15

Acosta de Hollman, Micaela, 108

Adoption of children, 108 , 111 , 113 , 122 , 124 –125

Aguílar, Carmen, 69 , 70

Aguílar, Javier (Thomas Smith), 66

Almenares, Juana, 71 , 72

Alta California, 4 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 15 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 28 , 33 , 35 , 169 , 170 ;

map of, 17 .

See also names of individual locations

Alvarado, Pedro, 186 n. 7

Alvarez, Abel, 129

Alvarez, Antonio, 125

Alvarez, Beatrice, 125

Alvarez, Mercedes, 125

Alvarez, Roberto, 125

Alvarez, Roberto, versus Lemon Grove School Board, 155

Alvarez, Ursino, 76 , 80 , 81 , 83 , 98 , 103 , 107 , 125

Alvarez family, 57 , 73 , 107 , 110 , 111 , 118 , 125 , 129 , 138 , 142 , 154

Alvarez Smith, Guadalupe, 159

Amazons, 12 , 13 , 14 , 185 n. 5

American interests and investments, 29 –30, 35 , 37 , 52 , 163 , 188 nn. 7, 9

Americanization programs, 152

American Land and Cattle Company, 36

Apex families, 119 , 132 –138, 144 , 192 n. 2

Apex individuals, 136 , 138 –141, 144

Arce de Sotelo, Angelina, 72 , 125 , 134 –135

Arce family, 67

Arizona, 187 n. 5

B

Baptisms, 49 , 107 , 135 , 139 , 158 , 160 , 189 n. 1

Baegert Johann Jakob (Jesuit missionary), 11

Baja California, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 24 , 25 ;

allegiance to, 4 , 6 , 156 (see also Nationality; Patriotism);

cape region, 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 23 , 28 , 33 , 40 , 41 , 56 ;

climate of, 6 , 7 , 10 –12, 13 , 18 , 24 , 32 ;

colonization of, 6 ;

demographics of, 30 , 188 –189 n. 12;

desert zone of, 7 , 8 , 10 , 12 ;

discovery of, 10 , 12 , 13 , 14 ;

exploration of, 12 –16, 20 , 23 ;

foreign interests


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and investments in, 25 –26, 27 , 28 , 29 –30, 32 , 35 , 163 , 169 , 188 n. 6;

frontera (see Frontera);

geography of, 6 , 7 –10, 12 , 13 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 32 ;

during gold rush, 27 –28, 38 , 188 n. 7;

map of, 9 , 17 ;

mountains of, 7 , 8 , 51 –52, 63 , 64 ;

northwestern zone of (see Frontera);

occupation of, by U.S., 26 ;

population of, 10 , 18 , 36 , 37 , 44 , 53 , 67 ;

Spanish settlement of, 6 , 8 , 10 (see also Settlement);

during U.S.-Mexican War, 26 –27.

See also names of individual locations

Baja California Sur, 10 , 21

Bareño, Enrique, 112 , 115

Bareño, Francisca, 112

Bareño, Juan, 112

Bareño, Luis, 112

Bareño, Manuel, 112

Bareño, Miguel, 112 , 115 , 120

Bareño family, 110 , 112 , 114 , 115 , 191 n. 8

Barretero (miner), 33 , 34 . See also Mines

Bay of La Paz, 8 , 14

Becerra, Alfredo, 149

Becerra, Francisco, 131

Becerra, Vicente, 80 , 149 –150

Becerra family, 57 , 111

Bernardo Reyes, El (steamer), 90 , 91

Bias against Mexican-Americans, 152 –156

Binationality, 164

Birthdays, 49 , 139 , 158

Blacksmithing, 87 , 90

Blackwell family, 57 , 86

Bolume, Guadalupe, 76 , 79 , 80 , 139 –141, 149 –150

Bolume family, 31 , 57 , 73 , 76 , 79 , 81 , 100 , 133 , 140

Bonilla, Guadalupe, 142

Bonilla, Paula, 142

Bonilla, Paulina, 142

Bonilla, Sarah, 142

Bonilla family, 118 , 141 –142, 143

Border control, 101 , 102 , 103 , 170 . See also Immigration policy, U.S.

Brown, Kenneth, 91 –92

Bureau of Biological Survey, USDA, 189 n. 1

C

Cabo San Lucas, 3 , 10 , 15 , 46

Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, 15

Cactus, 7 , 10 , 51 , 63

Calexico, 36 , 44 , 47 , 48 , 82 , 84 , 86 , 95 , 98 , 100 , 103 –104, 105 , 108 , 110 , 112 , 115 , 118 , 119 –120, 121 , 122 , 126 , 129 , 131 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 141 , 149

Calmallí, 33 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 50 –55, 56 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 71 , 73 , 77 , 79 , 80 –81, 82 , 83 , 84 , 94 , 125 , 131 , 133 , 149 , 190 n. 9, 191 n. 7;

discovery of, 52 ;

mines in, 43 , 50 , 51 , 52 –53, 57 , 58 , 64 , 73 –76, 77 , 80 –81, 84 ;

social relations in, 51

Campo, 103 , 133

Cananea, 33 , 113 , 138 , 171

Capataz (gang leader in mines), 34 , 75 , 81

Cape zone, 7 , 10 , 23 , 28 , 33 , 40 , 41 , 56 ;

climate in, 11 , 12

Caravana, Juan, 187 n. 12

Carmelites, 186 n. 9

Castellanos, Abel, 80 , 125 , 131

Castellanos, Alicia, 143

Castellanos, Angelina, 143

Castellanos, Espiridiona, 80

Castellanos, Francisca (Panchita) 80 , 82 , 108 , 125 , 161

Castellanos, Gloria, 143

Castellanos, Jesus, 76 , 80 , 131 , 150

Castellanos, Juana, 80 , 108 , 125 , 130 , 161

Castellanos, María del Rosario, 71 ,


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72 , 190 n. 7

Castellanos, Narcisso (Chicho), 71 , 72 , 73 , 75 –76, 79 –80, 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 90 , 92 , 104 , 122 , 124 , 125 , 134 , 149 , 161 , 190 n. 7

Castellanos, Ramona, 71 , 72 , 76 , 79 , 80 , 159 , 107 , 118 , 125 , 129 , 159

Castellanos, Ricardo, 83 , 161

Castellanos, Roberto, 143 , 159

Castellanos, Tiburcio, 71 , 72 , 83 , 125 , 135 , 137 , 139 , 143 , 149 , 161

Castellanos family, 31 , 50 , 51 , 55 , 57 , 59 , 60 , 66 , 71 –73, 76 , 77 , 79 –81, 82 –84, 90 , 94 , 103 , 104 , 106 , 108 , 111 , 118 , 122 , 125 , 129 , 133 , 135 , 138 , 142 , 143 , 145 , 149 , 154 , 161

Castellanos-Sotelo family, 135 , 136 , 138 , 139 , 143

Castro, Jesus, 106

Cattle raising, 38 , 39 , 53

Cavendish, Thomas, 16

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), 155

Cedros Island, 8 , 16 , 92

Centralizing women, 136 , 138

Central Valley, 46

Cermeño, Sebastian Rodriguez de, 15

Ceseña, Daniel, 108

Ceseña, Eugenio, 106

Ceseña, Manuel, 106

Ceseña, Nicolás, 105 , 106 –107, 129 , 150

Ceseña family, 106 –107, 111 , 118 , 129 , 142

Charles V, of Spain, 13

Chartered Company of Lower California, 30

Chavez, Luisa, 106 , 129

Child rearing, 56 , 57

Chubascos (tropical cyclones), 11 , 185 n. 2

Chula Vista, 160

Citrus orchards, 127 , 155 , 156 , 160

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 155

Climate, 6 , 7 , 10 –12, 13 , 18 , 24 , 32

Coal mines, 31 , 32 , 187 n. 6

Colima, 13 , 185 n. 5

Collin family, 67

Comondú, 2 , 3 , 28 , 30 , 55 , 66 –67, 71 , 77 , 79 , 86 , 106 , 110 , 120 , 135 , 138 , 142 , 150

Compadrazgo (godparenthood), 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 56 , 59 , 76 , 79 , 80 , 95 , 97 , 98 , 104 , 105 , 107 , 110 , 115 , 117 , 131 , 133 , 135 –136, 138 , 139 , 142 , 152 , 157 –158, 189 n. 1

Compadres (coparents), 189 n. 1

Company mines, 24 , 38 , 74 –75

Confianza (trust), 57 –59, 104 , 105 , 134 , 136

Constraint-choice model, 166 –167

Contracted labor (Enganchados ), 46 , 111 , 112 , 191 –192 n. 8

Convention of American Mining Engineers (1901), 188 n. 6

Cooper, George, 190 n. 9

Copper mines, 33 , 92

Cortéz, Hernán, 12 , 13 –14, 185 n. 4, 185 –186 n. 5, 186 nn. 7, 9

Cortéz de Buenaventura, Francisco, 185 –186 n. 5

Cotton industry, 35 , 36 , 45 , 96 , 103 , 110 , 111 –112, 121 , 190 n. 6

Cristábal de Olid (Tehuantepec), 13 , 28

D

Davis, William G., 166

Demographics, 30 , 188 –189 n. 12. See also Population

Depression (economic), 152 –155

Deserts, 7 , 11 , 33 , 82

Desert zone, 7 , 8 , 10 ;

climate in, 12 ;

gold mines in, 10


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Díaz, Melchior (sixteenth-century explorer), 15

Díaz, Porfirio, 29 –30, 38 , 187 n. 6, 188 n. 8. See also Porfiriato

Disease, 10

Ditch digging, 91

Dolores del Sur, 28

Dominicans, 21

Drake, Sir Francis, 16

Drew family, 30 , 67

Dyads (dyadic relations), 57 –58, 144

E

El Alamo, 34 , 43 , 51 , 84 –86

El Barril, 53

El Boleo, 30 , 32 , 65 , 93 , 138

El Cajon, 68 –69, 90 , 92 , 93 , 120 , 129

El Camino Real (King's Highway), 7 , 21 , 23 , 28 , 53 , 82 , 84 , 169

El Marmol, 34 , 43 , 72 , 81 , 83 –84

El Palmar, 64

El Rosario, 8 , 11 , 73 , 79 , 82 , 84

El Triunfo, 57 , 61 , 62 , 69

Empalme, 171

Endogamy, 98

Enganchados (contracted labor), 111 , 112 , 191 –192 n. 8

Ensenada, 2 , 11 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 83 , 84 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 98 , 106 , 108 , 119 , 124 , 126 , 127 , 131 , 145 , 188 n. 11, 189 n. 12

Espinosa, Faracisco, 122

Espinoza, Antonio, 66

Espinoza, Ramon, 131

Estrada, José, 69 , 72

Estrada, José, Jr., 69

Estrada family, 72

Exploration, 12 –16, 20 , 23

Exploration routes, 186 n. 5

F

Family, role of, in migration, 1 –2, 4 –5, 42 –43, 44 , 78 –79, 94 , 165 , 170 . See also Network formation

Farming, 89

Farm labor, 48 , 79 , 84 , 100 , 106 , 120 , 155 , 156 , 157

Fernandez, Antonio, 138

Fernandez de Simpson, Sarah, 135 –136

Fernandez de Smith, Flora, 135

Fernandez family, 135

Fierro, Pancho, 63

"Filibustering," 27 , 149 , 187 n. 3

Fischer, Claude S., 166 –167, 192 n. 1

Flora and Fauna, 7 , 8 , 10 , 51 , 63 , 67

Flores, Hale, and Company, 30

Flour mills, 89

Foreign interests and investments, 25 –26, 27 , 28 , 29 –30, 32 , 35 , 163 , 169 , 188 n. 6

Foundries, 87 . See also Smelters

Franciscans, 20 , 186 n. 9

Fresno, 120

Frontera, 7 , 8 , 15 , 21 , 23 , 82 , 94 , 95 , 97 , 98 , 103 –105, 126 –127, 130 , 131 , 132 , 136 , 144 , 148 , 149 , 169 ;

climate of, 11 ;

development of, 35 –39;

employment in, 100 ;

map of, 102 ;

migration to, 106 –117;

mobility in, 104 , 107 ;

settlement of, 95 , 96 , 101 , 103 , 107 –108, 118 , 119 (see also Settlement);

Spanish influence on culture of, 39

Funerals, 42 , 49 , 139 , 158 , 160 –161

G

Gadsden Purchase, 187 n. 5

Gambling, 37

Garcia, Presentacion, 69

Gastelum de Ceseña, Josefa, 108

Gastelum de Hollman, Eulogia, 108 , 110

Gaxiola de Castellanos, Cleofas, 71 , 72 , 79 –80, 82 , 83 , 84 , 122 , 124 , 134 , 190 n. 7

Gaxiola family, 71 , 77


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Geography, 6 , 7 –10, 12 , 13 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 32

Godparenthood, 3 , 41 , 45 , 48 , 49 . See also Compadrazgo

Goldbaum, David, 52 , 53 , 85

Goldman, G. A., 189 n. 1

Gold mines, 10 , 13 , 31 , 34 , 38 , 42 , 52 –53, 74 –75

Gold rush, 27 –28, 38 , 85 , 188 n. 7

Gomez family, 98 , 136

Gonzales, Guadalupe. 80

Gonzales de Fernandez, Balvina, 138

Gonzales de Sotelo, Refugio, 136 , 138 –139

Gonzales family, 57 , 129 , 154

Gonzales-Nuñez family, 142

Goodenough, Ward H., 97

Granite, 7 , 8 , 63

Green family, 30 , 67 , 148

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty signed at, 26

Guadalupe Island, 8

Guatemala City, 192 n. 2

Guaymas, 30 , 46 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 113 , 138 , 171

Guerrero (Pedro Alvarez Chico), 13

Guerrero Negro, 185 n. 1

Guilin family, 129 , 142

Gulf Coast Desert, 8

Gulf of California, 4 , 7 , 13 , 15

Guzmán (sixteenth-century explorer), 13 –14

H

Holidays, 49 , 139

Hollman, Bernardo, 108 , 109 , 110

Hollman, Chicho, 97

Hollman, Federico, 191 n. 5

Hollman, José, 108 , 191 n. 5

Hollman, Josefa, 108 , 109

Hollman, Marcos, 103 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 191 n. 5

Hollman, Sarah, 108

Hollman, Victor, 108 , 109 , 191 n. 5

Hollman family, 103 , 105 , 107 –110, 111

Hoover, Herbert, 152

Horse racing, 37

Horton, Alonzo, 99

Howard, Charlie, 67 , 77 , 78

I

Ibarra, Emiliano, 52 , 53

Ibarra Gold Mining Company, 52 –53

Ideology, 148 –150

Immigration policy, U.S., 47 , 101 –104, 151 , 152 , 170 , 189 n. 2, 191 nn. 2, 3

Imperial Valley, 35 , 36 , 45 , 46 , 111 , 153

Incorporation, 119 , 141 –144

Indians, 10 , 12 , 14 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 24 , 169 , 186 n. 9, 187 n. 12

Indies, 13 , 168 –169

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Wobblies), 148 , 149 , 192 n. 4

Intermarriage, 30 , 35 , 47 , 49 , 81 , 96 , 131 , 141 , 142 , 144 , 145 , 152 , 157 , 160 . See also Marriage

International Company of Mexico, 30 , 33 , 36

Investors, American, 29 –30. See also American interests and investments; Foreign interests and investments

Iron mines, 31 , 187 n. 6

Irrigation, 36

Isthmus of Panama, 28

J

Jacumba, 103

Jesuits, 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 169 , 171 , 186 n. 9

Jesus María, 28

Jiménez, Ortuno, 14

Juárez, Benito, 29 , 188 n. 8

Julio César, 34 , 43 , 79 , 81 , 83 , 149


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K

Kin, 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 118 . See also Family; Network formation

Kino, Eusebio Francisco, 18 , 19 , 187 n. 11

Kin ties. See Network formation

L

La Bomba, 115

Labor:

for collecting wood, 34 , 70 , 77 , 85 , 120 ;

contracted, 46 , 111 , 112 , 191 –192 n. 8;

in cotton industry (see Cotton industry);

for digging ditches, 91 ;

farm, 48 , 79 , 84 , 100 , 106 , 120 , 155 , 156 , 157 ;

migrant, 3 , 33 ;

in the mines, 33 –35, 53 , 61 –62, 63 (see also Mines);

in tourist industry, 37 ;

unskilled, 100 , 120 ;

Yaqui, 33

La Concepción, 186 n. 10

Lafaye, Jacques, 171

Laguna Chapala, 84

Laguna Mountains, 120

Lakeside, 131

La Mesa, 125

Land booms, 35 , 37 , 38 , 99 , 157 , 160

Land grants, 30 , 188 n. 8

Land investments, 36

La Palmilia, 107 , 191 n. 4

La Pasita (steamer), 115

La Paz, 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 18 , 28 , 33 , 45 , 57 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 71 , 186 n. 9, 190 n. 7

La Purisma Concepción, 20

Larrinagos family, 86

Las Flores, 33 , 43 , 51 , 55 , 62 , 63 , 65 , 67 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 77 , 86 , 125 , 133 , 149 , 191 n. 7

Las Flores Company, 63

Las Rosas family, 113

Las Tres Vírgenes, 8

Lemon Grove, 41 , 48 , 106 , 107 , 118 , 119 , 121 , 126 , 127 –132, 134 , 138 , 141 –142, 145 , 149 , 151 –157, 159 –160, 161 , 162 , 166 , 167 ;

citrus orchards of, 127 , 155 , 156 , 160 ;

during Depression, 152 –155;

employment in, 127 –128, 155 , 156 , 157 ;

school segregation attempts in, 153 –155;

unions in, 156

Lemon Grove Neighbors Committee, 153

Leñadores (wood collectors), 34 , 70 , 77 , 85 , 120

Lieras, Pepe, 107 , 140

Lieras family, 105 , 107 , 118 , 129 , 142

Livestock breeding, 20

Logan Heights, 157 , 158 , 160

Lomnitz, Larissa, 98

Lopez family, 76

Loreto, 2 , 3 , 10 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 30 , 45 , 57 , 61 , 66 , 67 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 169 , 187 n. 12

Loreto, Nuestra Señora de, 19

Los Angeles, 38 , 90 , 99 , 138 , 153

Lower California Colonization and Mining Company, 31

M

McIntosh family, 30

McKinley Tariff Act, 32

McLish family, 30 , 67 , 148

Magdalena, 11

Magdalena Bay, 16 , 25 , 30 , 33 , 187

Magdalena Plain, 8

Magellan, Ferdinand, 13

Maneadero, 2 , 84 , 131

Manila galleon, 12 , 15 –16, 27 , 71 , 169 , 186 n. 8

Manriquez, Teresa, 61

Manzanillo, 63

Marquez, Doroteo, 61 , 66 , 89 , 90

Marquez, Loreto, 19 , 52 , 58 , 61 –66, 73 –76, 77 , 80 , 83 –84, 86 –94, 106 , 133 , 192 n. 3

Marquez, Nicolas, 19 , 61

Marquez family, 31 , 50 , 55 , 57 , 60 ,


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61 –66, 71 , 73 , 76 , 79 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 88 , 92 , 94 , 111 , 133

Marriage, 2 , 3 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 48 , 49 , 56 , 59 , 79 , 80 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 104 , 105 , 110 , 117 , 131 , 133 , 135 , 136 , 138 , 139 , 141 , 142 , 145 , 157 , 158 , 164 . See also Intermarriage

Martinez, Ramon, 98

Martyrs of Japan, 186 n. 10

Mazatlán, 28 , 46 , 63 , 64

Mendoza, Antonio de, 14 , 186 n. 7

Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de, 14

Mesa, Antonia, 77

Mesa, Juana, 78 –79, 84

Mesa, Levorio, 113 , 115 , 121 –122

Mesa, Maria, 66

Mesa, Salvador, 78 –79, 84

Mesa de Bareño, Berta, 112 , 115 , 120 , 121

Mesa de Ceseña, Hirginia, 79 , 84 , 131

Mesa de Espinoza, Paula, 78 , 84 , 131

Mesa de Romero, Martina, 77 , 103 , 112 –113, 115 , 121 –122

Mesa de Smith, Apolonia, 67 , 69 , 70 , 76 , 77 , 79 , 84 , 85 –86, 87 , 112 , 114 , 115 , 135 , 120 , 121 , 135

Mesa family, 67 , 77 , 78 –79, 84 , 122 , 129 , 131 , 135 , 138

Mesa-Smith family, 50 , 60 , 66 –71, 79 , 131 , 138 , 139

Mexicali, 4 , 35 –36, 37 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 73 , 86 , 95 , 96 , 98 , 103 –104, 108 , 119 , 122 , 123 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 134 , 145 , 149 , 157

Mexicali Valley, 110 , 111 , 112 , 115 , 126 , 190 n. 6

Mexicanidad,133 , 148 , 192 n. 1. See also Nationality; Patriotism

Mexican Information Bureau, London, 188 n. 6

Mexican Land and Colonization Company, 31

Mexican revolution, 103 , 108 , 115 , 141 , 192 n. 4

Mexico, 3 , 4 , 7 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 –30, 31 , 141 , 145 , 149 , 156 , 162 , 164 , 169 , 170 , 172 , 187 n. 3;

economic conditions in, 163 ;

French occupation of, 29 , 188 n. 7;

at war with U.S., 26 –27, 31 .

See also Baja California

Mexico City, 13 , 98 , 188 n. 6

Migrant labor, 3 , 33

Migration, reasons for, 26 , 45 , 67 , 81 , 82 , 94 , 111 , 115 , 119 , 127 , 163 , 165 –166, 168 , 169 ;

role of family in, 1 –2, 4 –5, 42 –43, 44 , 78 –79, 94 , 165 , 170

Migration routes, 15 , 18 , 169 . See also El Camino Real

Mines, 3 , 4 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 31 –35, 36 , 43 , 61 , 62 , 81 , 85 –86, 163 , 187 –188 n. 6, 188 nn. 7, 9, 10 , 190 n. 6;

in Calmallí, 43 , 50 , 51 , 52 –53, 57 , 58 , 64 , 73 –76, 77 , 80 –81, 84 ;

class system evolving through, 35 ;

coal, 31 , 32 , 187 n. 6;

company, 34 , 38 , 74 –75;

copper, 33 , 92 ;

gold, 10 , 13 , 31 , 34 , 38 , 42 , 52 –53, 74 –75;

iron, 31 , 187 n. 6;

labor for, 33 –35, 53 , 61 –62, 63 ;

as motivation for migration, 33 –34;

for nonferrous metals, 31 , 187 n. 6;

onyx, 83 ;

quartz, 85 ;

silver, 31 , 34 , 74 , 187 n. 6, 190 n. 4;

as way of life for migrants, 33 , 34 , 94

Missionaries, 10 , 12 , 13 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 169 , 171 , 186 n. 9, 192 n. 9. See also Missions; individual names of orders

Missions, 18 , 19 –20, 22 , 25 , 169 , 171 . See also Missionaries

Mitchell, J. Clyde, 55

Moeller and Company, 30

Moluccas (Spice Islands), 13


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Montejano, Narcisso, 108

Monterey, 21 , 23

Moore, Maria, 125

Moore family, 57

Moorehead, Joseph, 27

Mountains, 7 , 8 , 51 –52, 63 , 64

Mulegé 30 , 55 , 63 , 67 , 69 , 71 , 72 , 190 n. 7

N

National City, 160

Nationality, 148 –149

Nayarit, 185 n. 5

Nelson, E. W., 51 –52, 85 , 189 n. 1

Network formation, 162 –167;

Calmallí phase of, 40 –41, 42 –43, 50 –94;

Lemon Grove phase of, 41 , 48 –49, 118 –150;

San Diego-Calexico phase of, 41 , 43 –47, 95 –117

New Mexico, 187 n. 5

New Spain, 12 , 13 , 14 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 186 nn. 7, 8

Nogales, 138 , 171

Northwestern zone. See Frontera

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores del Sur, 20

Nuñez de Lieras, Antonia, 107

Nuñez family, 118 , 129

O

Oaxaca (Pedro de Alvarado), 13 , 31

Ojo de Liebre, 28

Onyx mines, 83

Otondo y Antillon, Isidro, 18

Otter hunting, 24 , 25 , 26 , 30 , 35 , 38

Our Lady of Guadalupe, 20

Oyos, Guillermo, 143

Oyos, Lorraine, 143

Oyos, Ramon, 143

Oyos family, 141 , 143

P

Padrimos de bautismo,135 . See also Baptisms; Compadrazgo

Palo blanco wood, 114 , 192 n. 9

Panama, 28

Panamalgamation, 31

Parentesco (family sentiment), 95 , 96 –98, 132 , 136 , 152

Parientes (kin), 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 118

Patriotism, 148 –149

Pedro Alvarez Chico (Guerrero), 13

Pedro de Alvarado (Oaxaca), 13 , 31

Peninsula. See Baja California

Peru, 169

Philippines, 13 , 15 , 27 , 169 , 186 n. 8

Pichilingue, 16

Pícolo, Francisco María, 19 , 20

Pindray, Charles de, 27

Piscas (fruit-picking migrations), 33

Population, 10 , 18 , 36 , 37 , 44 , 53 , 67

Porfiriato, 29 , 31 , 35 , 40 . See also Díaz, Porfirio

Portugal, 13 , 186 n. 6

Pozo Alemán, 57 , 190 n. 9

Prohibition, 37

Punta Prieta, 34 , 43 , 51 , 84 , 88 , 89 , 91 , 92

Purisima, 28

Q

Quartz mining, 85

R

Railroads, 32 , 38 , 89 , 99 , 106 , 127 –128, 188 nn. 9, 11

Rainfall:

in Alta California, 24 ;

in Baja California, 7 , 11 , 16

Rancho de Little, 149

Raousset-Boulbon (filibuster), 27

Reciprocity, 58 , 76 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 105 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 165 , 192 n. 2

"Recruitment," 141

Repatriation, 152 , 155

Revolution, 103 , 108 , 115 , 141 , 192 n. 4

Roads, 6 –7, 20 , 31 , 32 , 37 , 53 , 61 –62, 64 –65, 98 , 169 , 186 n. 5

Rock quarries, 121 , 128 , 157


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Rogers, Woodes, 16

Romero, Jesus, 112

Romero, María 112

Romero, Olayo, 112 –113, 121 –122

Romero, Trinidad, 69

Romero family, 112 –113, 115 , 122 , 154 , 191 n. 8

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 155

Rosario, 28

Rosas, Ramona de las, 129

Royal Order of Pacific Exploration, 13

Rubio, Ramona, 92 , 94

Ruiz family, deportation of, 155

Rural (traditional) versus urban communities, 165 –167, 192 n. 1

S

Saavedra Leron, Alvaro, 13

St. Denis (steamer), 83

Salgado, Guadalupe, 115 , 123 , 149 , 158

Salgado, Manuel, 190 n. 10

Salgado, Rosa, 85 –86, 190 n. 10

Salgado de Smith, Dolores, 110 , 120 , 121 , 123 , 130 , 158 , 190 n. 10

Salgado family, 108 , 110 , 123

Salvatierra, Juan María de, 19 , 20 , 61 , 187 n. 11

Salvatierra family, 110

San Agustin, 186 n. 10

San Andreas, 28

San Andreas fault, 7

San Antonio, 57 , 61 , 62 , 133 , 190 n. 4, 192 n. 3

San Blas, 28

San Bruno, 18

San Diego (city), 15 , 21 , 35 , 36 , 37 –38, 39 , 41 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 49 , 52 , 69 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 82 , 83 , 88 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 94 , 95 –96, 98 –99, 100 –101, 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 110 , 111 , 118 –119, 120 , 121 , 122 , 124 –125, 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 131 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 139 , 141 , 143 , 144 –145, 148 , 149 , 150 , 156 , 157 , 160 , 169 , 192 n. 3;

economic development of, 98 –99, 156 ;

employment in, 119 , 131 , 157 ;

as major port, 37 –38, 99 ;

natural resources of, 99 ;

rainfall in, 11

San Diego (county), 2 , 3 , 8 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 67 , 88 , 151 , 157 , 158 , 162 , 164 , 166 ;

map of, 128

San Diego and Arizona Railroad, 106

San Diego Bay, 16

San Diego Bee (newspaper), 38

San Felipe, 46 , 115

San Felipe Desert, 8

San Fernando, 72 , 84 , 133

San Francisco, 27 , 28 , 33 , 96 , 106 , 169

San Francisco de Borja, 186 n. 10

San Francisco Xavier, 20 , 186 n. 10

San Geronimo, 186 n. 10

San Ignacio, 28 , 72 , 79 , 134 , 186 n. 10

San Joaquín Valley, 111 , 153

San José de Comondú, 20 , 190 n. 5

San José de Las Flores, 69

San José del Cabo, 10 , 20 , 46 , 57 , 61 , 66 , 98 , 107 , 108 , 129 , 150

San José de Magdalena, 138

San Joseña, 108

San Juan, 33 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 72

San Matias, 186 n. 10

San Miguel de Comondú, 113 , 190 n. 5

San Nicolas de Tolentino, 186 n. 10

San Pedro, 145 , 186 n. 10

San Pedro Mártir range, 8 , 11

San Quintín, 8 , 25 , 30 , 36 , 83 , 84 , 88 –89, 188 n. 11;

rainfall in, 11

San Regis, 82 , 84

San Sereno, 186 n. 10

San Simeon, 186 n. 10

Santa Ana, Calif., 131


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Santa Anna, Antonio Lopéz de, 29 , 190 n. 4

Santa Catalina, 16

Santa Catarina, 82 , 83 , 84

Santa Clara gold strike, 36 , 85

Santa María de Calamajue, 20

Santa Rosalía, 33 , 45 , 51 , 53 , 65 , 66 , 79 , 86 , 93 , 115 , 135 , 138

Santa Rosalía de Mulegé, 20

Santee, 131

Santo Domingo, 52 , 53

Santo Tomás, 69

San Valeno, 186 n. 10

San Xavier, 19 –20, 28

San Ysidro, 103 , 108

Scammons Lagoon, 185 n. 1, 187 n. 1

School segregation, 153 –155

Sea-Ianes, establishment of, 14 , 15

Seal hunting, 38 , 187 n. 1

Sea otters. See Otter hunting

Segregation, 153 –155

Sepulveda, Maria, 149 , 158

Sepulveda, Vicente, 149

Serra, Junipero, 21

Settlement, 8 , 10 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 18 –23, 26 , 28 , 29 , 67 , 89 , 95 , 96 , 101 , 103 , 107 –108, 118 , 119 , 126 , 162 ;

effect of climate on, 10 , 12 , 13 , 18 , 32 ;

effect of geography on, 6 , 12 , 13 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 32

Seven Lost Cities of Gold, 169

Shelvoke, George, 16

Shipping industry, 27 –28, 38 , 52 –53, 63 , 90

Sierra de la Gigante, 8

Sierra de San Borja, 51

Sierra Juárez range, 8

Sierra La Victoria, 10

Sierra San Ignacio, 63

Sierra San Juan, 63

Silver mines, 31 , 34 , 74 , 187 n. 6, 190 n. 4

Simpson, Artemicia, 125 , 134 –135

Simpson, Guillermo, 84 , 125 , 134 , 135

Simpson, Guillermo, II, 135

Simpson, Guillermo, III, 150

Simpson family, 30 , 31 , 57 , 76 , 79 , 81 , 83 , 84 , 103 , 125 , 126 , 133 , 138 , 148 , 154

Sinaloa, 14 , 19 , 71

Smelters, 31 , 34 , 120 . See also Foundries

Smith, Adalberto, 71 , 76 , 77 , 85 –86, 87 , 120 , 121 , 123 , 124 , 129 , 190 n. 10

Smith, Antonio, 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 120

Smith, Encarnación, 69

Smith, Francisca, 71 , 77

Smith, Jesus, 87

Smith, José, 120 , 123 , 124 , 130

Smith, José Maria, 69

Smith, Malvino, 120

Smith, Manuel, 67 , 69 , 70 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 84 , 85 –86, 87 , 120 , 135 , 190 n. 9

Smith, Manuel, II, 135

Smith, Manuel, III, 150

Smith, María (daughter of Manuel and Apolonia), 77 , 86

Smith, Osidiano, 67

Smith, Panchita, 86

Smith, Thomas (Javier Aguílar), 66

Smith de Alvarez, María (daughter of Adalberto and Dolores), 120 , 123 , 124 , 130 , 158 , 190 n. 9

Smith de Howard, Ramona, 67 , 69 , 77

Smith family, 30 , 31 , 55 , 57 , 59 , 66 –69, 72 , 73 , 76 , 77 –79, 81 , 82 , 84 –86, 94 , 100 , 106 , 110 , 111 , 120 , 122 , 129 , 133 , 142 , 148 , 150 , 154 , 191 n. 7

Social networks. See Network formation


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Society of Jesus, 18

Sonora, 18 , 19 , 27 , 31 , 171

Sotelo, Amalia, 73 , 126

Sotelo, Federico, 72

Sotelo, Francisco (Pancho), 72 , 73 , 125 –126, 134 , 135 , 136 , 138 , 145

Sotelo, Guillermo, 72 , 126

Sotelo, Prudencio, 72

Sotelo, Refugio, 72 , 126 , 135 , 137 , 143

Sotelo, Teodora, 72

Sotelo family, 51 , 72 , 81 , 83 , 122 , 125 , 129 , 131 , 133 , 134 , 138 , 142 , 143 , 145 , 154

South Sea, 13

Spain, 13 , 31 , 168

Spice Islands, 13

Spice trade, 13

Spreckles family, 99

Spring Valley, 48

Stamp-milling, 31

Steamer travel, 38 , 46 , 63 , 83 , 90 , 96 , 99 , 107 , 108 , 111 –112, 191 n. 4

T

Tecate, 2 , 106 , 119 , 127 , 131 , 145 , 157

Tehuantepec (Cristóbal de Olid), 13 , 28

Tenth International Geologic Congress (1906), 188 n. 6

Tijuana, 2 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 44 , 47 , 98 , 119 , 122 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 131 , 145 , 157 , 189 n. 12;

rainfall in, 11

Tortolero, Luis de Torres y, 19

Tourism, 36 –37

Trade, 27 , 28 , 36 , 38 , 89 , 96 , 99

Transcontinental railroad, 99

Transpeninsular highways, 7

Transportation, 31 , 32 –33, 36 , 42 , 45 –46, 53 , 64 –65, 82 , 100 , 120 , 141 . See also Railroads; Steamer travel

Treaty of Tordesillas, 186 n. 6

Tropic of Cancer, 10 , 11

Trust, 76. See also Confianza

Tuna canneries, 157

U

Ugarte, Juan de, 20

Ulloa, 186 n. 7

Union de Campesinos y Obreros, La (Agricultural and Workers Union), 156

Unions, 156

Unskilled labor, 100 , 120

Urban versus rural (traditional) communities, 165 –167, 192 n. 1

U.S. Immigration Service, 104 . See also Immigration policy, U.S.

U.S.-Mexican War, 26 –27, 31

V

Vargas, Albino, 138

Vasquez family, 57

Vegetation. See Flora and fauna

Vera Cruz, 149

Villavicencio family, 57 , 72 , 77 , 190 n. 9

Vineyards, 20

Vizcaíno, Sebastian, 15 –16, 186 n. 9

Vizcaíno Desert, 8 , 11

W

Walker, William, 27

War of Independence, Mexican (1810–1821), 25 , 31 , 187 n. 2

War of Reform, 28

Whaling industry, 24 , 26 , 30 , 35 , 67 , 187 n. 1

Wood collectors, 34 , 70 , 77 , 85 , 114 , 120

World War II, 156

Y

Yaqui labor, 33


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Preferred Citation: Alvarez, Robert R., Jr. Familia: Migration and Adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1880-1975. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1987 1987. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft600007cb/