José Joaquín Botiller y Cota was born at Loreto, Baja California, about 1786. He was the youngest child of soldado Juan Antonio Botiller y Márquez and María Celia Bonifacia Cota y Verdugo. Soon after the death of his father, his widowed mother took him and his three siblings to Alta California. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1805. José married the orphan María Tadea Lorenzana* at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel on November 5, 1809 (BP Marriage 00070). He was killed when he fell from a horse on May 15, 1849, and was buried in the mission cemetery the following day ("Cementerio de esta Misión" BP Death 00895).
*Several orphans were sent to Alta California from Mexico City. They were all given this surname, one of the orphanage's benefactors.
*Several orphans were sent to Alta California from Mexico City. They were all given this surname, one of the orphanage's benefactors.
José Joaquín Botiller y Cota was born at Loreto, Baja California, about 1786. He was the youngest child of soldado Juan Antonio Botiller y Márquez and María Celia Bonifacia Cota y Verdugo. Soon after the death of his father, his widowed mother took him and his three siblings to Alta California. He enlisted as a soldado de cuera about 1805. José married the orphan María Tadea Lorenzana* at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel on November 5, 1809 (BP Marriage 00070). He was killed when he fell from a horse on May 15, 1849, and was buried in the mission cemetery the following day ("Cementerio de esta Misión" BP Death 00895).
*Several orphans were sent to Alta California from Mexico City. They were all given this surname, one of the orphanage's benefactors.
*Several orphans were sent to Alta California from Mexico City. They were all given this surname, one of the orphanage's benefactors.
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