Alfredo Emiliano Carrillo

"Don Alfredo Emiliano Carrillo, a gentleman, a graduate of a great college, Holy Cross in Massachusetts, as I am, and he has fine courage. He is muy hombre! Muy valiente!" (Stated by brother Juan Jose; in Leo Carrillo's book, "The California I Love" 1961)

We will not forget
Alfredo's courage was proven in 1883 when he played an important part in hunting down and killing two of the worst bandits of the West, Red Jack Elmer & Charles "Killer" Hensley. Speaking of the daring bravery and hardships endured by Sheriff Paul, Deputy Sheriff Alfredo Carrillo and others of the posse, a newspaper wrote, "Thus the territory has been rid of one of the worst gangs ever organized in the West and the people should not forget those who risked their lives in the interest of law and order." (The Star, Tucson, AZ, Oct 5, 1883; reprinted in AZ Weekly Citizen, Tucson, 1 Nov 1884)

Marriages
1. To Francisca Vibiana Sepulveda
On 8 Jul 1877 at Los Angeles
(divorce Jul 1882)

2. To Esther Matilda Bates
On 25 Mar 1901 Santa Monica, CA
Children: Pedro Carlos, Nesta J, & Alfred, Jr.

Direct Descendant of the
Founders and Builders of California
Son of Pedro Catarino Carrillo &
Josefa Bandini. In 1847, Pedro owned a 1/3 share of the site of present day Vandenberg Air Force Base. He was collector of customs at San Diego and Santa Barbara, and held the offices of alcalde and town surveyor of Santa Barbara, and justice of the peace of Los Angeles.

Grandson of
Carlos Antonio Carrillo, governor of Alta California (present day California, Nevada, Utah & parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico)

Grandson of
Juan Bandini, elegant San Diego pioneer whose home was the social center of San Diego. Besides a rancho near San Diego, his property included what is now Jurupa Valley and downtown Riverside, CA.

Nephew of
Arcadia Bandini Sterns de Baker (mother's sister), wealthy & generous landowner who owned much of Los Angeles and all of Santa Monica.

Brother of
Judge Juan José Carrillo, Southern California pioneer, Santa Monica Mayor & police magistrate.

Uncle of Beloved Actor Leo Carrillo

Stories of Strength & Bravery
News Clipping (Sep 1904)
"Favorable to Strength and Long Life.
That the physical powers of man and the horse reach their acme in California is being demonstrated more and more as the years pass by." ...
"Alfredo Carrillo, who died at Santa Monica the other day, when a young man and a deputy sheriff rode an ordinary California broncho one hundred and twenty miles from sun-up to sun-down, the indorsements on the processes proving the distances and the rider weighing two hundred and twenty-five pounds at the time, the broncho proving none the worse for his trip. What is the secret of this wonderful vitality of man and beast, particularly in the southern end of the state?" ... (Los Angeles Herald, Sunday, 25 September 1904, p.6)

Alfredo's nephew, actor Leo Carrillo, shared stories of "Tio Alfredo" Carrillo in The California I Love, published 1961.

In the early 1880s, two of the most feared and notorious bandits who ever lived, Red Jack Elmer & Charles "Killer" Hensley, terrorized communities, including Alfred Carrillo's own Santa Monica, California. Alfred followed their movements into Arizona where he joined Sheriff Bob Paul. Then in August 1883, after the outlaw gang robbed a stage coach between Florence and Globe, Arizona, Paul & Alfredo, along with a posse of five others, hunted down and finally killed the desperadoes in a Pima County shootout in Oct 1883. Alfred's own accounts appear in newspapers of the time. (Arizona Weekly Citizen, Tucson, AZ, Oct 5th & 6th 1883, & the Star, Oct 5th. News of the shootout was published across the country.)

Deputy Sheriff Alfredo E. Carrillo is included in the book When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul, by John Boessenecker, 2012 (pages 171, 205, 232, 235-36, 251, 253-254).

Voter Registration
California, Voter Register, 1872
Name: Alfredo Carrillo
Age: 28
Residence: Los Angeles, CA

California, Voter Register, 1879
Name: Alfredo E Carillo
Age: 35
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Clerk

California, Voter Register, 1890
Name: Alfredo E Carrillo
Age: 46
Residence: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Watchman

California Voter Register, 1892
Name: Alfred Emiliano Carrillo
Age: 48
Residence: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
5' 10"; dark complexion, brown eyes/hair
Occupation: Agent

California Voter Register, 1896
Name: Alfredo Emiliano Carrillo
Age: 51
Residence: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
5' 10"; dark complexion, brown eyes/hair
Occupation: Laborer

Census
1850 Census, Santa Barbara, California
(Livings with his grandparents & parents)
-Carlos Anto Carrillo, 65, b. CA, ranchero, $30,000 real estate.
-Josefa Carrillo, 58, b. CA
-Jose Jesse Carrillo, 24, b. CA
-Pedro Carrillo, 33, b. CA, ranchero, $5,000 real estate.
-Josefa Carrillo, 26, b. CA
-Juan Carrillo, 8, b. CA
-Alfredo* Carrillo, 6, b. CA

1852 Census, Santa Barbara, California
-Pedro C Carrillo, 35, Ranchero
-Josefa Bandini Carrillo, 28
-Juan José Carrillo, 11
-Alfredo* Emiliano Carrillo, 8
-Dolores Eduviga Carrillo, 7 mo

1860 Census, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
-Pedro C Carrillo 42, b. CA, Surveyor of the Port
-Josefa Carrillo 36, b. CA
-Juan Carrillo 18, b. CA
-Alfredo* Carrillo 16, b. CA
-Dolores Carrillo 8, b. CA
-Vivianna Carrillo 6, b. CA
-Acadia Carrillo 4, b. CA
-Concepcion Carrillo 1, b. CA
-Cesaria Carrillo 15, b. CA
-Maria Carrillo 13, b. CA

1870 Census, Los Angeles
-Pedro C Carrillo 52, b. CA, laborer
-Josefa B Carrillo 46, b. CA
-Alfredo* Carrillo 26, b. CA
-Dolores Carrillo 18, b. CA
-Virginia Carrillo 16, b. CA
-Arcadia Carrillo 14, b. CA
-Cersephin Carrillo 12, b. CA
-Estela Carrillo 10, b. CA

1880 Census, Tombstone, Pima, Arizona
-Alfred* Carrilo 36, married, b. CA, parents CA, Bookkeeper

1900 Census, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California; 250 2nd
(with brother Juan & family)
Alfred* E Carrillo, brother, 56, Aug 1883, divorced, b. CA, Bar Tender.

1st Wife
Los Angeles, July 8— Alfredo Carrillo to Francisca Sepulveda. (Sacramento Daily Union, 13 July 1877)

2nd Wife
Esther Matilda Bates Carrillo Morrow

Marriage Licenses
(Reported Yesterday)
Carrillo-Bates --Alfred E. Carrillo, 56, and Esther M. Bates, 21; both of California and residents of Santa Monica. (Los Angeles Herald, 26 March 1901)

Widowed in 1904, she married Hiram Louis Morrow between 1910 and 1920.

1880 Census, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana
-Thomas W. Bates, head, 40, b. ME, father ME, mother Scotland, Miner
-Mary E. Bates, dau, 40, b. NY, father NY, mother CT
-Katy S. Bates [Stranahan], dau [son], 13, b. CA
-Cora E. Bates [Stranahan], dau, 13, b. CA
-Esther* M. Bates, dau, 4m, Feb 1880, b. CA

1910 Census, Norwalk, Los Angeles, California
(Alfredo's widow, children, mom-in-law)
-Ester M Carrillo, head, 30, widow, 3 children born, 3 living, b. CA, father IL, mother NY, Pepper-Carrier
-P. Carlos Carrillo, son, 8, b. CA
-Nesta J Carrillo, dau, 7, b. CA
-Alfred E Carrillo, son, 5, b. CA
-Mary E Ewing, mother, 71, widow, 8 children born, 6 living, b. NY, parents NY

1920 Census, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California; 59 Bay Front St
(Alfredo's wife & son)
-Hyrum R Morrow, head, 43, b. CA, Fisherman fish cannery
-Esther M Morrow, wife, 40, b. CA
-Alfred E Carrillo, stepson, 15, b. CA, parents CA

1930 Census, Oceanside, San Diego, California
-Hyram L Morrow 53, b. CA, farmer truck
-Esther Morrow, wife, 50, b. CA
-Alfred Carrillo, stepson, 25, b. CA
-Carl Carrillo, stepson, 28, b. CA, machinist cement mixers

California, Death Index
Name: Esther Matilda Morrow
Birth: 3 Feb 1880 California
Death: 20 Jan 1953 Kern Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Terry
Father's Surname: Bates

Esther's Mother
Mary Ellen Terry Stranahan Bates Ewing

Idaho Death Index
Name: Mary Ellen Ewing
Birth: 3 Aug 1838 New York
Death Place: Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
Death Date: 3 Apr 1927
Father: John Terry, b. New York
Mother: Mary, b. New York
Certificate Number: 057720

Notes
Alfredo's Birthplace
Son, Pedro Carlos "Carl" Carrillo, listed Alfred's birthplace as "Los Angeles" on 1923 marriage record.

Reported Missing
"Deputy Sheriff Carrillo has been missing since the 2nd instant" [2 Nov 1883].
"The Sheriff's office knows nothing of him or where he went, and be did not even send in a resignation. He had no reason to leave, as he was square financially and had ever been a faithful officer. His work on the Hensley raid [Oct 1883] just previous to his disappearance won him notoriety. The fact remains that he has disappeared, and nobody can tell how nor when." (Los Angeles Herald, 30 Nov 1883; reprinted news reports from the Star & Citizen dated 28 Nov 1883)

Burial
His extended family owned Woodlawn cemetery.
Searching for death & cemetery record for details. Likely burial in the family plot.