Juan Matias Olivas y Goralsa was born about 1759 in El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico to Francisco Olivas and Maria Goralsa. He married Maria Dorotea Barbara Espinosa on 25 May 1777 at Nuestra Senora del Rosario Church, El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. He came to Alta California in 1781 with the Rivera Expedition as a soldier escort for the Los Angeles pobladores (settlers). After his first wife died, he married Juana Maria de Dios Ontiveros on 24 June 1793 at Mission San Gabriel (SG Marriage 00476). He died about 1 December 1806 in Los Angeles and was buried on 2 December 1806 at Mission San Gabriel Cemetery (SG Death 02703).
Sources:
http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=1879
http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=6728
https://www.schwaldfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I10409&tree=RodSchwald
Juan Matias Olivas y Goralsa was born about 1759 in El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico to Francisco Olivas and Maria Goralsa. He married Maria Dorotea Barbara Espinosa on 25 May 1777 at Nuestra Senora del Rosario Church, El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. He came to Alta California in 1781 with the Rivera Expedition as a soldier escort for the Los Angeles pobladores (settlers). After his first wife died, he married Juana Maria de Dios Ontiveros on 24 June 1793 at Mission San Gabriel (SG Marriage 00476). He died about 1 December 1806 in Los Angeles and was buried on 2 December 1806 at Mission San Gabriel Cemetery (SG Death 02703).
Sources:
http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=1879
http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=6728
https://www.schwaldfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I10409&tree=RodSchwald
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Nicolasa Olivas Barreras
1779–1808
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Jose Pablo Olivas
1780–1817
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Juana de Dios de la Luz Olivas Olivares
1783–1815
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Jose Pablo Cosme y Damian "Cosme" Olivas
1785–1826
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Maria de los Santos Olivas Leyva
1787–1852
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Jose Nicolas Olivas
1798–1852
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Don Jose Raimundo Olivas
1800–1879
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Maria Petronila "Petra" Olivas Talamantes
1801–1874
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Jose Antonio Olivas
1804–1822
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Jose Domingo Olivas
1807–1848
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