California Colony

Maria del Espiritu Santo, b. 5/22/1822 (SDB); d. 3/1852 (P1D).  Married widower Juan Jose Apablaza y --  1/17/1843 (P1C); living in Los Angeles 1860 (c.).  Children:  (1) Maria Leonora, b. 6/6/1845 (SGB); living 1860, wife of Juan Gonzales y --  from Chile, carpenter, age thirty-four years (c.).  (2) Cayetano, b. 4/12/1847 (P1B); living 1860.  (3) Maria Candelaria Sebastiana, b. 1848 or 1849 (P1B); living 1860.  (4) Pio Quinto, d. 2/1852 (P1D).  10. Josef Angel Blanco y Feliz, b. 3/30/1824 (SDB); d. 12/1827 (SDD).  11. Isabel, d. 11/1827 (SDD).

THOMAS BLANCO Y --:  grantee of land at Monterey (H 631) in 1844, for which his heirs were claimants in 1853.

“BOB”

“BOB” or JUAN CRISTOBAL:  pioneer negro, left by Captain Smith of the Albatross in 1816 (B).

The African foreign population was increased to three by the addition of Pascual and Fisher in 1818, who remained in Alta California from the insurgent Bouchard’s ship.

BOCALON

AGUSTIN BOCALON Y --:  commander of the Concepcion; arrived 1808 (B).

BODEGA

JUAN FRANCISCO BODEGA Y CUADRA:  Spanish lieutenant in charge of the exploring vessel Sonora, discovering and naming Bodega Bay; arrived 1775 (B).  Commander of the Favorita in 1779.  Commander of the San Blas, Mexico naval establishment 1792-93, and commissioner to settle the Nootka, Alaska, trouble with England, visiting California and dying in 1793 (B).

BOISSÉ

GABRIEL BOISSÉ:  Boston sailor at San Diego;  arrived 1798 (B).

BOJORQUES

Ranchos:

Patented (acres)

Bodega (Prudhomme), Sonoma Co., (T 5-7N, R 10-11W, MDM),                          35,487.00

(H 23, H 786)

Cucamonga (Prudhomme), San Bernardino Co., (T 1N-1S, R 7W,                          13,045.20

SBM), (H 370).  Also known as Nuestra  Señora del

Pilar de Cucamonga.

Island of Sacamento (Prudhomme), Sacramento River, (H 271, H 294)                 ----

Laguna de San Antonio, Marin Co., (T 4-5N, R 7-9W, MDM), (H 44)        24,903.42

Laguna de Santos Calle (Prudhomme), Yolo Co., (H 70)                                      ----

Malibu (Prudhomme), Los Angeles Co., (T 1-2S, R 17-18W, SBM),           13,315.70

(H 483).  Also known as Topanga Malibu Sequit.