The matrimonial investigation records, or diligencias matrimoniales, are part of the McPherson Collection. The McPherson Collection was a gift to Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, of California materials collected by William F. McPherson, an Orange County rancher, scholar and collector; the gift was received in 1964. Predominantly though not exclusively the records of Mission San Gabriel (other California missions are also represented), these investigations of the period 1788-1861 consist of notarized interviews with couples requesting marriage in the Roman Catholic Church. The purpose of marriage investigations was to prove that the parties were free to marry.

The San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records are significant because they offer a unique insight into the pre-statehood activities of the Mission. Also, they establish many facts concerning the individuals married at the Mission and provide much genealogical detail for descendants. There are 165 investigations in all, with 173 men and 170 women being interviewed.

The Matrimonial Investigation Records are fragile and can no longer be photocopied. Please use this online surrogate for the collection to view its contents and print the documents that interest you. If you still wish to use the collection firsthand at Special Collections, please use this online version to assist you in focusing your search to only those items you really need. In this way we can limit the handling of these delicate historical documents. For further information please call Special Collections at (909) 607-3977.

The San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records are available by selecting the name of either individual. The names are listed alphabetically below by gender.

Men

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I-L | M-O | P-R | S | T-V | W-Y | Z

Acevedo, Antonio

Acosta, José de la Luz

Aguilar, Casildo

Aguilar, Macedonio

Altamirano, José

Alvarado, Francisco Javier

Alvarez, Pedro

Alvitre, Jacinto

Alvitre, Juan María

Araiza, Francisco

Armijo, Salvador Antonio

Ávila, José Francisco

Ávila, José Santa Ana

Barton, James R.

Bauchet, Luis [Louis Bauchete]

Bell, Alexander

Bermudez, José de la Cruz

Botiller, José Antonio

Cariaga, Guadalupe

Carlón, José

Carrillo, Domingo

Chávez, Julián

Cole, Daniel

Córdova, José Jesús

Cota, Guillermo

Courtner, Andrew J.

Domingo, Juan

Domínguez, José

Duarte, Cristóbal

Duarte, Juan José (son of José María Duarte)

Duarte, Juan José (son of José Francisco Leandro Duarte)

Espinosa, José Gabriel

Espinosa, José Martín

Félix (surname) see Féliz

Féliz, José

Féliz, José Domingo

Ferguson, Jesse

Galindo, Leandro

Gallardo, José Féliz

Gallegos, José León

García, Francisco María

García, Juan José

García, Lauriano

García, Pascual Antonio

Garfias, Manuel

Germán, Manuel

Gómez, Enrique

Gonninger, Hans (see Domingo, Juan)

Groningen, Johann (see Domingo, Juan)

Guevara, José Ignacio Ladrón de (see Ladrónde Guevara, José...)

Higuera, Ignacio

Higuera, Salvador

Horchaga (see Machado)

Ibarra, Agustín Zeferino

Ibarra, Andrés

Ibarra, Gil

Ibarra, José Albino

Ladrón de Guevara, José Ignacio

Lambaren, Juan

Lancio?, Felipe José

Leiva, Bautista

Leiva, Teodoro

Leyba (surname) see Leiva

Linares, José de la Luz

Lira?, Ramón

Liveira, Manoel de

Lobo, Cecilio (see Villalobo, Cecilio)

López, Antonio (son of José María)

López, Antonio (son of Juan)

López, Benito

López, Bernardino

López, Esteban

López, Francisco (son of Esteban)

López, Francisco (son of Antonio)

López, Joaquín

López, José María

López, José María Claudio

López, Pedro (son of Juan)

López y Uribes, Pedro (son of Francisco)

Lorenzana, José Vicente

Lorenzo, José Vicente

Lugo, Antonio María

Lugo, Felipe

Lugo, José Antonio

Lugo, José María

Lugo, Juan María

Machado, Hilario

Machado, José Ignacio

Márquez y Guerra, Francisco

Martín, Juan Andrés

Martínez, Juan José

Monroy, José Maria

Montalbán, Laureano

Moreno, Juan

Moreno, Manuel

Olivares, Francisco

Olivas, Arculano

Olivas, Cosme

Olivera, Desiderio

Olivera, Manuel de (see Liveira, Manoel de)

Ontiveros, Juan Pacifico

Ontiveros, Patricio

Orduño, Ramon de la Trinidad

Oribe, Tomás

Ortega, Francisco

Palacios, Lino

Palomares, Ignacio María

Peralta, Genaro Eustaquio

Peralta, Juan Pablo

Pérez, Irineo

Pico, José Miguel

Piet, Alexandre

Rangel, Jesús

Rayales, Julián

Reyes, Isidro

Reyes, Jacinto

Ríos, Eusebio

Ríos, Santiago

Ríos y Ruiz, Joaquín de los

Robidoux, Louis F.

Romero, José

Romero, José Antonio

Rosas, José Daniel

Rosas, José Daniel

Rubio, Rafael

Ruiz, Carlos

Ruiz, Ignacio María

Ruiz, José Joaquín

Ruiz, Martín

Ruiz, Santiago

Sánchez, Esteban

Sánchez, Joaquín

Sánchez, Pedro

Sandoval, Luciano

Sepúlveda, José Loreto

Silvas, José María 

Sotelo, Ramón

Soto, Francisco

Soto, José María

Soulac, Pierre

Sulat, Pedro (see Soulac, Pierre)

Talamantes, Pablo

Talamantes, Tomás

Tapia, Tiburcio

Trujillo, Teodoro

Uribe, José (see Oribe, José)

Valenzuela, Antonio Gracia

Valenzuela, Gaspar

Valenzuela, José Antonio (son of Pedro)

Valenzuela, José Antonio (son of Manuel)

Valenzuela, Luis

Valenzuela, Máximo

Valenzuela, Miguel Segundo

Valenzuela, Secundino

Valle, Santos

Velarde, José León

Verdugo, José Francisco

Verdugo, Leonardo

Verdugo, Mariano de la Luz

Vigil, Bernardo

Villa, Antonio Matías

Villa, Francisco (native of L.A.)

Villa, Francisco (native of Sonora)

Villa, Mariano

Villa, Vicente Ferrer

Villalba, Onofre

Villalobo, Cecilio

Villalobos, Juan José

Williams, Isaac

Yorba, Bernardo

Yorba, José Antonio

Yorba, Teodosio (marriage to Inocencia Reyes)

Yorba, Teodosio (marriage to Maria Antonia Lugo)

Zúñiga, Guillermo Polonio

Women

By Surname:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I-L | M-O | P | R | S-U | V | W-Z

Acevedo, Ana María

Aguirre, María del Refugio

Alanis, María Dorotea

Almenares, María del Rosario

Alvarado, María de Jesús

Alvarado, María Tomasa

Alvarado, Narcisa

Álvarez, María Antonia

Alvitre, María

Alvitre, María Domingo Josefa

Ávila, María Antonia

Avila, María Asunción

Ávila, María Josefa

Ávila, María Luisa

Azubsabit, María de Jesús

Barrera, María Asunción

Bermúdez, María Antonia

Blanco, Juana (see White, Juana)

Botiller, María Celia (Cota)

Botiller, María Rita

Cañedo, Dolores

Cañedo, María Antonia

Cañedo, María Rita (see Vásquez, María Rita [Cañedo])

Cota, Luisa María

Cota, María Celia

Cota, María Loreta

Cota, María Magdalena

Cota, María Marcela

Cruz, María Soledad

Dominguez, María Antonia Balbina

Duarte, María Antonia

Duarte, María Francisca

Duarte, María Joaquina

Duarte, María Soledad

Elisalde (surname) see also Lisalde

Elisalde, María Agustina

Elisalde [Elizalde?], Mariana de Jesús Lara

Espinosa, María Gregoria

Espinosa, María Josefa (Osuna) (see also Osuna, María Josefa)

Estrada, María del Carmen

Féliz, Gertrudis

Féliz, María Anselma

Féliz, María Antonia

Féliz, María de la Ascención

Féliz, María Concepción

Féliz, María de Gracia

Féliz, María Saturnina

Féliz, Raymunda

Ferguson, María (Rendón)

Figueroa, María Josefa

Flores, María Concepción

García, Cayetana

García, Cresencia

García, María Bruna

García, María Guadalupe

García, María de Jesús

García, María Lorenza

Germán, María Florencia

Guirado, María Nieves

Gutiérrez, Susana

Higuera, María Antonia

Higuera, María Fermina Ignacia

Higuera, María Juliana

Higuera, Victoria

Ibarra, María Jacoba

Ibarra, María Quirina

Lara, Mariana de Jesús

Lisalde (surname) see also Elisalde

Lisalde, Felipa

Lisalde, María Catarina

Lisalde, María Manuela

Lisalde, María Marcela

López, María Concepción

López, María de las Nieves

López, María del Pilar

López, María Ignacia

López, María Ramona

Lugo, María Antonia

Lugo, María de Jesús

Lugo, María Vicenta

Machado, María Antonia

Manríquez, María Apolonia

Martínez, Eligia

Martínez, Encarnación

Martínez, Margarita

Monroy, María Victoria

Morales, María Francisca

Moreno, Juana

Moreno, Luganda

Moreno, María Agueda Margara

Moreno, María Gertrudis

Morillo, María Prudencia

Ochoa, Trinidad

Olivas, María Petronila

Oribe, María Isabel (see Uribe, María Isabel)

Osuna, Francisca

Osuna, María Josefa (see also Espinosa, María Josefa [Osuna])

Osuna, María Martina

Palomares, María Concepción Eulogia (marriage to Ignacio Higuera)

Palomares, María Concepción Eulogia (marriage to Antonio Lopez)

Palomares, María Estéfana

Pantoja, Juana Cesaria

Pérez, María Francisca

Pérez, María Rafaela Crisanto

Pico, María Concepción

Pinto, Ana (see Varela, Ana [Pinto])

Pollorena, Magdalena

Pollorena, María Antonia

Pollorena, María Gabriela

Pollorena, Micaela

Rayales, María Concepción

Rendón, María (marriage to Jess Ferguson)

Rendón, María (marriage to José Felix Gallardo)

Reyes, Inocencia

Reyes, Luisa

Robidoux, Catarina

Rocha, Josefa

Rodríguez, María Visitación

Romero, María Dorotea

Romero, María Isabel

Rowland, Margarita

Rubio, María Josefa

Ruiz, Felipá

Ruiz, María Arcadia

Ruiz, María Natividad

Salazar, María Teodora

Sepúlveda, Casilda

Sepúlveda, María Encarnacion

Serrano, María de los Angeles

Silvas, María Benvenuta

Sinova, María Casilda de la Cruz

Sinova, María Josefa

Sotelo, María de los Santos

Soto, Casilda

Soto, María de Jesús

Soto, María Eulalia

Soto, María Juliana

Uribe, María Isabel

Urquídez, Juliana

Valdés, Maria Tomasa

Valencia, María Benedicta

Valenzuela, María Antonia

Valenzuela, María Balbina

Valenzuela, María Barbara Salome

Valenzuela, María Luisa

Valenzuela, María Roca

Valenzuela, Rafaela

Varela, Ana (Pinto)

Varela, Petra (marriage to Rafael Rubio)

Varela, María Petra (marriage to Esteban López)

Vásquez, María Rita (Cañedo)

Velázquez, María de los Angeles

Verdugo, María Ana

Verdugo, María Antonia

Verdugo, María Catalina

Verdugo, María Josefa

Villa, María Antonia

Villa, María de la Merced

Villa, María del Pilar

Villa, María del Rosario

Villa, María Estéfana

Villa, María Ignacia

Villa, Teresa de Jesús

Villalobos, María Rita

Villavicencio, María de los Ángeles

White, Juana

Zúñiga, María Anastacia

No Surname (Native American Women)

Aniceta

María de Jesús (daughter of Gordiano Azubsabit)

María de Jesús (daughter of Pacífico)

María Nicolasa