José Raimundo Carrillo
Captain José Raimundo Carrillo (1749–1809) was an Spanish-born Californio, known as an early settler of San Diego, California and as the founder of the Carrillo family of California.
Biography
Carrillo was born in 1749 in New Spain (present-day México) at Loreto, Baja California. He came to upper Las Californias as a soldier with the first expedition of Gaspar de Portolà in 1769, and rose to rank of Captain.
Carrillo served at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Presidio of Monterey, and in 1806, the Presidio of San Diego. He was commandant of the Presidio of San Diego during 1807–1809. In 1809 he died and was buried in the chapel on Presidio Hill November 10, 1809.
On April 23, 1781 Carrillo married Tomasa Ignacia Lugo, daughter of the soldier Francisco Lugo, with the ceremony performed by Junipero Serra at San Carlos, New Spain.
| The children of José Raimundo Carrillo and Tomasa Ignacia Lugo.[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birth/Death | Married | Notes |
| Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo | 1783 - 1852 | Maria Castro | Governor of Alta California from 1837-1838. Grantee of Rancho Sespe. |
| Maria Antonia Carrillo | 1786 - 1843 | José de la Guerra y Noriega | |
| Anastasio José Carrillo | 1788 - 1850 | Concepción Garcia | Grantee of Rancho Punta de la Concepcion. His son, Guillermo Carrillo, is the namesake of the Hill-Carrillo Adobe in Santa Barbara |
| Domingo Antonio Ignacio Carrillo | 1791 - 1837 | Concepción Pico | Grantee of Rancho Las Virgenes. |
| Maria Ignacia Josefa Carrillo | 1794 - 1802 | Died in childhood. | |
| José Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo | 1796 - 1862 | Estefanía Pico | Served as three-time mayor of pre-statehood Los Angeles. Grantee of Rancho Las Posas. |
- His Grandson, Juan José Carrillo (1842-1916), the mayor of Santa Monica, California.
- His Great-great Grandson, Leo Carrillo, (1881-1961) was a Hollywood actor and conservationist.