Maria Susana Apolonia Canedo

1838–
Santa Barbara, California, United States

The Life Summary of Maria Susana Apolonia

When Maria Susana Apolonia Canedo was born in 1838, in Santa Barbara, California, United States, her father, Jose Maria Canedo, was 35 and her mother, Maria Luisa Valenzuela, was 30. She married Anastacio de Jesus Romero on 23 March 1870, in Santa Barbara, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Judicial Township 2, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1870 and Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1880. She died in Santa Barbara, California, United States, and was buried in La Patera, Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anastacio de Jesus Romero
1831–1910
Maria Susana Apolonia Canedo
1838–
Marriage: 23 March 1870
Erlinda Romero
1866–
Encarnacion Romero
1870–
Jose Maria Romero
1872–1942
Carmen F. Romero
1873–1946
Andrea Romero
1874–1953
Narcissa Romero
1877–
John Joseph Romero
1878–1963

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 March 1870Santa Barbara, California, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 8
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1848 · The California Gold Rush
    Age 10
    On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars. 
    1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
    Age 31
    The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Alfonso, Jesus, Eduardo, Carlos, Claudio, Alberto, Alicia, Ana, Andres, Angel.Spanish (Cañedo), Galician, and Portuguese: habitational name from any of various minor places called Cañedo or Canedo, from Latin canna ‘reed’ + the locative suffix -etum.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Sources (11)

    • Susan Canedo in entry for Andrea Verdugo, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Susana Romero in household of Anastacio Romero, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Susana Romero in household of Anastacio Romero, "United States Census, 1880"

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