Cieneguitas Cemetery
Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library
Libro Segundo de Entierros de la Paroquia de Santa Barbara
el cual enyueza en d dia 17 de Novembre del Ano 1873
Rev. P.J. Stockman, Rector
Rev. Joseph Nunan, Asst. Rector
Deaths, Book #2
1873-1912
(This search was made to determine the identity and burial
locations of known veterans of the Mexican War and Civil War who lived and/or
died in Santa Barbara County, California and were buried in various Catholic
Cemeteries in the Santa Barbara area)
Cieneguitas Cemetery
(La Patera Cemetery a.k.a. "Old Catholic," located in the Goleta District on the Goleta Road (Hollister Avenue), Santa Barbara, now abandoned)
| Burial# | Page | Burial date | Name | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 3 | February 18, 1874 | Manuel German | 45 yrs |
| 68 | 8 | July 23, 1874 | Felipe Badillo | 56 yrs |
| 344 | 39 | May 21, 1879 | Vicente Ordaz | 52 yrs |
| 461 | 53 | January 29, 1881 | Antonio Maria de la Guerra | 66 yrs |
| 564 | 65 | January 10, 1884 | Bernardino Lopez | 65 yrs |
| 712 | 82 | January 4, 1887 | Antonio Rodriquez | 70 yrs |
| 714 | 83 | February 19, 1887 | Jesus Soto | 43 yrs |
| 761 | 88 | November 8, 1887 | *Lino Ruiz | 40 yrs |
| 773 | 90 | January 16, 1888 | Clemente Espinosa | 42 yrs |
| 829 | 96 | January 6, 1889 | Francisco Cordero | 78 yrs |
| 889 | 103 | January 21, 1890 | Miguel Pico | 48 yrs |
| B562A | 112 | July 13, 1891 | Pablo Valencia | 68 yrs |
| B570 | 113 | December 14, 1891 | Jose de Jesus Cordero | 60 yrs |
| B581 | 114 | January 22, 1892 | *Jose Maria Ayala | 61 yrs |
| B612 | 117 | August 3, 1892 | Jose Maria Garcia | 57 yrs |
| B616 | 118 | August 25, 1892 | Juan Scolan (John Scollan) | 72yrs |
| B649 | 112 | May 22, 1893 | Jose Rufino Leiva | 62 yrs |
| B665 | 124 | November 3, 1893 | Narciso Valencia | 48 yrs |
| B678 | 125 | February 6, 1894 | Jose Maria Valenzuela | 70 yrs |
| B748 | 133 | February 10, 1895 | Ismael Soto | 53 yrs |
| B773 | 138 | September 26, 1895 | Juan Ygnacio Valencia | 72 |
Note: Death Book #2 changes the entries from Spanish to English on Oct. 23, 1895 | ||||
| B788 | 139 | November 17, 1895 | Jose Salvador Valdez | 70yrs "buried in Catholic Cemetery." |
| B800 | 141 | February 6, 1896 | Nicolos Orellana | about 76yrs "native of Chile, interred in Catholic Cemetery" |
With the following entry, which is the first burial in the new Calvary Cemetery at 199 North Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, the "Old Catholic Cemetery" was closed to further burials. | ||||
| B824 | 144 | September 2, 1896 | John C. Kays | 83 yrs |
| "John C. Kays, 83 years of age, a native of Ireland, were after the usual funeral services performed in the Church was interred in Calvary cemetery, Lot 1, Block 9, Pl. C. He received all the Sacraments of the Church." | ||||
* reinterred at Calvary Cemetery, about 1901.
Researched and compiled by
Edson T. Strobridge
Order of Minor historians
San Luis Obispo, CA
