Family members and descendents of General M.G. Vallejo, circa 1850-1972

Summary

Creators:

Vallejo family

Abstract:

Photographs of the family of Mariano G. Vallejo, prominent California leader and landowner during the late Mexican and early American era of the region.

Extent:

25 photographic prints : chiefly b&w ; various sizes. 26 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English and Spanish

Background

Scope and content:

The collection, received from a member of the Emparan family, includes portraits (some inscribed) of General Mariano G. Vallejo, his wife, their children, Salvador Vallejo, Napoleon Vallejo, Fannie Vallejo Frisbie and others of the Frisbie family, Sepulveda family members, Natalia Vallejo Haraszthy, and R.R. Emparan and wife Madie Brown Emparan. It includes a few views of Sonoma County locations associated with the family. The collection consists of 1 daguerreotype, 4 vintage albumen prints (including an 1869 carte de visite of M.G. Vallejo), and numerous 20th century snapshots and copy photographs. The one daguerreotype present is an unidentified portrait, possibly of M.G. Vallejo or a brother of his.

The images were taken by various photographers, most of whom are identified. Identified photographers are I.W. Taber, James G. Smith (Vallejo, Calif.), the Solano Art Studio of J.G. Smith, Gabor Eder (New York, N.Y.), Weidner Photo, and the Garrett Studio (Oakland, Calif.).

Biographical / historical:

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1808-1890) was among the most prominent leaders and landowners of Mexican California at the time of the gold rush and subsequent American statehood. Although never formally granted the rank of general, from 1838 Vallejo was comandante-general of California. He was later a member of the California constitutional convention and instrumental in the California's entry into Unites States. From 1834 Vallejo owned the Petaluma Rancho, and his later home was Lachryma Montis, in Sonoma. Although he was one of the largest landowners in California, statehood and subsequent legal battles over land claims cost him nearly all of his holdings.

By descent, marriage, or the marriage of his offspring, Vallejo was related to many prominent Californio families, including the families of Alvarado, Castro, Molera and Carillo. By marriage he was also connected to several early Anglo American settlers, including Juan Bautista Rogers Cooper and Jacob Leese. M.G. Vallejo and his wife, Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo, had ten children who lived to adulthood. Their children were:

• Andronico Antonio (the first, 1833-1834),
• Andronico Antonio (the second, b.1834),
• Epifania de Guadalupe (b. 1835, m. John B. Frisbie),
• Adelayda ("Adela", b. 1837, m. Levi Cornell Frisbie),
• Natalia Venerada (b. 1838, m. Attila Haraszthy),
• Plutarco (the first, 1839-circa 1841),
• Platon Mariano Guadalupe (b. 1841, m. Lily Wiley),
• Guadalupe (circa 1842-circa 1846),
• Jovita Francisca (b. 1844, m. Arpad Haraszthy),
• Uladislao (b. 1845), Plutarco (b. 1847),
• Plutarco (the second, circa 1848-1848),
• Benicia (the first, 1849-circa 1853),
• Napoleon Primo (b. 1850),
• Benicia (the second, 1853-circa 1860),
• Maria Luisa Eugenia (b. 1856, m. Ricardo de Emparan),
• Maria Ignacia (b. 1857, m. James Harry Cutter).

(Source: Brown, Madie D. The Vallejos of California. San Francisco: Gleeson Library Associates, 1968.)

Acquisition information:

The Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo was a gift to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. Richard R. Emparan.

Physical location:

Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Rules or conventions:

Guide prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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