Castro family
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
The Castro family was one of the two (the other being the Rodriguez family) largest and most influential groups of Californio immigrants/colonists to settle in Santa Cruz County (and elsewhere in California).
- Joaquin Castro. Came to California at age 7, one of 8 Castro children in the de Anza party of 1776. Following army service, Joaquin was granted a homesite in Branciforte as an invalido. Of the surviving children:
- Rafaela married Francisco Rodriguez
- Martina married 3 times: Simon Cota, Michael Lodge, and Louis Depeaux
- Carmelita Castro Lodge married Thomas Fallon
- Candida married Josef Bolcoff
- Maria de los Angeles married Joseph Majors