María del Pilar de León y Barceló was born at Arispe, Sonora, New Spain (México). She was the daughter of Martín de León and María Concepción Barceló. María married (1) alférez José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona* at Santa Rosa de las Fronteras, Sonora, about 1764. Due to illness, María accompanied her husband only as far as Terrenate, Sonora, during Anza's 1775-76 expedition to Alta California. After Moraga's death in 1785 she married (2) Ramón Lasso. María died at San Francisco October 18 and was buried in the mission cemetery on October 19, 1808 (SFD Death 02600).
* José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona was born at Mission Guevaví, Sonora (now in Santa Cruz County, Arizona) where his father was serving as an escolta. He was the son of José Moraga and María Gaona. He may have been related to Lieutenant José Ignacio Moraga, who commanded the Tucson Presidio in the 1790's. Lieutenant Moraga founded and was still serving as the commander at San Francisco Presidio when he died on July 13, 1785. Initially buried in the Presidio Chapel on July 15, 1785, he was later reinterred to Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on April 8, 1791 (SFD Death 00141).∼His wife was María del Pilar de Leon y Barcelo. She did not accompany the Anza expedition, being sick in Terrenate at the time, but with her son Gabriel, joined her husband in San Francisco February 20, 1791, the government paying the cost of transportation: three hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents.
* José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona was born at Mission Guevaví, Sonora (now in Santa Cruz County, Arizona) where his father was serving as an escolta. He was the son of José Moraga and María Gaona. He may have been related to Lieutenant José Ignacio Moraga, who commanded the Tucson Presidio in the 1790's. Lieutenant Moraga founded and was still serving as the commander at San Francisco Presidio when he died on July 13, 1785. Initially buried in the Presidio Chapel on July 15, 1785, he was later reinterred to Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on April 8, 1791 (SFD Death 00141).∼His wife was María del Pilar de Leon y Barcelo. She did not accompany the Anza expedition, being sick in Terrenate at the time, but with her son Gabriel, joined her husband in San Francisco February 20, 1791, the government paying the cost of transportation: three hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents.
María del Pilar de León y Barceló was born at Arispe, Sonora, New Spain (México). She was the daughter of Martín de León and María Concepción Barceló. María married (1) alférez José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona* at Santa Rosa de las Fronteras, Sonora, about 1764. Due to illness, María accompanied her husband only as far as Terrenate, Sonora, during Anza's 1775-76 expedition to Alta California. After Moraga's death in 1785 she married (2) Ramón Lasso. María died at San Francisco October 18 and was buried in the mission cemetery on October 19, 1808 (SFD Death 02600).
* José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona was born at Mission Guevaví, Sonora (now in Santa Cruz County, Arizona) where his father was serving as an escolta. He was the son of José Moraga and María Gaona. He may have been related to Lieutenant José Ignacio Moraga, who commanded the Tucson Presidio in the 1790's. Lieutenant Moraga founded and was still serving as the commander at San Francisco Presidio when he died on July 13, 1785. Initially buried in the Presidio Chapel on July 15, 1785, he was later reinterred to Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on April 8, 1791 (SFD Death 00141).∼His wife was María del Pilar de Leon y Barcelo. She did not accompany the Anza expedition, being sick in Terrenate at the time, but with her son Gabriel, joined her husband in San Francisco February 20, 1791, the government paying the cost of transportation: three hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents.
* José Joaquín Moraga y Gaona was born at Mission Guevaví, Sonora (now in Santa Cruz County, Arizona) where his father was serving as an escolta. He was the son of José Moraga and María Gaona. He may have been related to Lieutenant José Ignacio Moraga, who commanded the Tucson Presidio in the 1790's. Lieutenant Moraga founded and was still serving as the commander at San Francisco Presidio when he died on July 13, 1785. Initially buried in the Presidio Chapel on July 15, 1785, he was later reinterred to Mission San Francisco de Asís (Dolores) on April 8, 1791 (SFD Death 00141).∼His wife was María del Pilar de Leon y Barcelo. She did not accompany the Anza expedition, being sick in Terrenate at the time, but with her son Gabriel, joined her husband in San Francisco February 20, 1791, the government paying the cost of transportation: three hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents.
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