Contra Costa-Santa Barbara-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Martinez, Vicente J. 1818 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

VICENTE J. MARTINEZ.—This scion of one of the very earliest settlers of Contra
Costa county, is the son of Ignacio and Martina (Areyanes) Martinez, and was
born in Santa Barbara, California, August 8, 1818. When but one year old, he was
taken by his father, who was captain in the militia, to the Presidio at San
Francisco, where he resided until the year 1832, when they moved to the Pueblo
de San Jose de Guadalupe. After four years' residence there, in 1836, his father
having been granted the Pinole Rancho, in Contra Costa county, our subject
proceeded thither, and remained until 1849, in which year he removed to the town
which now bears his name, and at that time built the adobe house now owned by
Dr. Strentzel. Here he resided two years, when he returned to Pinole, and there
resided until 1882, when he came back to Martinez where he is now living with
his sons. Married at Mission San Jose, firstly, Guadalupe Moraga, a native of
California, one of the family from which the Moraga valley takes its name;
secondly, Neves Soto, a native of California, in 1848. He has seven surviving
children, viz: Francisco, Vicente, Guadalupe, Antonio, Ignacio, Henricka, Louisa.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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