Contra Costa-Santa Clara-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Soto, Ignacio 1826 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 29, 2005, 4:30 pm Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) IGNACIO SOTO.—This scion of one of the old California families was born in Santa Clara county, July 31, 1826, and there followed fanning until 1855. On December 7th of that year, he moved, with his family, to Contra Costa county, joined his brothers, who had preceded him, and engaged in stock raising in the Ygnacio valley. In the following year our subject commenced farming, the four brothers dwelling on the thousand acre tract belonging to the family. This property was afterwards divided into equal shares, the amount falling to Ignacio Soto being two hundred and thirty acres, on which he is now engaged in farming and stock raising. He married, firstly, in San Jose, Santa Clara county, November 11, 1851, Rosinda Higuerra, a native of San Jose, who died December 9, 1862. By this union he has four children, viz: Joseph, Ruphila, Pablo, and Marian. Married, secondly, at the Mission San Jose, Alameda county, November 12, 1864, Francesca Higuerra, a cousin of his first wife. By this union there are no children. Mr. Soto died June 15, 1882. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/soto52gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb