ALVAREZ TUNON Y QUIROZ, GREGORIO

BID Number
19710
Birth
1683: VALLADOLID, SPAIN
Death
1729: N.P.
Occupation
1702: FRONTERAS (PRESIDIO)/AYUDANTE
1703 - 1708: FRONTERAS (PRESIDIO)/COMANDANTE, TENIENTE
1708 - 1725: FRONTERAS (PRESIDIO)/COMANDANTE, CAPITANVITALICIO
1712: SONORA/CAPITAN, ALCALDE MAYOR
1719 - 1720: SONORA/TENIENTE CAPITAN GENERAL, ALCALDEMAYOR
Ethnicity
ESPANOL
Family
FUEN SALDANA, JACINTO DE (U) (GENERAL)
Notes
HIS UNCLE PROTECTED AND BENEFITED HIM, MUCH TO THE ANGER OF OTHER CIVILIAN AND MILITARY OFFICIALS IN NUEVA VIZCAYA. HE HIMSELF, USED SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS TO FURTHER HIS OWN COMMERCIAL AND MINING INTERESTS. AFTER ANGERING MOST PEOPLE IN NUEVA VIZCAYA, HE WAS FINALLY SUBMITTED TO A RESIDENCIA AS A RESULT OF THE INSPECTION FORM OF 1725 BY PEDRO DE RIVERA. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON SEVERAL COUNTS.
Source
MANJE, 1954
Sources
MANJE: LUZ DE TIERRA INCOGNITA (1954) ALMADA: DICCIONARIO DE SONORA (1952) FISHER, V.:KEY TO RESEARCH MATERIALS OF H.E.BOLTON(UNPUB.MS.) DECORME: LA OBRA DE LOS JESUITAS MEXICANOS (VOL II)(1941) DUNNE: JUAN ANTONIO BALTHASAR ... (1957) ROCA: PATHS OF THE PADRES THROUGH SONORA (1967) DONOHUE: AFTER KINO, JESUIT MISSIONS ... (1969) GONZALEZ R.:ETNOLOGIA Y MISION EN LA PIMERIA ALTA (1977) POLZER AND BURRUS: KINO'S BIOGRAPHY OF SAETA (1971)
Variant Spelling
ALVAREZ JUNON QUIROS, GREGORIO
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