The Players in The Sanchez File
 

Census Records 1850-1910 of people associated with the Sanchez File

 THE WIDOW OF SAN JUAN

Encarnación Ortega

 

1. Jose Maria Sanchez, rancher

2. Thomas B. Godden, attorney

3. Henry L. Sanford, doctor

4. George W. Crane, attorney

5. Anastacio Alviso, herdsman

GUARDIANS OF THE SANCHEZ CHILDREN

William Roach, ex-sheriff Monterey County

Lewis Belcher, land investor

ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE

Samuel C. Head, gambler

Lewis Belcher

George W. Crane

JUDGES

Josiah Merritt, Monterey County Probate Court

Charles Creaner, San Joaquin County District Court

William Rumsey, Monterey County District Court

ATTORNEYS FOR THE ESTATE

Howard & Perley

David S. Terry

ATTORNEYS FOR ROACH

Pacificus Ord

D.S. Gregory, appeal to California Supreme Court

ATTORNEY FOR HEAD AND MERRITT

D.R. Ashley, appeal to California Supreme Court

WITNESS FOR THE ESTATE

John Gilroy, Encarnación’s uncle

ENCARNACIÓN’S  CHILDREN
By Sanchez
1. Vicenta    2. Refugia    3. Candelaria    4. Guadalupe    5. Gregorio
By Godden     None
By Sanford
1. Fidella
By Crane
1. William, died in infancy   2. Virginia    3. Lily
By Alviso          None

Nr. 4, Guadalupe Sanchez was the only child of Encarnacion I ever met. It was in San Francisco in 1936 shortly before she died. Here is her story from the San Francisco News.
Bill Roddy