Another connection to early Los Angeles

 

FamilySearch. Los Angeles Marriages. 1875.

In the Los Angeles marriage records, Dionisio Sanchez and Maria de Los Angeles Marron (spelled Marona in the record) received a marriage license on 14 December 1875, and were married two weeks later at Mission San Gabriel on 28 December. The record says Dionisio was 30, and Maria was 25.

While I have not yet verified how Dionisio connects directly to our family, I have a strong sense the common ancestor is on the Amado line. I've made a floating tree descending from Dionisio. From my Mom's DNA matches on Ancestry and FamilyTreeDNA, we have a cluster of matches descending from him. On FTDNA, many of these people have Amado listed as a family name. Before going to RootsTech, I had a call with the person who administers these kits on FTDNA, and we share a strong belief that the common ancestor is an Amado, possibly a sister of Jesus Amado and Santos Amado. There's more to do and I'm starting here to help separate the legend from known facts, and see if the available information can point to that mystery Amado link.

Source: Ancestry.