José Raimundo Carrillo

Captain José Raimundo Carrillo (1749–1809) was an early Spanish settler of San Diego, California and founder of the Carrillo family in Spanish California.

Carrillo was born in 1749 in New Spain at Loreto, Baja California. He came to Alta California as a soldier with the first expedition of Gaspar de Portolà in 1769, and rose to rank of Captain.Carrillo served at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Presidio of Monterey, and in 1806, the Presidio of San Diego.He was commandant of the Presidio of San Diego during 1807–1809.In 1809 he died and was buried in the chapel on Presidio Hill November 10 1809.

On April 23, 1781 Carrillo married Tomasa Ignacia, daughter of the soldier Francisco Lugo, with the ceremony performed by Junipero Serra at San Carlos, New Spain.Their only daughter, Maria Antonia, became the wife of José de la Guerra y Noriega. His sons, Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo, José Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo, Anastasio, and Domingo Antonio Ignacio, were all prominent in the early history of California.

*His son, Carlos Antonio Carrillo (1783-1852), Governor of Alta California from 1837-1838.
*His son, José Antonio Carrillo, served as three-time mayor of pre-statehood Los Angeles.
*His Grandson, Juan José Carrillo (1842-1916), the first mayor of Santa Monica, California.
*His Great-great Grandson, Leo Carrillo, (1881-1961) was an Hollywood actor and conservationist.

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* [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/carrillo/jrcarrillo.htm "José Raimundo Carrillo" biography from Smythe's "History of San Diego" (1907-09), p. 162]