I am interested in this family because Matias Cordero was son of Antonio Mariano Cordero y Núñez and Juana Francisca Pinto y Ryelas. Antonio Mariano Cordero was a soldier in the San Francisco Presidio in 1782. As he served while Spain was at war with England - during the American Revolution, he is considered a valid patriot; and his living male descendants can join the Sons of the American Revolution. Any male descendant who is interested can contact me for application information. Children of Antonio Mariano Cordero and Juana Francisca Pinto were Josef Estanislao Espina; Pedro Regalado; Miguel Estanislao; Jose Domingo, Juan de Jesus, Maria Segunda, Jose Clemente, and Matias. As a widower, Antonio Mariano Cordero md (2) Maria Gertrudis Alvarez y Rodriquez, and their ch were Paulina Maria and Vicenta. So there is a vast community of Cordero descendants who can join the SAR if they are so inclined. Now, for specific descendants of the youngest son from the first marriage, Matias. The most authenic source for Cordero information for the early period is the work of Dorothy Mutnick in her five volumes, Some Alta California Pioneers and Descendants. Her work was copied directly from mission records. Matias Cordero y Pinto (bap, Santa Barbara, Feb 1808) on May 2, 1833 md Escolastica Ygnacio Zuñiga y German (bap, San Juan Bautista Feb 1812), and their children included: Jose Delores (died 1834); Romualdo de los Delores (bap Monterey Feb 7, 1836); Maria Griselda Delores (bap Monterey Aug 3, 1837); Jose Antonio (bap Monterey May 5, 1839); Maria Griselda (bap Apr 5, 1840); Jose del Refugio (bap Monterey Aug 5 1841); Maria del Refugio (died 1842); Maria Simona Narzisa (bap Oct25 1842); Maria de los Delores del Refugio (bap Jul 1844 at Monterey); and Manuel Antonio (bap Jan 24, 1852). The 1860 census for Monterey County seems to indicate that one of the two children named Maria Griselda was present in 1860, age 22. (This age could be an error by the census taker or the census giver, but it seems more probable that the first Maria Griselda died. The other 1860 anomaly is tha Manuel Antonio was apparently recorded as Manuel Zuñiga (with his mother's surname.) Beyond this, for this family, Dorothy Mutnick sayeth not. You can go beyond this information by referring to Vol II of Marie Northrop's "Spanish Mexican Families of Early California:1769-1850, pages 52 and 53. There you will find additional marriage and spousal information on all the brothers and sisters and half-sisters of Matias Cordero. Marie Northrop, in her two volumes, does not index any person named Francisco Lugo Cordero. This person should show on all available U. S. censuses if born in 1849 in CA and died after 1920. What does each census give, beginning in 1920, then working back to and including 1850? Within the Cordero family, as in most others, there were naturales (bastards) born here and there, but the parentage can sometimes be determined by the families with whom the naturale lived. Then again the name Francisco Lugo Cordero does not ring true. Perhaps it was Francisco Lugo y Cordero, and he took his mother's name. This happened often enough for one to be cautious about any use of a double Spanish surname without the dash or the y. (Of course, families did name children for some role model, and Francisco Lugo may have been such a model.) That is what I can offer. With my regards, Granville W. Hough.