Eugene Alvarez (1822-1893) and Julia A. James (1823-1889)

Eugene Alvarez

Born: 7 July 1822 in Missouri.^1,2

Christened: 10 July 1822 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.¹

Married: Julia James, 19 September 1842 in St. Louis County [exact locale unknown], Missouri.³

Died: ?

Buried: 23 October 1893 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.⁴

Julia A. James Parents

Born: 4 June 1823.⁵

Died: 20 January 1889.⁵

Buried: ? in Newville Cemetery, Glenn County, California.⁵

Children

1. Griff Augustin Alvarez (born 25 October 1848 in Missouri;^2,6 christened 17 March 1849 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri;⁶ died 6 August 1877).⁵

2. Sully Alvarez (born about 1850 in California).⁷

Notes on Eugene Alvarez

Son of Augustin Alvarez and Brigitte Latresse.¹
I do not know for sure, but I suspect that he is related to Eugénie Alvarez.
His name is spelled "Ugene" in the 1850 census.²
Was a farmer in 1860.⁸
Was a painter in 1870.⁹
Was farming again in 1880.¹⁰

Notes on Julia A. James

She was listed as disabled in 1880.¹⁰

Sources

1. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 10 July 1822).

2. 1850 Federal Census of District 82, St. Louis, Missouri.

3. Missouri Marriages to 1850, available at ancestry.com.

4. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (burial record 23 October 1893). Obviously, Eugene returned to Missouri after his wife and son had died in California.

5. Tombstone in Newville Cemetery, Glenn County, California. (Cemetery census)

6. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 17 March 1849). Griff's tombstone says that he was born in 1850, but this is an error.

7. 1860 Federal Census of Monroeville, Colusa, California. Sully is not found in any later census.

8. 1860 Federal Census of Monroeville, Colusa, California.

9. 1870 Federal Census of Stoney Creek, Colusa, California.

10. 1880 Federal Census of District 19, Newville, Colusa, California.