Personal Information Surname: Castro Given Name: Manuel Sex: M Place of Birth: Date of Birth: Order: Place of Death: Tubac Date of Death: 11/13/1817 Cause of Death: Fall over Race or Tribe: Residence: Tucson Title: Soldado de Tucson Place of Service: Burial Place: Tubac in the cemetery Translation: (Spanish - army encampment) Notes: Manuel Castro was born circa 1792 at Buenavista, Sonora, son of Jose Manuel Castro and Antonia Quijada. At age 25 he was working as a farmer, was five feet, two inches tall, and was a Roman Catholic. He had black hair and eyebrows, brown “sharp” eyes, and was beardless. He enlisted at the Tucson Presidio for 10 years on 5 April 1817, his enlistment witnessed by Carabineer Francisco [illegible] and Manuel Orosco. He was stationed with the horse herd in September 1817(AGN 206, Tucson Presidio, May 1817, September 1817).   Event Relationship [1 Records] Event ID: 5181 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 11/13/1817 View Document A

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