Tribal History MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE
PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED AS THE VERONA BAND
HISTORICAL TIMELINE
(In Progress)

1700s -

• 1769 - Portola Expedition to Alta California
• 1775 - Spanish Packet (ship) San Carlos enters San Francisco Bay
• 1776 - Mission Dolores Founded
• 1777 - Mission Santa Clara Founded
• 1797 - Mission San Jose Founded

1800s -

• 1801 - Liberato Culpecse baptized Mission Dolores
• 1814 - Efrena Quennatole baptized Mission San Jose
• 1819 - Dionysio Liberato born to Liberato and Efrena
• 1832 - Maria Efrena born to Liberato and Efrena
• ca. 1839 - Maria de los Angeles Colos born to Zenon and Joaquina Pico
• 1839 - Sunol-Bernal-Pico families granted Rancho de la Laguna near Sunol/Pleasanton
• 1840s - Land grants to several Mission Santa Clara "Clareno" Indians
• 1841 - Máyyin Jacoba Sasuyo born to Capitan Taurino and Joaquina
• 1841 - Capitan Jose Antonio Lasoyo born to Capitan Leopardo and Numeriana
• 1848 - Maria de Jesus born to Capitan Leopardo and Numeriana
• ca. 1852 - Susanna Flores (Nichols) grandparents were Capitan Leopardo and Numeriana
• 1853 - Maria Angustia Lasoyo born to Capitan Jose Antonio and Celsa
• ca. 1854 - Jose Guzman born to Habencio Zapasi and Petra Gusta Coronathe
• 1863 - Avelina Cornates [Marine] born to Maria Efrena and Ponfilo Yakilamne
• 1867 - Francisca Nonessa [Guzman] born to Liberato and Maria de Jesus
• 1876 - Jose Guzman and Maria Angustia Lasoyo marry at Mission San Jose
• 1877 - George Santos born to Francisco Santo and Petronilla
• 1877 - Petra Inigo (Phoebe Alaniz) born to Thomas Inigo and Trinidad Gonzales
• 1877 - Magdalena Armija (Thompson) born to Elias Armija and Delfina Guerrera
• 1882 - Joe Nichols born to Susanna Flores and Charles Nichols
• 1883 - Peregrina Piños (Santos) born to Benedicta Guerrera and Manuel Piños
• 1885 - Margarita Piños (Juarez) born to Benedicta Guerrera and Manuel Piños
• 1888 - Dario Marine born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1890 - Dolores Marine (Alvarez/Piscopo/Galvan) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1890 - Antonio (Toney) Guzman born to Francisca Nonessa and Jose Guzman
• 1890 - Isabelle Olivares (Nichols) born to Margarita Armija and Joseph Olivares
• 1891 - Isabelle Marine (Nichols) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1892 - Jose Guzman and Francisca Nonessa marry at Mission San Jose
• 1893 - Ramona Marine (Sanchez) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1893 - John Nichols born to Susanna Flores and Charles Nichols
• 1893 - Joseph Aleas born to Margarita Armija and probably Joseph Olivares
• 1894 - Catherine Peralta (Marine) born to Leona Guzman and Thomas Peralta
• 1895 - Mercedes Marine (Arellano/Garcia) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1895 - Henry Abraham Lincoln Nichols born to Susanna Flores and Charles Nichols
• 1896 - Alfred Guzman born to Francisca Nonessa and Jose Guzman
• 1897 - Capitan Jose Antonio died and is buried in the Ohlone Cemetery
• 1897 - Victoria Marine (Munoz) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1897 - Franklin Guzman born to Teresa Davis and Ben Guzman
• 1898 - Erolinda Santos born to George Santos and Peregrina Piños
• 1899 - Lucas Marine born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine

1900s -

• 1900 - Muwekma Ohlone Community Listed on the 1900 Indian Census for Niles
• 1900 - Muwekma Ohlone Community Listed on the 1900 Indian Census for Pleasanton/Sunol
• 1900 - Henry Marshall born to Magdalena Armija and Joseph Marshall
• 1901 - Cecelia Armija born to Chona Bautista Gonzales and Edward Armija
• 1902 - Trina Marine (Elston/Thompson/Ruano) born to Avelina Cornates and Rafael Marine
• 1902 - John (Jack) Guzman born to Francisca Nonessa and Jose Guzman
• 1905-1906 - Muwekma Ohlone Community Listed on the Special Indian Census for Niles and Pleasanton
• 1906/1908 - Congress passes the Homeless California Indian Acts for Landless California Indian Bands
• 1909 - Albert Marine Arellano born to Mercedes Marine and Francisco Arellano
• 1910 - Muwekma Ohlone Community Listed on the 1910 Indian Census for Pleasanton "Indian Town"
• 1910 - Enos Marine Sanchez born to Ramona Marine and Porfirio Sanchez
• 1910 - Mary Munoz born to Victoria Marine and John Munoz
• 1910 - Dolores Sanchez born to Ramona Marine and Porfirio Sanchez
• 1912 - Ernest Thompson, Jr. born to Magdalena Armija and Ernest Thompson, Sr.
• 1914 - Alfonso Saunders Juarez born to Erolinda Santos and Joseph Armija Garcia (Saunders)
• 1914 - Reno Agency Indian Agent Identifies the Verona Band as one of the Bands eligible for land purchase as a Federally Recognized Indian Community
• 1914-1920 - Six Muwekma Ohlone Men enlist in the Army, Navy and Marines before and during World War I
• 1917 - Robert Sanchez born to Ramona Marine and Porfirio Sanchez
• 1917 - Daniel Saunders Juarez born to Erolinda Santos and Joseph Armija Garcia (Saunders)
• 1917 - Flora Freda Munoz born to Victoria Marine and John Munoz
• 1918 - Lawrence Thompson born to Magdalena Armija and Ernest Thompson, Sr.
• 1919 - Margaret Sanchez born to Ramona Marine and Porfirio Sanchez
• 1920 - Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Members identified as Indians on the 1920 Census
• 1922 - Henry "Hank" Alvarez born to Dolores Marine and Jack Alvarez
• 1923 - Reno Agency Superintendent James Jenkins identifies the Verona Band of Alameda County as one of the Landless Tribes under the agency's jurisdiction
• 1925 - Martin Guzman dies and is buried at the Ohlone Indian Cemetery in Fremont
• 1926 - Philip Galvan born to Dolores Marine and Felipe Galvan
• 1927 - Sacramento Agency Superintendent L. A. Dorrington unilaterally removes 135 Bands and Tribes from the list of eligible Tribal communities in need of land including the Verona Band
• 1927 - Benjamin Michael Galvan born to Dolores Marine and Felipe Galvan
• 1928 - Passage of the California Indian Jurisdictional Act
• 1929-1932 - Muwekma Ohlone (Verona Band) Heads of Household and Families enroll with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the California Indian Jurisdictional Act
• 1930 - Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Members are listed as Indians on the 1930 Census
• 1930-1939 - Lawrence Domingo Marine goes to Sherman Institute Indian Boarding School
• 1932 - Dolores "Dottie" Galvan born to Dolores Marine and Felipe Galvan
• 1932 - Donald Elston born to Trina Marine and Charles Elston
• 1935 - Faye Thompson born to Trina Marine and Ernest Thompson
• 1937 - Lola Thompson born to Trina Marine and Ernest Thompson
• 1940-1946 - Muwekma Ohlone Men serve in the Pacific and European Theaters during World War II in the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps
• 1942 - Irene Ruano born to Trina Marine and Joe Ruano
• 1942 - Frank Ruano born to Trina Marine and Joe Ruano
• 1944-1947 - John Guzman, Jr. and Reyna Guzman attend Chemawa Indian Boarding School in Salem, Oregon
• 1944 - Guadalupe "Lupe" Ruano born to Trina Marine and Joe Ruano
• 1948-1957 - Muwekma Ohlone Heads of Household enroll with the BIA during second enrollment period
• 1950s - Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Elders receive payment of $150.00 for the value of 8.5 million acres of land
• 1954-1955 - A. L. Kroeber and Berkeley Anthropologists side with the California Indians during Claims Hearings held in San Francisco and Berkeley.
• Kroeber identifies the Mission San Jose Indians as example of survivorship in 1955
• 1962 - Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Members begin to save and protect their Ohlone Indian Cemetery from destruction
• 1968-1971 - Muwekma Ohlone Heads of Households and their families enroll with the BIA during the third enrollment period
• 1980-1984 - Formation of Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Council
• 1989 - Letter of Intent to Petition the Federal Government for Status Clarification
• 1996 - Determination of Previous Unambiguous Federal Recognition (25 CFR 83.8)

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