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Descendants of Chief Frances and Fred Cooke
At Ruiz-Perea Cemetery | San Francisquito Canyon


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March 2001 — Descendants of Chief Frances and Fred Cooke gather at the Ruiz-Perea Cemetery in San Francisquito Canyon, where Fred (1881-1958) and Chief Frances (1883-1946) are buried — as is one of their daughters, Katherine Esther Cooke (Balsz).

Chief Frances' ancestry traces to Chaguayabit Village (Castaic Junction) and Topipabit Village (Victorville) prior to European contact in 1769. Fred's ancestry also traces to indigenous inhabitants of Southern California. Thus, all (or most) of the people pictured here are descended from Native Americans who lived in the Santa Clarita Valley and environs, prior to Spanish conquest.

From left (numbers correspond to the numerals on the reference image):

1) Ben Martinez, son of Leroy Martinez, who is son of Della Cooke, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances. To Ben's left (the viewer's right) is Ben's then-wife.

2) Anna Martinez Frontuto, granddaughter of Della Cooke, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

3) Chief Charlie Cooke, the Cooke-Garcia family patriarch. Son of Dolores "Cy" Cooke, who is a son of Chief Mary Cooke Garcia, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

4) Danny Martinez, son of Della Cooke.

5) Walter Balsz Jr. (aka Lonie), son of Katherine Esther Cooke, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

6) Louie Martinez, son of Della Cooke.

7) Ted Garcia Sr., son of Chief Mary Cooke Garcia, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

8) Ernestine Agnes Cooke, daughter of Ernest Cooke, who is a son of Chief Mary Cooke Garcia, who is a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

9) Orlena, granddaughter of (and raised by) Lydia (Lyda) Cooke Manriquez.

10) Lydia Cooke Manriquez (aka Lyda), a daughter of Fred and Chief Frances.

11) Rudy Ortega Sr., aka Chief Little Bear, leader of the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.

The photographer is Leticia Thomas, daughter of No. 8) Ernestine Agnes Cooke.


LT0101: 19200 dpi jpeg from original 4x6 photograph by Leticia Thomas | Online image only | Archival scan on file.
CHIEF FRANCES & FRED COOKE

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Ysidoro Garcia Land Patent Castaic 1891

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1910 Census, Castaic

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Frances Death Cert. 1946

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Descendants 2001

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