Personal Information Surname: Colorado Given Name: María Antonia Sex: F Place of Birth: Date of Birth: Order: Place of Death: Date of Death: Cause of Death: Race or Tribe: Nijora Residence: Pitiquito Title: Viuda de Felipe Serrano; Mujer de Juan Manuel Quintero; (See "Nijora Phenomenon" under "Special Searches" in the "Help Area" of the main search page) Place of Service: Burial Place: Translation: Notes: In her death record she was called a Nijora. In other Pitiquito records she was referred to as a Yuma Indian. She and her husband were probably Nijoras who had been brought to Caborca or Pitiquito as children by the Yuma Indians, thus her surname, "Colorado," since the Yumas inhabited the Colorado River Valley.   Event Relationship [4 Records] Event ID: 8537 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 01/18/1793 View Document A     Event ID: 8538 Relationship: Mother of the deceased Event Date: 04/28/1793 View Document A     Event ID: 8604 Relationship: Mother Event Date: 01/06/1793       Event ID: 9426 Relationship: Mother Event Date: 03/20/1787

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