1.  Email from Rondi Frankel (28 May 2009):

There is a baptismal record for Maria Liberata Eulogia, daughter - possibly illegitimate - of Liberata Ceseña and William Sturgis Hinckley, at Mission San Jose, on 23 April 1848. The record number is 10827, found at the Huntington Library site mission records.

William FISHER was still living in 1848, so unless he had divorced Liberata (unlikely given that they were Catholic), Maria is not "illegitimate."  As long as William & Liberata were legally married when Maria was born, the law recognizes her as William's legitimate daughter, regardless of who her biological actually father was.

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 21 — indexed "Danl Rodan"):  Burnett P.O., Burnett Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll M593_88, p. 33A, PN 7, 61/__, enumerated 4 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

19

61

Sterens? Chas

28

M

W

Butcher

1000

New Hampshire

/

Rodan Doml?/Danl?

34

M

W

Hotel Keeper

15,000

4000

Ital

/

/

_____ Eulogia

32

F

W

Keeping House

California

/

Irving Wm

32

M

W

Saddler

New York

/

"   Astorn

22

F

W

?om

Lower Cal

/

/

Fabary? Antonia

54

M

W

Laborer

France

/

/

Forget D

50

M

W

Hostler

Canada

/

/

/

Garriom? Jno

60

M

W

Carpenter

New Jersey

/

Ah Sen

25

M

C

Cook

Canton

/

/

Ah Sing

29

M

C

Cook

"

/

/

This enumerator obviously hadn't a clue how the visitation numers were to be used, so there's some question as to just where this "household" begins and ends.  Eulogia should be 22, not 32, but this could easily be enumerator error, if not initially, then when transferring his field notes to the census schecdules.

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 48):  507 6th St., San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T9_81, p. 100B, PN 30, SD 1, ED 246, enumerated 14 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

11

13

23

24

25

26

*

507

239

243

Piatti Liberata

W

F

60

/

Farmer

/

Lower California

L Cal

L Cal

______ Primitivo

W

M

21

Son

/

Works on Stock farm

California

Mass

L Cal

Rota Eulogia

W

F

32

Dau

/

At Home

California

Mass

L Cal

Fisher Amelia

W

F

18

GDau

/

At Home

California

L Cal

L Cal

*6th St

Amelia is Eulogia's apparently illegitimate daughter.  In the 1870 census, Amelia is living with Liberata.  On the other hand, if so, Amelia should give her mother's birthplace as California, not Baja.  So, is Amelia adopted?

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 40 — indexed "Eulus Reta": 334 Sixth Street, San Jose (Ward 3), San Jose Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T623_111, p. 87B, SN 8, SD 2, Ed 69, enumerated 7 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

*

334

154

177

Fisher Amelia

Head

W

F

Jan 1863

37

S

CA

Mex

Mex

Book Keeper

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

H

Beattie Navaretta

GMother

W

F

Mar 1818

82

M

65

1

1

Mex

Mex

Mex

Y

Y

N

Rota Eulora

Mother

W

F

Mar 1849

52

M

10

1

1

CA

Mex

Mex

Y

Y

Y

Fisher Fred

Bro

W

M

Nov 1880

19

S

Mex

"

"

Laborer

4

Y

Y

Y

Fisher Annette

Sister

W

M

Feb 1890

10

S

Mex

"

"

At school

10

Y

Y

Y

*Sixth Street

The grandmother here is Liberata (CESEÑA) FISHER BULL PIATTI, not "Navaretta Beattie."  Amelia, Fred, and Annette all appear to be Eulogia's illegitimate children, except that, if so, they should give their mother's birthplace as California, not Mexico.  Are they adopted?