GABRIEL YRIGOYEN

24 May 1869

Personnel: Coroner Charles Meyers. Five  witnesses testified (testimony has been lost). 

    Tucson Catholic Diocese records list Gabriel Yrigoyen, son of Luis Yrigoyen and [unnamed wife], who was buried on 25 May 1869.

Sources: Pima County, Arizona records 1864-1923, AZ 83, Box 2, 1869 demands folder, University of Arizona Special Collections; Tucson Catholic Diocese Burial Records, page 32 right side.

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