Florencia was the first child of Manuel Enriquez and Juana Bojorques living in Pajaro near Watsonville until her family moved to Las Juntas, Fresno County, California.
According to her baptismal record at Our Lady Help of Christians, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California on 25 Nov 1861, she was born on 07 Nov 1861 and not 27 Oct 1861, the date her family thought was her birthday.
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She first married Manuel Estrada at age 14 on September 14, 1876. This marriage was recorded in Visalia, St Mary's Catholic Church Marriage Records, Page 238; Residents of Las Juntas, Fresno, California. Florencia and Manuel moved to Firebaugh where their first child was born on 10 Nov 1877. They had 6 children before Manuel abandoned his family, moving to Visalia to marry a 16 yr old girl.

Florencia worked at the hotel as a maid trying to support her 5 young children until she married Nemecio Gonzales, a sheep shearer from New Mexico. With him Florencia had 8 more children. Florencia lived most of her adult life in Firebaugh, moving to Fresno in her later years.

Stephens & Bean Funeral Home, Fresno, California, age #17, 182, November 12, 1931, Florence Gonzales; Sample Sanitorium, November 9, 1931, 6:25 m. Cause of Death: rt. lobar pneumonia. DOB October 27, 1862. Age at death: 69 yrs, 0 months, 12 days. Female, white, married, housewife. Spouse: Nemecio Gonzales. Place of birth: Watsonville, CA. Father: Manuel Enriques, New Mexico. Mother: Juanita Borgorques,[sic] Calif. Residence in Cal: 69 yrs,12 dys. Informant: Mr Vincent Gonzales. Dr. Frank K. Pomeroy. Person in Charge: Nemecio Gonzales, 3447 McKenzie Ave, Fesno, CA Time of Funeral: 9AM, Thursday, Nov 12, 1931; St John's Cathedral. Burial. Holy Cross Cemetery. By Husband: Nemecio Gonzales. Children: Mrs. T.F.Hallahan [Andrea Estrada], Merced; Mrs. M.Sanchez [Faustina Estrada], San Jose; Mrs. V.Ruiz [Cipriana Gonzales], Madera; Mrs. J.L. Hallahan [Juanita Gonzales], Vincent, Ben, Nemecio, Tony and Arthur Gonzales, Fresno. Her two sisters: Mrs. Mary Manzo [Mary Lorenzo Enriques], Turlock; Mrs. Clemencia Preciado [Enriques], Castroville; and her brothers: Jesus Enriques, Joaquin, Polito Castro of Firebaugh.
[Sheila Ruiz Harrell. A copy of this record was made for me at the Stephens & Bean Funeral Chapel, Fresno CA in 2001, by a very kind and wonderful elderly gentleman who appeared to be an owner. I can never thank him enough!!].

Bio provided by Sheila Ruiz Harrell