luis quintero and his wife maría petra rubio, represent one of the eleven original couples to settle with their families at el pueblo de los angeles in 1781. the quintero family traveled from sonora to alta california to be one of the founding families of the new spanish "pueblo" in 1781 being escorted along with other settlers and soldiers by fernando rivera y moncada. when captain rivera assembled his crew of soldiers and settlers in álamos in january 1781, luis quintero’s destiny was already tied to the historic expedition about to take place. on january 21, his 16-year-old daughter catharina was married at purísima concepción church in álamos to one of rivera’s soldiers, joaquin rodríquez. his 15-year-old daughter, fabiana sebastiana, was married to another soldier of the expedition, eugenio valdés, on the same day. and, on the following day, luis’s eldest daughter, 18-year-old maría juana josefa, was united in marriage with still another soldado de cuera, josé rosalino fernández.