Appendix 3: The Population and Vital Rates of Selected Baja California Missions

In: The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier Missions
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The population and vital rates of San Fernando mission

Year Baptisms Burials Crude rates 1000 pop. Population
Converts Births Birth Death
1769 153 0 152
1770 174 7 349
1771 15 15 43 368\
1772 36 12
1773 114 24 296
1774 158 18 62 60.9 209.5 256
1775 629 20 92 78.1 359.4 1,406
1776 86 41 254 29.2 180.7 1,216
1777 5 30 179 24.7 147.2
1778 2 38 51 947
1779 1 28 89 29.6 94
1780 0 31 185
1781 2 24 44
1782 1 37 55 642
1783 0 33 65 51.4 101.2
1784 11 35 84
1785 0 24 43
1786 0 21 30 559
1787 11 35 28 62.6 50.1
1788 0 30 37
1789 2 28 52
1790 8 21 9 479
1791 13 18 13 37.6 27.1 506
1792 2 16 25 31.2 49.4
1793 0 10 24
1794 2 13 31 525
1795 2 11 26 21 49.5 550
1796 2 5 16 9.1 29 452
1797 0 9 30 19.9 66.4 450
1798 0 7 20 15.6 44.4 425
1799 0 7 22 16.5 51.8 476
1800 0 7 68 14.7 142.9 363
1801 0 3 45 8.3 124 313
1802 0 6 23 19.2 73.5 295
1803 0 2 34 6.8 115.3 263
1804 0 7 16 26.6 60.8 193
1805 0 1 42 5.2 217.6
1806 0 1 33 201
1807 0 0 19 0 94.5
1808 0 5 8 155
1809 0 5 20 32.3 129
1810 0 5 11
1811 0 2 11
1812 0 3 16
1813 1 2 8
1814 0 0 10
1815 11 1 6
1816 0 0 2
1817 0 0 10
1818 0 1 11
1821 0 0 3
1829 19

SOURCE: SAN FERNANDO BAPTISMAL AND BURIAL REGISTERS, ST. ALBERT’S COLLEGE, SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA. ROBERT H. JACKSON, INDIAN POPULATION DECLINE: THE MISSIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NEW SPAIN, 1687–1840 (ALBUQUERQUE: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 1994), 169–171.

The population and vital rates of Rosario mission

Year Baptisms Burials Crude rates 1000 pop. Population
Converts Births Birth Death
1774 84 0 0
1775 412 7 34 207
1776 80 17 68 82.1 328.5 564
1777 17 10 85 17.7 150.7
1778 14 14 67
1779 10 18 60
1780 15 11 33
1781 8 13 45
1782 31 14 77 251
1783 13 15 20 59.8 79.7
1784 21 7 33
1785 17 17 30
1786 17 21 21 328
1787 29 17 20 51.8 61
1788 5 19 37
1789 16 17 46
1790 18 15 34 338
1791 25 17 28 50.1 82.8 347
1792 41 16 13
1793 6 20 20 390
1794 2 12 34 30.8 87.2
1795 22 12 32 323
1796 6 5 26 15.5 80.5 320
1797 8 11 22 34.4 68.8 334
1798 0 8 17 24 50.9 300
1799 7 7 7 23.3 23.3 293
1800 3 1 38 3.4 129.7 256
1801 0 5 7 19.5 27.3 255
1802 0 4 9 15.7 35.3 255
1803 0 3 6 11.8 23.5 234
1804 1 3 13 12.8 55.6 225
1805 1 6 40 26.7 177.8
1806 0 3 9 191
1807 0 11 15 57.6 78.5
1808 0 5 23 199
1809 0 9 22 45.2 110.6
1810 0 5 10
1811 0 3 10
1812 0 1 11
1813 1 5 14
1814 0 5 10
1815 1 4 12
1816 0 0 0
1817 0 3 5
1818 0 2 13
1819 0 3 2
1820 0 0 6
1821 0 2 7
1822 0 0 1
1823 0 1 0
1829 38

SOURCE: ROSARIO BAPTISMAL AND BURIAL REGISTERS, ST. ALBERT’S COLLEGE, SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA. ROBERT H. JACKSON, INDIAN POPULATION DECLINE: THE MISSIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NEW SPAIN, 1687–1840 (ALBUQUERQUE: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 1994), 169–171.

The population and vital rates of Santo Domingo mission

Baptisms Crude rates 1000 pop.
Year Converts Births Burials Birth Death Population
1775 2 0 1
1776 1 2 4
1777 18 7 4
1778 50 6 8
1779 22 3 7
1780 9 8 7
1781 6 4 50
1782 16 1 6 79
1783 28 6 6 76 76
1784 16 10 10
1785 27 4 18
1786 2 6 18 119
1787 47 4 16 33.6 134.5
1788 11 4 12
1789 46 4 15
1790 44 5 28 205
1791 86 9 15 43.9 73.1 194
1792 37 7 23 36.1 118.6
1793 9 6 20 296
1794 17 2 12 6.8 40.5 261
1795 58 11 10 42.1 38.3 300
1796 15 9 29 30 96.7 300
1797 3 6 14 20 46.7 300
1798 2 4 10 13.3 33.3 300
1799 3 6 12 20 40 390
1800 18 8 23 20.5 59 315
1801 3 4 32 12.7 101.6 278
1802 0 10 7 36 25.2 267
1803 0 7 18 26.2 67.4 257
1804 2 7 16 27.2 62.3 267
1805 3 16 35 59.9 131.1
1806 1 4 15 214
1807 0 6 10 28 130.8
1808 0 10 26 194
1809 1 11 12 56.7 61.9
1810 0 4 7
1811 1 7 15
1812 0 4 15
1813 1 8 5
1814 0 5 8
1815 0 4 13
1816 0 5 4
1817 1 4 19
1818 0 2 10
1819 0 1 4
1820 1 2 9
1821 0 1 4
1822 0 2 5
1823 0 3 0
1827 0 4 5
1828 0 2 7
1829 79

SOURCE: SANTO DOMINGO BAPTISMAL AND BURIAL REGISTERS, ST. ALBERT’S COLLEGE, SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA. ROBERT H. JACKSON, INDIAN POPULATION DECLINE: THE MISSIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NEW SPAIN, 1687–1840 (ALBUQUERQUE: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 1994), 169–171.

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