Sustraiak

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1855 - 1903 (48 years)

Name	Juan Domingo Lequerica Uriarte Ydoyaga
Birth	4 Mar 1855	Ereno, Bizkaia [1]
Christening	5 Mar 1855	Ereño, Bizkaia
Gender	Male
Immigration	14 Mar 1900	New York [2]
Immigration	SS Oceanic left Liverpool on March 7.
Death	1 Aug 1903	Birch Creek, Malheur, Oregon
Person ID	I7948508	OBC Sustraiak
Last Modified	27 Aug 2024

Family Maria Concepcion Zaldegui Goitisolo, b. 12 Feb 1854, Ereño, Bizkaia

Marriage

Children

	1. Maria Ventura Lequerica Uriarte Zaldegui, b. 6 Nov 1882, Ereño, Bizkaia
	2. Juan Bautista Lequerica Uriarte Zaldegui, b. 7 Apr 1884, Ereño, Bizkaia
	3. Timoteo Lequerica Uriarte Zaldegui, b. 10 Jun 1886, Ereño, Bizkaia d. 21 Dec 1975, Caldwell, Idaho (Age 89 years)
	4. Pedro Uriarte Lequerica Zaldegui, b. 14 Apr 1893, Ereño, Bizkaia d. Mar 1953, Jordan Valley, Oregon (Age 59 years)
	5. Justa Castora Lequerica Zaldegui, b. 9 Aug 1897, Ereño, Bizkaia d. 25 Aug 1924, Boise, Idaho (Age 27 years)

Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Aug 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Mar 1855 - Ereño, Bizkaia
	Christening - 5 Mar 1855 - Ereño, Bizkaia
	Immigration - SS Oceanic left Liverpool on March 7. - 14 Mar 1900 - New York

Notes

Around 1900, Juan Domingo Lequerica settled at the mouth of Birch Creek. His tenure was brief, cut short by an accident typical of the times. He was driving a wagon and horse team down the Birch Creek Grade when it is presumed that the brake failed, the team ran away, and Lequerica fell from the wagon and was run over. Surviving the accident, he removed his shirt and stuck a knife through it in the road to mark the place, then dragged himself with two broken legs and other injuries over the hill trying to reach the creek. Searchers later found his body on the hillside. (Paraphrased from: "Owyhee Trails: The West's Forgotten Corner" by Mike Hanley with Ellis Lucia

Documents		Passenger Manifest - SS Oceanic 14 Mar 1900
Documents		Birch Creek Ranch - National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (1997)