Joseph or Jose Soto was born about 1865 in California to Manuel Soto & Francisca Flores.
I do not know what happened to his family, but by 1883 at age 15 he was a resident of Folsom Prison as Inmate #625
Inmate #625 Folsom Prison
Rec: 4 Jul 1883
Term: 1 year
Crime: Felony
Age: 15
Inmate in the Sacramento County Jail
Rec: 20 May 1882
Crime: Burglary reduced to Petty Larceny
Age: 14
Inmate #10286 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 23 Feb 1882
Crime: Burglary 2nd Degree
Inmate: #3270 Folsom Prison
Rec: 10 Aug 1887
Crime: Petty Larceny
Transferred to San Quentin (Below Mugshot is of transfer).
Inmate: 12993 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 10 Aug 1887
Crime: Petty Larceny
Term: 3 Yrs
Has age as 22 but they have his age wrong several times through his incarceration, I am sure he probably didn't know when he was born, which was not uncommon back then.
Inmate: 3270 Folsom Prison
Rec: 28 Sep 1894
Crime: Asst. To Rob
Term: 2 Yrs
I believe Joe married 25 May 1903 in San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico to
Juliana Bautista (1873–1954). Although I am not 100% sure. They had a daughter named Trinidad Soto. This is all the information I found on his family. A 1930 census was the end of the trail for Joe he was living in a boarding house and he stated he was single, he was 66 years old.
I really felt sorry for little Joe, I saw his cute little face and needed to know why this little boy was in jail. I didn't get any of those answers yet, but I made him a tree and someday someone will find him and tell me the rest of his story.
I do not know what happened to his family, but by 1883 at age 15 he was a resident of Folsom Prison as Inmate #625
Rec: 4 Jul 1883
Term: 1 year
Crime: Felony
Age: 15
Inmate in the Sacramento County Jail
Rec: 20 May 1882
Crime: Burglary reduced to Petty Larceny
Age: 14
Such a sad sweet boy, looks so alone.
Inmate #10286 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 23 Feb 1882
Crime: Burglary 2nd Degree
Sacramento County Jail
7 Jun 1894
Crime: Robbery
Inmate: #3270 Folsom Prison
Rec: 10 Aug 1887
Crime: Petty Larceny
Transferred to San Quentin (Below Mugshot is of transfer).
Rec: 10 Aug 1887
Crime: Petty Larceny
Term: 3 Yrs
Has age as 22 but they have his age wrong several times through his incarceration, I am sure he probably didn't know when he was born, which was not uncommon back then.
Inmate: 3270 Folsom Prison
Rec: 28 Sep 1894
Crime: Asst. To Rob
Term: 2 Yrs
Inmate: #21774 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 3 Aug 1906
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 9 Yrs
Age: 41
Inmate: #10186 Folsom Prison
Rec: 18 Jul 1916
Crime: Robbery
Term: 5 Yrs
Age: 47
I believe Joe married 25 May 1903 in San Francisco, Mezquital, Durango, Mexico to
Juliana Bautista (1873–1954). Although I am not 100% sure. They had a daughter named Trinidad Soto. This is all the information I found on his family. A 1930 census was the end of the trail for Joe he was living in a boarding house and he stated he was single, he was 66 years old.
I really felt sorry for little Joe, I saw his cute little face and needed to know why this little boy was in jail. I didn't get any of those answers yet, but I made him a tree and someday someone will find him and tell me the rest of his story.
I've been looking thru the Sacramento mug shot books and was surprised at how many children of 13-17 had been sent to San Quentin! And females too!
ReplyDeleteYes it was very sad, but they didn't have anywhere else at that time to put them. The juvenile system wasn't in place yet.
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