Pioneer Society

The Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society offers a Certificate of Recognition to be presented to descendants of early settlers of Santa Clara County.

Program Objectives

• To identify and honor the memory of early settlers of Santa Clara County
• To acknowledge the authenticity of the lineage of their descendants
• To enrich the historical records of Santa Clara County available at the Santa Clara Central Library

Learn about applying for a Pioneer Certificate.

Pioneer Society

Following is a list of pioneer society members. We wish to recognize their efforts in successfully submitting their pioneer certificate information.

This list combines the names of the pioneer society members (the descendants) and their early settler ancestors. This list includes information on all certificates awarded through June 12, 2022.

Last Name	Given Name	Relationship to Pioneer
Aceves Adams	Pascuala "Pansy"	Pioneer Ancestor
Adams	William Francis	Pioneer Ancestor
Anderson	Carol Joan Crawford	Hoyt Descendant
Andrade	John Ferreira	Century Ancestor
Bell	Margaret Jane	Pioneer Ancestor
Berris	Craig Egan	Adams Descendant
Blanch	Linda	Blanch Descendant
Blanch	John E.	Blanch Descendant
Blanch	Charles Edward	Pioneer Ancestor
Blanch	Mary Watkins	Pioneer Ancestor
Carothers	Walter	Pioneer Ancestor
Corpstein	John Peter	Pioneer Ancestor
Critchfield	Nancy Christopher	Bell Descendant
Critchfield	Nancy Christopher	Carothers Descendant
Critchfield	Nancy Christopher	Hansen Descendant
Critchfield	Nancy Christopher	Bell Descendant
Dalton	Leana Cardoza	Souza Descendant
Evans	Josiah	First Family Ancestor
Evans	Cavy Ann	First Family Ancestor
Farrell	Anna	Pioneer Ancestor
Ferrari	Costantino	Century Ancestor
Ferrari	Louisa	Century Ancestor
Ferrell	Rebecca J.	Messersmith Descendant
Finnigan	Cathy Ann	Corpstein Descendant
Foye Holmes	Emily	Century Ancestor
Frediani	Jacolynn Joan	Jones Descendant
Frediani	Jacolynn Joan	Murphy Descendant
Gioia	Carol Milazzo	Andrade Descendant
Gioia	Carol Milazzo	Teixeira Descendant
Goldsmith	Christine Martin	Johnson Descendant
Goldsmith	Christine Martin	Smith Descendant
Grialou	William Anthony	Plyler Descendant
Hall	Kristina Kuhn	Holmes Descendant
Hall	Kristina Kuhn	Hancock Descendant
Hall	Kristina Kuhn	Lake Descendant
Hancock	Priscilla	First Family Ancestor
Hansen	Ole Christopher	Century Ancestor
Hansen	Mary Jessie	Century Ancestor
Harrison	Laurie Roberts	Raney Descendant
Higuera	Jose Manuel	First Family Ancestor
Holmes	Ahira	Century Ancestor
Holmes	Emily Foye	Century Ancestor
Hoyt	John E.	Century Ancestor
Johnson	Elam	Century Ancestor
Jones	Mary	Pioneer Ancestor
Kesterson	Denice	Farrell Descendant
Kesterson	Denice	Williams Descendant
Lake	Charles	First Family Ancestor
Lake	Priscilla Hancock	First Family Ancestor
Lopes	Joseph Domingo	Century Ancestor
Lopes	Mary Christiana Machado	Century Ancestor
Messersmith	John	Pioneer Ancestor
Mitchell	Stanley Leonard	Mitchell Descendant
Mitchell	John H.	Century Ancestor
Morphy	Thomas Roach	Pioneer Ancestor
Morphy	Martha Elizabeth Martin	Pioneer Ancestor
Murphy	William N.	Pioneer Ancestor
Plyler	Gabriel	Pioneer Ancestor
Raney	Felix	First Family Ancestor
Redondo	Maria Ignacia Antonia Limon	First Family Ancestor
Ross	Patti Michelle	Lopes Descendant
Ross	Patti Michelle	Morphy Descendant
Smith	Iselone Mary Biggs	Century Ancestor
Souza	John	Century Ancestor
Souza	Mary Gertrude	Century Ancestor
Stokes	Sharon Christopher	Bell Descendant
Stokes	Sharon Christopher	Carothers Descendant
Stokes	Sharon Christopher	Bell Descendant
Stokes	Sharon Christopher	Hansen Descendant
Swift	Theodore Franklin	Higuera Descendant
Swift	Theodore Franklin	Redondo Descendant
Sybalsky	Jill Marci	Williams Descendant
Sybalsky	Jill Marci	Williams Descendant
Teixeira	Virginia Gouveia	Century Ancestor
Topham	Richard Eugene	Evans Descendant
Townsend	Charles Washington	Century Ancestor
Watkins	Louise Ferrari	Ferrari Descendant
Williams	Michael	Pioneer Ancestor
Williams	Luke Markwood	Century Ancestor
Williams	Mary Pinkney Garren	Century Ancestor
Williams	Luke Markwood	Century Ancestor
Williams	Mary Pinkney Garren	Century Ancestor
Youngman	Bradley P.	Townsend Descendant