sources assert that on March 26, 1782, Luis and two other settlers were expelled from Los Angeles by order of Governor de Neve and "sent away as useless to the pueblo and themselves.” Their properties confiscated by the authorities, Luis and his family joined the Santa Barbara Company on their journey to the northwest. However, William Mason, noted California historian and long the curator of Southern California history at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History assertedIt might be well to add that the pobladores Lara and Quintero both were released from the pueblo of Los Angeles after they had made “repeated requests,” as Neve had put it. They were not thrown out of the pueblo, as implied by most secondary sources. Mesa, too, was included in the request at his own instigation. Whether he left voluntarily or not, he choose to live out his life as a tailor in Santa Barbara. It is also to be noted the two families expelled were the only ones of African descent. Three of Luis’ daughters had married soldiers who were attached to the Expedition of 1781. All three of these soldiers (José Rosalino Fernández, Joaquin Rodríguez, and Eugenio Valdés) were destined to be stationed at the Santa Barbara Presidio in the Spring of 1782. It is possible that the Quintero family hoped to be closer to those daughters. Luis Quintero lived out the remaining 28 years of his life as a member of the budding Santa Barbara community, serving as the maestro sastre (master tailor) for the soldiers at the presidio. Quintero died in 1810 in Santa Barbara, after serving as tailor for the soldiers at the presidio. References Californios People of Alta California 1725 births 1810 deaths People from Los Angeles History of Los Angeles