TITLE: Obituaries.
SOURCE: See entries.
TRANSCRIBER: Most entries by Karla Everett, with additions and notes by Rita Avila, Hattie Beresford, Julia Christy, Cathy Gowdy, Jim Hicks, Pam Lewis, Marlene McGrath, Ron Filion, Gail Slade, Christine, and Pam in Fremont.
NOTES: None.

AGUILAR, Antonio

Los Angeles Times, August 18, 1909

LINK WITH PAST BROKEN.

Pioneer Who Could Recall Pueblo Days to Be Buried This Morning.

Expert Saddle Maker.

The funeral of Antonio Aguilar, who was accidentally killed on Saturday, will be held at 8:30 o'clock this morning at the family residence, No. 1579 Henry street. There will also be services at Sacred Heart Church. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Aguilar was born in Lower California eighty-seven years ago, and came here when Los Angeles was a pueblo and the surrounding country was divided into ranchos consisting of thousands of acres, with countless numbers of cattle and horses roaming over the hills and through the valleys.

He took up as an occupation the manufacturing of stockmen's riding saddles, for which California was, and is today, famous. In this he became most proficient, having made some of the most magnificent designs ever shown in the West. At the time of his death he had been in the employ of the Los Angeles Saddlery and Finding Company for fifteen years.

He was always a public-spirited citizen, upholding the law and using his influence among his people in the cause of justice and good citizenship.

He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. Albert Scheller, who resides in San Fernando; a son in Lower California, and a daughter, Mrs. Henry Shore, and a son, Louis Aguilar, who live in this city.

AGUILAR, Don Jesus

Los Angeles Times, Dec 1, 1934

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO'S BELL RINGER PASSES ON

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Nov. 30. - Don Jesus Aguilar, faithful bell toller and one of the two chanters at the San Juan Capistrano Mission since the late '60s, died this morning in the home of his birth, the Hacienda Aguilar, the oldest adobe house in the Mission City.

He was 81 years of age and was one of the oldest residents of the countryside. His father, Don Blas Aguilar, served as alcalde of San Juan Capistrano in 1847 and his grandfather, Don Rosario Aguilar, an early settler, was the alcalde in 1843.

After a “velorio” at the Hacienda Aguilar tonight, requiem mass will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow by Father Arthur J. Hutchinson, padre of the mission, in Father Junipero Serra's church, of which he was an early member. Friends of Don Jesus Aguilar will carry the casket up the long hill to the old mission cemetery, where the body will be laid to rest.

He leaves his widow, Dona Balbineda Ruiz de Aguilar, who was born in the barracks of the mission in 1854. His sister, Dora Lorenza Manriguez, also born in the Hacienda Aguilar, is the oldest living resident in the vicinity. There are five children living here. They are Don Jua. . Aguilar, guide at the mission, who retains a private museum of heirlooms and antiques at the old home; Don Francisco and Don Blas Aguilar and Mrs. Florencia Ruiz and Mrs. Francisca Sepulveda.

AGUILAR, Rosa

Los Angeles Times, Mar 5, 1882

DIED

AGUILAR - In this city, March 4, 1882, at 1 P.M., Rosa Aguiler (sic), aged 18 years.

The funeral will take place from the Catholic church to-day at 4 o'clock P.M. Friends are invited to attend.

AMADOR, Dona Maria Ignacia

Daily Alta California, San Francisco, 25 Sep 1851, page 2

In Los Angeles, on the 2d inst., Dona MARIA IGNACIA AMADOR, aged 91 years.

ARGUELLO, Ignacius

Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1883

DIED

ARGUELLO, In San Diego, May 15th, Ignacius Arguello, a native of California.

AVILA, Anastacio A.

Los Angeles Times, 18 September 1933

FUNERAL TODAY FOR A. A. AVILA

Funeral services for Anastacio A. Avila of the old Los Angeles Avila family and San Quentin Prison guard since 1900, who died Thursday, will be conducted today at 8:15 a.m. at the Cunningham and O'Connor mortuary, 1031 South Grand avenue. Requiem mass will be said at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of the Angels (the old Plaza) Church and burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.

Avila, 72 years of age, was born in Los Angeles in 1861. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mabel Avila; a daughter, Miss Francesca Avila; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph A. Fraters, Mrs. Felipe Lugo, Jr., and Miss Carrie Avila, and two brothers, Alberto and Tomas Avila.

AVILA

Los Angeles Times, Sep 9, 1895

THE AVILA HEIRS

- A Statement Made by One of the Claimants. -

- Says the Property Went to the First Six Children of Ascension Avila's Daughter, Her Two Daughters by Pio Pico Being Ignored.

The matter of the claims to be prosecuted by the Avila Estate Company, mention of which was made in the dispatches a few days ago, has given rise to come conflicting reports as to the facts of the case.

In order to put the question before the public in a right light as to the facts stated, James Moreno, one of the parties interested in the company, made some explanations in reference to it to a Times reporter yesterday.

“Don Antonio Ynacio Avila,” Mrs. Moreno said, “was born in Los Angeles in 1765, as has been related in the dispatches. He died in this city about fifty-four years ago. He was married to Dona Ros Ruis and by her had ten children, one of whom was named Ascension. After the death of Don Avila, his estate, which was a large one, consisting mostly of lands granted directly to him from the Mexican government before California was ceded to the United States, was divided among the children, Ascencion receiving a share.

“Previous to the death of Don Avila, Ascencion married Thomas Sanchez, and by him had six children, one of whom was Thomas Sanchez, Jr. After the death of her husband, Ascencion lived with Don Pio Pico, who was the last Governor of California under the Mexican dominion. In those days the laws in reference to marriage were not as strict as they are now, and, as a matter of fact, public opinion in the matter of marriage formalities did not compel or press particular requirements as it does now. County clerks' offices were few and far between, and such a thing as a marriage license was unheard of. I have been told on what I believe to be good authority that Don Pio Pico intended to go through the formality of a marriage ceremony with Ascencion. Just as he was about to do that, however, he was called away on business as Governor, which took him to a remote part of the State. In those days traveling was slow at best, so that considerable time elapsed before he returned. When he did reach home again, it was only to find that Ascencion was dead.

“Be that as it may, Ascencion had two daughters by Pio Pico, Griselda and Joaquina. The former has never married. Joaquina, who is my mother, married Jose Moreno, and my aunt Griselda lives with us at No. 136 West Fifteenth street. Besides myself there are six brothers and sisters.

“The eldest of these is Delfina, who is the wife of Vicente Sanchez, a son of Thomas Sanchez, Jr., and lives at No. 529 Alpine street. The next oldest is Porfirio Moreno, who is one of the directors of the Avila Estate Company, and lives with us on Fifteenth street. Next in order is Alejandro Moreno, who is unmarried and is the electrician in the Supreme Court building at San Francisco. Then comes Joseph, who lives in San Francisco. I am the next in age and after me is my sister Leonias and my brother Manuel, he being 13 years of age; both of whom live with us.

“After the death of Ascencion, Thomas Sanchez, Jr., who was a son of hers by Thomas Sanchez, was the Sheriff. He administered upon her estate and divided it among her children by his father. No part of the estate was given to the two children by Pio Pico, and they at the time made no contest.

“The Avila Estate Company has been formed for the purpose of securing for the heirs thus ignored their portion of the estate of Ascencion. Pio Pico, who died a year ago, stated to a number of persons besides myself that Griselda and Joaquina were his daughters by Ascencion. Only a few days before his death he proposed to go with me to a notary public and make affidavit to this fact. I arranged to go with him for this purpose a day or two later, but at the appointed time he was ill, and the matter was delayed. His condition became worse and he died a few days later.

“The estate of Ascencion which was divided among her children by Sanchez, but to which claim is laid through her children by Pio Pico, consists of a number of pieces of land. One of these pieces is a part of Redondo Beach, including the Centinela ranch. Just how much area this piece includes is in doubt and will probably remain so until the abstract can be prepared. Another of the pieces of land lies between First and Fourth streets in this city and extends from Alameda street westerly to Vine street and perhaps further. The third tract of land to which the company is to lay claim includes the Guaspita, Salina, Laguna Seco, Coroas and Piletas ranches, comprising the neighborhood known as Sonoratown. The boundaries of this tract it will require an abstract to determine. The value of these lands is estimated to be $3,000,000.

“Abstracts of the lands in question are being prepared and a prominent attorney is expected to come from Washington, D.C., to assist in prosecuting the claim”

AVILA, Felipe E.

Los Angeles Times, Oct 26, 1902

KILLED BY A CAR.

Former Constable Run Down on North Main Street and Received Injuries Which Resulted in Death.

While crossing North Main street near Arcadia street yesterday morning, Felipe E. Avila, formerly a Deputy Constable, and a well-known character about town, was struck by an electric car of the Alhambra line. He was knocked a considerable distance and when assistance reached him was unconscious and bleeding from a wound on the back of the head.

It is said that he had been drinking and paid no attention to the warning of the gong on the car. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that his injuries were very serious, and he was then removed to the County Hospital. He lingered there until 9 o'clock last night, when he died without having recovered consciousness. He was about forty years of age. He was married and had one child, but, had not been living with his wife for a long time.

de BARROW, Dolores Machado

Los Angeles Times, Sep 5, 1937

DOLORES MACHADO de BARROW was the charming descendant of both the Machado and Sepulveda families, who gave a good patriotic, civic and social account of themselves in California for four generations. Her recent passing on July 25, 1937, filled the hearts of her many Southland friends with a sense of deep personal and community loss.

Dolores was born on Rancho de la Ballona, a part of the original grant from the King of Spain to Augustin Machado, her grandfather. She attended school on a part of the estate of her grandmother, Ramona Sepulveda, in Santa Monica. Her college degree was obtained from U.S.C. Since education had always been synonymous with progress to her, she chose to spend several years in the United States government service in establishing our wonderful school system in the Philippines. Back in Chicago, she took additional studies, after which she returned to Los Angeles, where her civic and club interest kept pace with modern progress.

Her best service was devoted to the Friday Morning Cub, Women's University Club and Native Daughters of the Golden West. She was chairman of History and Landmarks of California Parlor. A member of the “Faculty Wives” of the University of Southern California, Women's Service Auxiliary of the Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles County Medical Association, she was largely responsible for founding the latter's splendid library. She was also State program chairman (health education) of the California Women's Medical Auxiliary.

She married Dr. John V. Barrow, physician and surgeon, and became the mother of two sons, one of whom is attending Stanford.

BERNAL, Rosana

Los Angeles Times, Aug 10, 1883

BERNAL. In Los Angeles, August 9th, 1883, Rosana Bernal, only child of J. A. and Costancia M. Bernal, aged eighteen months and eight days.

Funeral from residence, No. 16 Jackson street, at 4 p.m. to-day.

BRADBURY, Simona M.

Los Angeles Times, Dec 12, 1902

MRS. S. M. BRADBURY DIES IN OAKLAND

AN INTERESTING LOS ANGELES CHARACTER NO MORE.

Widow of the Late Millionaire L. L. Bradbury, and Owner of Valuable Property Here and Elsewhere - Sterling and Able Business Woman

Mrs. Simona M. Bradbury, widow of the late millionaire of Los Angeles, L. L. Bradbury, died at her Oakland home Wednesday afternoon. Her death had been expected for some time, and all her children, with the possible exception of one daughter, who is a sufferer from mental disorders, were with her at the time of her death.

A little less than a year ago Mrs. Bradbury was stricken with an illness at her mansion in Los Angeles, Hill and Court streets, which developed later into organic heart disease. When she realized a few months ago that her end was approaching she expressed a desire to be removed to her early home in Oakland, where she had first resided with her husband on their removal from Mexico, about 1880, and near where his remains are interred.

Deceased leaves six children - two sons, John Bradbury and Louis Bradbury, who has recently come of age, and four daughters, Simonita, the eldest; Rosa, wife of James Winston of this city; Minnie, wife of Col. I. H. Polk of this city, and Louise.

The passing of Mrs. Bradbury removes a unique and interesting character, and one which had been closely associated with the business history of Los Angeles, for some years.

She was a native of the State of Sinaloa, Mex., where she was born about fifty-six years ago. She was married to L. L. Bradbury, a Yankee from Maine, who was engaged in the merchandise business in Oregon before he went to Mexico, near Rosario, Sinaloa, while he was developing the rich Tajo mine, in which he owned a large interest. There the children were born, and a large portion of the Bradbury fortune accumulated.

About 1880 the family removed to Oakland, and about five years later to this city, Mr. Bradbury coming south to find relief from asthma, from which he was a great sufferer. The present Bradbury homestead at Hill and Court streets was erected at that time.

At his death in July, 1892, Mr. Bradbury left an estate of several millions, a third of which fell to his wife. In his will she was made one of the executrices and a trustee under the trust created by it, and has been the main manager of the large affairs of the estate ever since. Her chief associate in the business of the estate has been Judge John D. Bicknell of this city. Though ignorant of the English language and of American business methods, when she came to this country, she is said to have developed a marked business ability and grasp of general affairs.

In 1893, with her co-executors, she constructed the Bradbury Block at the corner of Broadway and third streets, one of the finest buildings in the city, and later, out of her own means, erected the Tajo building at Broadway and First street, in which the Federal courts are now temporarily located.

The estate which she leaves is very valuable, and consists, beside the interests in this city, of large land holdings in Oakland, Stockton and near Duarte, and a large interest in the Tajo mine.

By her chief business associate Mrs. Bradbury is spoken of as having been a woman of sterling character and marked ability. She contributed generously to charitable purposes, especially in Catholic circles, as she was a staunch member of the Catholic church.

Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made public. Her sons-in-law, James Winston, her agent here, and Col. Polk, were telegraphed for and left yesterday for Oakland.

[NOTE: Did some research on the internet and learned that L. L. Bradbury was Lewis Leonard Bradbury. According to one article I saw, the city of Bradbury was named for him. He purchased Rancho Azusa de Duarte in 1892 and owned a smaller rancho in San Marino. The Minnie mentioned in the obituary was Minerva Josephine Bradbury who married Isaac Hilliard Polk, a second cousin of President Polk. - Karla Everett ]

BROWN, Rosalia de Haro Andrews

San Francisco Examiner, 28 June 1901

BROWN - In this city, June 27, Rosalia De Haro, beloved wife of the late Charles Brown and beloved mother of William A. Andrews, Mrs. C. B. Mahon, Amelia Brown, Mrs. F. E. Caler and Mrs. F. P. McQuinn, a native of California, aged 72 years 10 months and 23 days.

Friends and acquaintances are respect-fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Saturday) from her late residence, 240 Dolores street, at 8:30 a. m. thence to Mission Dolores Church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul at 9 a. m. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery.

BUELNA, Fonificio

Los Angeles Times, Sep 13, 1902

Fonificio Buelna.

SALINAS, Sept. 12. - Fonificio Buelna, one of the founders of the town of Gonzales, died last night from prostration due to overwork in the sun. Deceased, who was 77 years old and was born in California, had resided in Gonzales for thirty-two years. He was married in 1849, and celebrated his golden wedding two years ago, at which there were present besides himself and wife, fourteen grown up sons and daughters, 104 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

BUELNA, Guadalupe

San Cruz Surf, Feb 16, 1903

DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT

Guadalupe BUELNA died Saturday evening at his home on High Street. He was well known being one of the oldest residents as he has continuously resided in Santa Cruz since his birth seventy-three years ago. He leaves a wife and a large family. His funeral was held this afternoon from the Catholic Church. Re. Gerald P. Gay reading the service for the dead. The interment was at the Catholic Cemetery.

[NOTE: Guadalupe's full name as I have it is: JOSE GUADALUPE DE GRACIA BUELNA. He was the great, great grandson of Anastacio BUELNA and Maria Ignacia Josefa DOMINGUEZ. -Pam in Fremont]

BUELNA, Mrs. R.

San Cruz Surf, Dec 11 1914, page 8

DEATH OF MRS. BUELNA

Word was received today by Mrs. E. L. Van Cleeck of the death of Mrs. R. Buelna in San Francisco.

Mrs. Buelna is a member of one of the oldest Spanish families here and after leaving Santa Cruz some six years ago to make her home in San Francisco, has spent much time here, renting a cottage each summer.

Mrs. Buelna was 67 years of age and leaves four daughters-Josephine, Sadie, Rosa, and Mrs. Pedemonte, and four sisters-Mrs. Rodriguez, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Swainey, and Mrs. Louise Ward.

[NOTE: She was the wife of JOSE GUADALUPE DE GRACIA BUELNA. Daughter of NICHOLAS DODERO AND JOSEFA PATRICIA HIGUERA. -Pam in Fremont]

BUELNAR, Rafaella

San Cruz Surf, Feb 24, 1891, page 3

MRS. RAFAELLA BUELNAR

In the death of Mrs. Rafaella Buelnar, Santa Cruz loses one of its oldest residents and a very interesting character. Mrs. Buelnar was born here seventy-three years ago. She has passed her life-time here and has seen Mission Santa Cruz develop into a thriving little city. Up to three years ago she lived on Cliff street, Beach hill, and owned property in this locality. Three years ago she bought a lot and built a house on Clay street, near the Riverside Hotel. She leaves five children, Guadalupe, Josephina, Dolores, Jose and Frank. She was an aunt of the Perez brothers, who are well-known residents of Santa Cruz. Her funeral will take place for the Church of the Holy Cross at 9”oclock this morning.

[NOTE: She was the sister of JOSEFA SOTO (“Old Chepa”), the wife of JOSE RAMON BUELNA, and mother of JOSE GUADALUPE de GRACIA BUELNA. The spelling is how it was in the newspaper. -Pam in Fremont]

CARRILLO, Adelina Yorbe de

Los Angeles Times, Apr 12, 1933

MOTHER OF CARRILLOS SUCCUMBS

Rites Will Be Conducted at Old Yorba Church in Santa Ana Canyon Today

PLACENTIA, April 11. - In the death today of Adelina Yorbe (sic) de Carrillo, native of Orange county, this section lost one of its ties with the days of the dons. She was 79 years of age, the widow of Joseph R. Carrillo, a native of Los Angeles. Death occurred on the family's ranch home in Santa Ana Canyon about eight miles east of Placentia.

She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Norman Reeves, Mrs. Edilfrida Patte and Miss Esperanzo Carrillo, and one son, Gutimo Carrillo, all residing on the Canyon Rancho. Four sisters, Mrs. Samuels Kraemer of Placentia, Mrs. J. B. Ruiz, Santa Maria; Mrs. Felipe Dominguez, Mrs. J. C. Travis and two brother, P. and S. Yorba, all residing on the rancho.

Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the historic old Yorba Church in Santa Ana Canyon near the site of the old Bernard Yorba Hacienda. Burial will be in the old Yorba Cemetery, where lie many of Mrs. Carrillo's ancestors.

[NOTE: Adelina Bernarda Yorba was born 20 Nov 1853 and baptized at Plaza Church, Los Angeles…Plaza Bats, #940 15 Apr 1854. She married Jose Ramon Carrillo on 19 Jan 1884, according to Ontiveros, Erlinda Pertusi.; Editors - Jim and Lynne Norris, San Ramon Chapel Pioneers and Their California Heritage, (Olive Press Publications, Box 99, Los Olivos, California 93441 (805)688-2445), Page 285 Jose Antonio Prudencio Yorba Genealogy. - Sheila Ruiz Harrell]

CARRILLO, Alfredo

Los Angeles Times, Aug 19, 1904

DIED AT SANTA MONICA

Alfredo E. Carrillo, a member of one of the old Spanish families, members of which have resided in this section for more than a century, died at 1 o'clock this morning at his home in Santa Monica. He was born in Los Angeles sixty years ago and his entire life was spent in this section of the State. He leaves a family.

[NOTE: This Alfredo Emidiano Carrillo is the son of Pedro Catarino Carrillo. - Sheila Ruiz Harrell]

CARRILLO, Juan J.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 1, 1916

FIRST POLICE CHIEF OF LOS ANGELES IS DEAD.

Juan J. Carrillo, member of one of the early Spanish families in this State, and a prominent figure in the public life of early Southern California, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. H. Calkins, No. 505 West Twenty-eighth street, following an illness from which he had suffered since last October.

Mr. Carrillo was the first Chief of Police of Los Angeles and the first Mayor of Santa Monica, and also a police judge in the latter city from 1905 to 1915. He was born September 8, 1842, in Santa Barbara. With eighteen other students he went east via Panama to attend Holy Cross College at Worcester, Mass.

He and Miss Francisca Roland were married October 7, 1868, and eleven children were born to that union. From 1872 to 1874 he was Chief of Police of this city and later he was appointed tax collector. Subsequently he and his family moved to Santa Barbara, where he was Mayor from 1886 to 1898.

Mr. Carrillo's mother was one of three sisters who made the first American flag in California. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eva Carrillo, by his second marriage, and four sons and three daughters. The sons are Dr. Y. R. Carrillo of Calexico, E. J. Carrillo, chief engineer of the Shattuck and Eddinger Co.; Leo Carrillo, an actor; Octavius Carrillo, an employee of the Santa Monica post office. The daughters are Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lopez, Mrs. A. H. Calkins and Mrs. Diana (Carrillo?) Hatton.

(No) arrangements for the funeral (have) yet been made.

[NOTE: …marriage record for Juan Jose Carrillo and Francisca Roldan, daughter of Mariano Reyes Roldan and Emerenciana Ygnacia Alvarado, 07 Oct 1868 at Plaza Church, Los Angeles. - Sheila Ruiz Harrell]

CARRILLO, Leo Domingo

Los Angeles Times, Feb 24, 1950

LEO DOMINGO CARRILLO, ACTOR'S COUSIN, DIES

Rosary for Leo Domingo Carrillo, 63, member of the early California Carrillo family and cousin of Leo Carrillo, actor, will be recited at 730 p.m. today in the chapel of Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary. Requiem Mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 a.m. in St. Teresa's Church, Glendale and Fargo St., with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Mr. Carrillo, who was born in Santa Barbara, a son of Levario Carrillo and Claudina Garcia Carrillo, was a lifelong resident of Los Angeles. He died Wednesday in his home, 1642 N Benton Way.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Helen Carrillo; two sisters, Mrs. Earnestina Cordero of Santa Barbara and Mrs. Margaret Gutierrez of Los Angeles; five brothers, Antonio and Dan Carrillo of Los Angeles, Fred Carrillo of San Jose, Henry Carrillo of Santa Barbara and Albert Carrillo of San Francisco; four grandchildren and his uncle, Selin Carrillo, 83, who figured as last of the old Wells Fargo stagecoach drivers in this area.

CARRILLO, Mr. P. C.

Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1888

Judge P. C. Carrillo, who died at his late residence on Ocean avenue last Monday, in the 70th year of his age, was one of the oldest settlers in Southern California, and took an active part on the American side during the Mexican war. He was born at Santa Barbara, but for many years past he has been a resident of this county, and of Santa Monica. He was a typical gentleman of the old school, universally beloved for his excellent qualities of both head and heart. So closely was he identified with the birth and development of Southern California that his fund of historical facts and reminiscences was very great, and his death is a loss to the entire community. High mass was solemnized at the Catholic Church, from which the bereaved family, attended by a large number of sympathizing friends from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and citizens generally, followed the remains to their last resting-place in the cemetery.

[NOTE: I'm guessing this is Pedro Catarino Carrillo, b. 23 Feb 1818, Santa Barbara; married Maria Josefa Ramona Macsimiana Bandini, (b.22 Aug 1823, San Diego) at Plaza Church, Los Angeles, 24 Aug 1841…according to Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, Some Alta California Pioneers and Descendants, (Contra Costa County Historical Society 1700 Oak Park Blvd Room C-5, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523), Div One, Vol I. Entry #367. Pedro was one of 10 children born to Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo and Josefa Raymunda Castro. - Sheila Ruiz Harrell]

CARRILLO, Mrs. P. C.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 10, 1896

SANTA MONICA.

Funeral of the Late Mrs. Carrillo.

SANTA MONICA, April 9. - The funeral of Mrs. P. C. Carrillo, mother of Mayor J. J. Carrillo, was held Wednesday morning with appropriate ceremonies, Father Howe of the Catholic church officiating. Requiem high mass was performed at the church, which was filled with people attending. The procession on its way to the Santa Monica Cemetery, where the interment was had, was escorted by veterans of the Mexican war. This mark of respect on the part of the veterans was in recognition of the fact that the deceased was the maker of the first American flag in California, the banner being made at San Diego at the time of the Mexican war. There were profuse floral decorations. The grave was beautifully trimmed, and near it was a tall cross formed of rare flowers. There were numerous other floral emblems.

[NOTE: This Mrs P.C. Carrillo is Maria Josefa Ramona Macsimiana Bandini, b. 22 Aug 1823, San Diego, and baptized at Mission San Diego, Entry #5520, on 23 Aug 1823…daughter of Juan Bandini and Maria Dolores Estudillo. She and Pedro Catarino Carrillo married on 24 Aug 1841 at Plaza Church, Los Angeles, CA. - Sheila Ruiz Harrell]

CARLON, Don Jose

Los Angeles Times, Jul 13, 1901

FAMILIAR CHARACTER CROSSES THE DIVIDE.

DON JOSE CARLON, ONE OF THE ODLEST (sic) PIONEERS.

Laid the First Water Pipes in San Luis Obispo and Lassoed Bears in the Arroyo Grande Valley Forty Years Ago. SAN LUIS OBISPO, July 12. - (From The Times' Resident Correspondent.) Yesterday at 11 o'clock Jose M. Carlon, one of the oldest residents of this county, passed away at his home in this city. He was in good health up to within a few days ago, but in some manner contracted blood poisoning, which soon caused his death.

Don Jose Carlon was a prominent figure among the Spanish-Americans of this section of the State. He was born in Santa Barbara in 1838, and came to San Luis Obispo when a mere boy. He laid the first system of water pipes in the city, and for twenty years or more had charge of the work of repairing and laying pipe for the San Luis Water Company.

In his boyhood days Mr. Carlon caught a number of bears in the Arroyo Grande Valley in this county, with the lasso. He was twice married, and twenty children were born to his two wives, twelve of whom are still living.

The Johnson and McCuen quicksilver mines have been purchased by Boston capitalists.

CASTILLO, Ramon

Los Angeles Times, April 11, 1912

VENTURA, April 10. - Ramon Castillo, aged 105 years, died yesterday at his home in San Martine Canyon, this county, where he had resided for years in the family of Jo Aros [Ares?]. Castillo had resided in Ventura county section for the past ninety years and put in much of his life on the Camulos ranch of the Del Valle family as a vaquero. He was a native of Mexico and had no relatives in this part of the world so far as is known. Coroner Gibson held an inquest and determined that death came from old age.

CELIS, Adolfo

Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1883

CELIS'S BODY BROUGHT IN

How the Accident Happened - Funeral Arrangements.

The body of Deputy Sheriff Adolfo Celis was brought down on yesterday morning's train from San Fernando by Major Gard, and prepared for burial by Messrs. Ponot & Orr. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock to-day, the procession starting from Confidence Engine House No. 2, thence to the Plaza church, where religious exercises will be held, and thence to the cemetery.

Mr. Gard gave the following additional particulars of the sad event: He and Celis were on the front seat of the wagon, Celis driving, and the two each having guns, were shooting rabbits. Mr. Gard had a double-barreled shotgun and Celis had his rifle. Gard was chaffing Celis about missing so many shots, as Celis had just shot three times at a rabbit before he killed it, and had got the game and started on again, he watching out on one side of the road and Gard on the other, and each sitting with their faces turned from each other. Mr. Gard noticed Celis placing a coat or blanket further back on the seat, it having slipped forward, and presently he heard the report of a gun. Looking around Celis still held the lines and still sat erect. Gard asked if he wanted to make a widow of his wife, and asked him to be a little careful of his firing, supposing that it was one of Celis's pistols that had been discharged. Celis did not reply, and they jogged along some thirty or forty yards when Celis fell backward, making a gurgling sound with his throat, and it was discovered that he was dead. Then the situation was realized, and search was made for the wound. The rifle was not then in the wagon and was not missed at the time, Gard thinking all the time that the pistol had done the damage. The wound was at length found in the center of the breast just above the pit of the stomach, and back of the point of the left shoulder the ball passed out. The poor man never knew what struck, him so sudden was the death. The rifle was missed, and going back to the place where the explosion took place it was found lying in the road. It had been accidentally knocked out of the wagon, and in its fall the hammer struck a spoke of the wheel which caused the discharge of the gun.

CELIS, Eulogio F. de

Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1903

ROMANTIC DAY, PATHETIC END.

Sad Burial of Once Wealthy Scion of Spain

Mass Intoned for Sr. De Celis, Who Died in Poverty.

Los Angeles Man Who Once Loaned Sixty Thousand Dollars to Mexico.

There was a pathetic little funeral yesterday at the old Spanish Church. The casket was of the plainest and there were no flowers: indeed, not even pallbearers to carry it from the hearse to the altar. A few mourners, a small group of the friends of the family in former years, mostly women, followed the body borne by men who happened to be passing at the time, down the aisle to the front seats. A spectator would never have imagined from the surroundings that the man, over whose remains the priest was intoning the mass for the dead, was at one time one of the well-known figures of Los Angeles, and the son of a prominent capitalist of early days who counted his leagues by thousands, and to whom the thought of poverty for his eldest born would have been beyond the imagination.

Eulogio F. de Celis was a native of Los Angeles, the son of Don Eulogio, Sr., and Josefa Arguello de De Celis, natives of Spain. Eulogio was given all the advantages of travel and education that the wealth and position of his family demanded. He was sent to England to perfect his knowledge of the English language, and to Paris to learn French in the schools of that city. The family went to Spain, where they resided some twenty years, and where the father died, but Eulogio returned to Los Angeles with power of attorney to manage his father's vast acres, valued then at $200,000. He spent money with a lavish hand, and his friends and associates shared in his generosity, as many old settlers here remember. One historian states that Senor De Celis bought a lot near the site of the Westminster Hotel, built one of the best houses in the city at that time, and presented it outright to a friend who was in straitened circumstances.

Mr. De Celis established and published, for a number of years, “La Cronica” and other newspapers in the Spanish language. He is described as a polished, cultured gentleman of attractive personality, who in his prosperity had hosts of friends, but for several years before his death he was abjectly poor, and at one time almost blind, though later his sight was partially restored. He left a widow and four beautiful little children, two boys and two girls, with no resource but the mother's hands.

Don Eulogio De Celis, Sr., was a man of strong character and large wealth. During the Mexican War he loaned that government, through the late Gov. Pio Pico, $60,000 as a war fund, and took part of the San Fernando Rancho as security, which he sold. Don Eulogio was the cause of a very embarrassing and painful experience in the career of Gen. John C. Fremont. When Fremont was acting Governor of California, and had his official residence in Alexander Bell's house, on the corner of Alameda and Aliso streets, he contracted with Don Eulogio for a number of cattle. The cattle were delivered, but the government repudiated the claim, alleging that Fremont had no authority to enter into the contract. De Celis turned the vouchers over to an Englishman, and when Fremont visited London he was arrested and kept in jail until the claim was paid. Though determined in standing fast for his own, Don Eulogio is said to have been a man of large heart and generous impulses. While the Mexican War was in progress, there were many American prisoners in Los Angeles. They were kept under guard in an old adobe house east of the river, where they suffered from hunger. Don Eulogio took them in hand, provided and paid for food for them out of his own pocket.

The De Celis home was a palatial residence in its day, that stood on the site and is part of the present St. Elmo Hotel. When it was sold the family removed to South Main street, where their olive and walnut orchards and vineyards extended from the old Childs place on Twelfth to Washington and from Main to San Pedro streets. After her husband's death Mrs. De Celis returned from Spain with her family to Los Angeles, where she died some eight or ten years ago. She is described as a very elegant and accomplished lady of fine presence and charming personality. She wore the costume of her native land, the high tortoise shell back comb in the hair, supporting the black lace mantilla that fell below the waist. She was skilled in the old-time accomplishment of Spanish women, fine embroidery, taking great pains to have her sons' costumes on fiesta days beautifully embellished by her own hands. A number of relatives of the family are well-known residents of this city.

[NOTE: Eulogio De Celis was one of the early Spanish land grant families. He first visited the Pueblo Nuestro de Los Angeles in the late 1700's, perhaps with family. In the early 1800's he and his brother Fernando returned to settle on the land grant property. Although I don't know the year the DeCelis family arrived, I do know that they went back to Spain in 1854. Life in the San Fernando Valley had been most inhospitable, and plagues had killed a great many of their native laborers. The family had also built a “town home” within the Pueblo, which is noted as “palatial”. Eulogio DeCelis and his wife, Josepha Arquello (who was a daughter of one of the early Governor's of CA), continued the management of the San FernandoValley, lived in the “town home” and raised about eight (8) children. The names of William Money, (a Scotsman) and his wife, Isabel Rada Money, are not found in indexes for families before 1854. They moved to the Pueblo in 1840 from Sonora, Mex. (She was Spanish and French.) - Marlene McGrath (granddaughter of Isabel Abarta born in 1854 in the LA Pueblo)]

CHAVEZ, Jose Martinano

Los Angeles Times, Jul 19, 1932

CHAVEZ, Jose Martinano, beloved husband of Luz Chavez, brother of Andres, Luciano and Magdalena Chavez and Mrs. Roselia Ybarra: also survived by seven children.

Funeral today at 9:30 a.m. from 2214 Arron street. Mass at 10 a.m. at Plaza Church. Alvarez and Moore, directors.

COTA, Francisco

Los Angeles Times, Nov 12, 1906

DEATH WINS LAST VICTORY.

Francisco Cota, Who Fought Stockton, Dead.

Last of Proud Dons Who Made Local History.

Many Spanish Families Will Honor His Memory.

Children and grand-children of the proudest old families of early California gathered last night, in the old Spanish way, to sit through the night with the dead body of old Francisco Cota.

This old man who died last Friday was one of the last of the old Spanish dons who ruled like kings over the vast estates of California before the gringo came. His family is one of the most distinguished in early California history, and his was an honorable part in the family annals.

Francisco Cota was over 90 when he died. He was born in Los Angeles on one of the enormous ranchos; the hacienda was about the spot where the Roman Catholic cathedral at Main and Second streets, now stands, next door to the cathedral, they say.

His father was Guillermo Cota, one of the emigrants from Spain, who were organized in Sinaloa and came north to found the little pueblo that has become Los Angeles.

The family became social leaders in the gorgeous life of the early Spanish land princes.

HAIR OF A DEBTOR

In those days, it was an insult, a subtle insult, to ask a man how many acres he owned; land was reckoned in leagues. Money was loaned back and forth on the simple word of a man. In those simple-hearted proud days, the Cotas used to go to the pioneer stores and fling down a handful of gold pieces with the order to send out as much as that would buy. For security on large sums of money, it was sometimes a custom to take a hair of the debtor's head as a delicate compliment, implying that his word and one little hair as reminder was enough to insure payment of any sum. Suspicion and crooked dealing came in with the gringo.

The Cotas used to give barbecues and fiestas that lasted for weeks at a time, visiting back and forth between the Lugos, the Del Valles, the Sepulvedas, the Verdugos and many other of the old families.

Francisco Cota from boyhood was a magnificent horseman and became a typical Spanish grandee, proud, honorable and recklessly brave.

At the death of his father, he inherited a vast estate with parts of several famous ranches, La Ballona, Cerritos, Los Coyotes.

His brother, Leonardo Cota became one of the foremost men in the history of Southern California; he was one of the early alcaldes of Los Angeles in it most strenuous days.

It was largely through Leonard Cota and the brother who now lie dead, that the haciendas of the Spanish were opened socially to the early gringos.

His sister was the wife of old Don Manuel Dominguez whose grandsons are Frank, Ralph and Bob Dominguez, well known in this city's business life.

TOOK PART IN BATTLE.

When Commodore Stockton landed at San Pedro and began the march on the Dominguez rancho, Francisco Cota was one of the fiery young Spaniards who armed themselves as best they could and marched with their vaqueros, or rather rushed, to stop the Americanos.

Cota in fact was one of the most picturesque features of that battle. He was one of the pure-blooded Spanish and was a pronounced blond in complexion. This so impressed Stockton's sailors that they were convinced he must be an American held captive by the Mexicans and raised a fund among themselves to try to accomplish his freedom.

Cota often used to tell his grandchildren how the vaqueros rode down the sailors with their plunging horses. The old cannon now planted at Commercial and Main streets, and resting at the Courthouse are souvenirs of that battle. One of the great events of the early social life here was the marriage of Francisco Cota to one of the daughters of Machado of the Machado rancho.

LEAVES MANY CHILDREN.

They raised a great family of children, most of the daughters marrying into well-known Spanish families. The surviving children are, Mrs. Vicenta Yorba of Yorba station; Mrs. Tadeo Botiller of No. 1672 Harvard boulevard; Mrs. Teofilo Valdez of Hollywood; Mrs. Ramona Olivera of The Palms; Mrs. Manuela Figueroa, La Ballona; Sara Cota, La Ballona; Guillermo Cota and Frank Cota of La Ballona.

The old don was clear in mind up to the time of his death. Until four or five years ago he used to ride his horse with the younger men.

For about two years he has been suffering with cancer of the mouth. He bore his terrible suffering with proud patience, and without complaint.

He died at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Botiller last Saturday night.

The funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at St. Thomas' Church, Pico Heights; burial at Calvary Cemetery.

The funeral will be a representative gathering of the old Spanish families.

DAVIS, Isabel S.

Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1943

MRS. ISABEL S. DAVIS

Funeral services for Mrs. Isabel Sepulveda Davis, member of the Los Angeles Sepulveda family, who died Thursday, will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at All Souls Chapel, Calvary Cemetery, under direction of Cunningham and O'Connor. Mrs. Davis was born in Los Angeles in 1867, daughter of Juan M. and Jesus Alvarado Sepulveda. A widow, Mrs. Davis lived at 728 S. Manhatten Place. She leaves a son, Harry O. Davis; a brother, I. A. Sepulveda, and two sisters, Mrs. Ester S. Guirado and Mrs. Elvira S. Taylor.

[NOTE: Obviously, the mother's name is incorrect. Checking Rootsweb databases, it appears that the parents of Mrs. Davis were Juan Maria Sepulveda and Maria de Jesus Alvarado, however the only sibling mentioned by the two Rootsweb contributors was George Sepulveda - no I.A., Ester or Elvira . . . - Karla Everett]

DAY, Leonidas Sepulveda

Los Angeles Times, Nov 27, 1941

Mrs. Leonidas Sepulveda Day

Solemn requiem high mass for Mrs. Leonidas Sepulveda Day, 70, daughter of the late Don Juan Sepulveda, pioneer Californian, was offered yesterday by Rev. Owen Jinks at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Msgr. Francis J. Conaty, pastor of the church where Mrs. Day had been active in the Altar Society for many years, presided. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Day, the daughter of Don Juan Sepulveda and Susana Ruiz, died Sunday at the family home, 229 E. 43rd Place.

Los Angeles Times, Nov 25, 1941

SEPULVEDA'S DAUGHTER DIES

Woman, 70, Was Child of California Pioneer Who Owned Huge Ranch

One of contemporary California's final links with a brilliant chapter of the West's early history was broken Sunday in the death of Mrs. Leonidas Sepulveda Day, 70-year-old daughter of Don Juan Sepulveda, late pioneer of the Golden State. Her passing at the family home, 229 E. 43rd Place, was believed to have been partially the result of grief suffered over the death four months ago of her husband, Arthur Wellington Day of the Los Angeles Railway Co.

ROSARY TODAY

Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the chapel of Reed Bros., Tapley and Geiger Mortuary. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Holy Cross Church, 4705 S. Main St.

Mrs. Day was the daughter of Don Juan Sepulveda and Susana Ruiz. She, like her parents and her three brothers and one sister, was born in Los Angeles. ACTIVE IN CHURCH

She was active in church work and was a member of the Altar Society of the Holy Cross Church.

Her father, Don Juan Sepulveda, was born here in 1813 and was granted title to the vast Rancho Palos Verdes in San Pedro by Governor Figueroa of the Mexican government more than a century ago.

DIED IN 1894

The pioneer died in 1894. Mrs. Sepulveda's only sister, Lola Sepulveda, succumbed in 1936.

Mrs. Day leaves her two brothers, Andrew Sepulveda of Perris, Cal., and John Sepulveda of San Pedro, and a nephew, John J. Miehle of Los Angeles.

DEL AMO, Senora Susana Dominguez

Los Angeles Times, Jan 19, 1931

SENORA DEL AMO EXPIRES

Daughter of Historic Dominguez Rancho Owner Will Be Laid to Rest Today

Death yesterday took Senora Susana Dominguez Del Amo, daughter of Don Manuel Dominguez, owner of the historic Dominguez rancho. Dr. Gregorio Del Amo, her husband, was at the beside (sic) when she passed away at 6 a.m. at her home, 1119 Westchester Place. Senora Del Amo, for some time had been in failing health and her death was declared the result of sickness brought on by advanced age.

Senora Del Amo was born in 1848 on the Dominguez hacienda, which included originally 52,000 acres. The Dominguez rancho once extended from the Los Angeles River to the Pacific Ocean and included what are now the cities of Wilmington, Torrance, Redondo Beach and Compton. Senora Del Amo was one of a family of eight daughters and two sons, born to Don Manuel Dominguez and Maria Alta Gracia Cota Dominguez.

The Dominguez family dates back to the time preceding the Spanish Armada. In 17985 the San Pedro or Dominguez rancho was in the possession of Juan Jose Dominguez who owned about 1000 head of cattle. The rancho comprised ten and one-half leagues. After the death of Juan Jose, the property was granted by Gov. Pablo of Sola, on December 31, 1820, to Sergt. Cristobal Dominguez, nephew and heir of Juan Jose. His death three years later brought about another change in ownership at which time the estate came under the management of his son, Don Manuel Dominguez, then about 20 years of age. Don Manuel was an administrator as well a man of knowledge and culture. In 1855 the family rancho was apportioned between him and his brother, Don Pedro, and his nephews, Jose Antonio Aguirre and Jacinto Rocha. The portion assigned Don Manuel comprised about 25,000 acres and included Rattlesnake Island in San Pedro Bay. On this property he built his home and October 11, 1882, when 79, died. He was followed in death a few months later by his widow. Of the ten children born to them only six daughters were left.

With the death of Senora Del Amo, only one direct descendant of the original Dominguez family remains alive. She is Mrs. John F. Francis of this city.

In tribute to her parents, Senora Del Amo, two years ago, built on the Dominguez rancho the Dominguez Memorial Seminary. The homestead on which she was born adjoins this seminary, which is controlled by the Claretian Fathers, the same order that has the Plaza Church and the San Gabriel Mission. The land surrounding the seminary was given to the Claretian Fathers approximately five years ago by Mrs. Dolores Watson, Mrs. Del Amo and Mrs. John F. Francis.

Senora Del Amo led a retired life. She kept only a small circle of intimate friends. She maintained a home in Spain and divided her time between this country and the home of her ancestors. She had lived at the Westchester Place home for approximately seven years before her death.

Dr. Gregorio Del Amo, her husband, is a graduate of the University of Madrid and comes of a noted family. He distinguished himself recently when he presented gifts to the University of Madrid, the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Besides her husband, Senora Del Amo leaves two sons, Carlos and Jaime Del Amo, both of whom she adopted. Funeral services, conducted by Cunningham and O'Connor, will be at the homestead at 9:30 a.m. today. Requiem mass will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. at the Dominguez Memorial Seminary, where the body later will be laid to rest in a crypt where space has been provided for both Senora Del Amo and her husband.

DELLANINA, Frances Angelina [Bonilla Slade].

Salinas Californian, 8 March 1951

Mrs. Dellanina Passes Away; Services Pending–Mrs. Frances A. Dellanina, 57, passed away early today at her home, 511 East Market street, following a long illness. She and her husband, Frank, formerly operated the Frank's Tamale parlor here, having lived in this area 19 years.

Mrs. Dellanina was a native of Pleasanton, Calif. Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters, Mrs. Walter Madeiros of Salinas and Mrs. George Bedner of Napa; two sons, Joseph Striplen of Bakersfield and Capt. Melborn Slade, Jr., stationed with the army in Korea; two sisters, Mrs. Russell Morrell of Dunsmuir and Mrs. Alice Lang of Salinas, and eight grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Struve and Laporte's.

Salinas Californian, 10 March 1951

Rites Still Pending For Mrs. Dellanina–Funeral services today still were pending at Struve and Laporte's for Mrs. Frances A. Dellanina, 57, who passed away Thursday at her home, 511 East Market street.

Arrangements were being held up pending word from her son, Capt. Melborn Slade, Jr., who is with the army in Korea, the mortuary reported.

Salinas Californian, 12 March 1951

Services Set for Mrs. Dellanina–Funeral services for Mrs. Frances A. Dellanina, 57, will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's of the Nativity church in the Alisal district, with Father Michael Buckley officiating. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories.

Mrs. Dellanina passed away at her home, 511 East Market street, on Thursday. Born in Pleasanton, she is survived by her husband, Frank; four children, Mrs. George E. Bednar of Napa, Mrs. Walter Madeiros of Salinas, Joseph J. Striplen of Bakersfield and Capt. Mel G. Slade Jr., now serving with the 1st Cavalry in Korea; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Lang of Salinas and Mrs. Russel H. Morrell of Dunsmuir, and eight grandchildren.

Mrs. Dellanina was a niece of the late Walter Bonilla, and the eldest daugher of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexandro Bonilla, and a great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Mariano Bonilla.

Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. at Struve and Laporte's here.

Salinas Californian, 14 March 1951

Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Dellanina–Funeral services were held from Struve and Laporte's yesterday for Mrs. Frances A. Dellanina, 57, of 511 East Market street, who passed away Thursday. Requiem mass followed at St. Mary of the Nativity church with the Rev. Michael Buckley officiating. Burial was at the Garden of Memories.

Pallbearers were Walter Madeiros, George Bedner, Gene Gonzales, Don Griffin, William Martin and Louis Schwinkendorf.

DENNISTON, Carlota de Haro

San Francisco Examiner, 20 Sept 1880, page 3

DENNISTON- In this city, September 19th, Charlotte, wife of I. V. Denniston, a native of California, aged 45 years.

DENNISTON, Josefa de Haro Guerrero

San Francisco Daily Morning Call, 30 Jan 1887, page 6

DENNISTON - In this city, January 29, Josefa de Haro, relict of the late James G. Denniston, and mother of Victoriana Guerrero, Mrs. John R. Skelly and Miss Josephine Denniston, a native of San Francisco, in the sixty-second year of her age. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services TOMORROW (Monday), at 9 o¹clock A. M. , from Mission Dolores Chruch, Sixteenth and Dolores streets, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery.

DODERO, Domingo

Santa Cruz Surf, 14 Jan 1907, page 8

DEATH OF DOMINGO DODERO

Old Resident of Santa Cruz Passes Away.

Domingo DODERO, who was a native of Santa Cruz, died on Saturday evening at the residence of his sister, Mrs. W. S. Ward, on Walnut Avenue extension. He was born in this city sixty-seven years ago, being a member of one the oldest and most highly respected families that resided before American occupation. He was a miner by occupation and for many years was in the mines at Virginia City, Nev., but of late has resided near San Diego.

He was a member of the G.A.R. being an old soldier. He enlisted here at the time of the war, being a member of Capt. Brown's company. He was in a number of engagements against the Indians. He leaves in Santa Cruz, a brother (Louis Dodero) and four sisters (Mrs. Louis Ward, Mrs. Mary Patten, Mrs. Refugia Buelna, and Mrs. J. Rodriguez). The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from Holy Cross Church where a high requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul.

DODERO, Josefa

Santa Cruz Daily Surf, Nov 14, 1883, page 2

Mrs. Josefa Dodero.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Josefa Dodero was held at the Catholic Church yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended by the many friends and relatives of the deceased. She was born in Mission Dolores in 1810, came to Santa Cruz in 1838, and has resided here ever since. Her husband built the first grist mill in this county in 1838. Mrs. Dodero was noted for her kindness and liberality to all travelers through this part of the county in “early days.” She leaves nine children, as follows: John B., Louis, Domingo, and Joseph Dodero, Mrs. R. Buelna, Mrs. C. Patten, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Sweeney, and Mrs. Rodriguez.

[NOTE: She was the mother of Maria del Refugia (Dodero) BUELNA. -Pam in Fremont]

DOMINGUER, Dona Felipa

Daily Alta California, San Francisco, 25 Sep 1851, page 2

At Santa Ana, Los Angeles county, on the 7th inst., Dona FELIPA DOMINGUER, wife of Don Bernardo Yorva.

DOMINGUEZ, Senora Benancia de

Los Angeles Times, 23 Jun 1916

REVIVES OLD TIMES.

Heirs of Senora Benancia de Dominguez Bring Suit to Recover Land Held Many Years by Catholic Diocese and Others for Plaza Church.

The heirs of Senora Benancia Sotelo de Dominguez are seeking to recover fifty feet of land adjoining the Plaza Church on the south, in a suit filed yesterday through Attorney Frank A. McDonald for A. L. Abrahams, administrator of the Dominguez estate. Senora Dominguez died June 15, 1865. She had large real estate holding in this city, and, it is alleged, made a verbal lease of the fifty feet in question, to be used as a burial ground until a permanent burial ground was obtained by the church.

It is alleged that the church did acquire a burial ground in 1875, but it is claimed failed to turn back the fifty feet, under the terms of the verbal lease. The defendants named in the suit are the Roman Catholic bishop of Los Angeles and Monterey, the Brunswig Drug Company, L. N. Brunswig, E. Castellano and others who allege an interest in the land.

DOMINGUEZ, Josefa

Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct 1898

DEATH OF MRS. DOMINGUEZ

Mrs. Josefa Dominguez, one of the founders of the pueblo of Los Angeles, passed away yesterday the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. S. de Sanchez. Mrs. Dominguez was born in 1810. In her youth she labored with the priests of San Gabriel mission for the uplifting of the people of Southern California. During her whole life she has been active in charitable affairs. She leaves a large number of friends and relatives. The funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The remains can be seen by friends after 7 o'clock Monday morning at Garrett's undertaking rooms.

DOMINQUEZ, Don Manuel and Dona Maria Engracia

Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1888

MEMORIAL BELLS

This afternoon at 4 o'clock will be blessed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Francis Mora, the memorial bells, “Manuel” and “Maria Engracia,” presented to the Cathedral of St. Vibiana, in memory of Don Manuel and Dona Maria Engracia Dominguez, by their daughters, the Misses Ma Reyes, Susana and sisters. These bells were manufactured to order by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore, Md., and weigh as follows “Manuel,” 2994, and “Maria Engracia,” 1610 pounds.

DON, Concepcion

Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1900

MRS. CONCEPCION DON.

San Jose, Oct 26. - Mrs. Concepcion Don, widow of Celestin Don and youngest daughter of the late Ramon Arguello, one of the wealthy pioneers of Santa Clara, died today, aged 28 years.

DOUSLIN, Josefa Bandini

Los Angeles Times, Jul 3, 1931

ONE OF LAST OF BANDINIS DIES HERE

Mrs. H. B. Douslin, Scion of Old Spanish Family, Succumbs at Home

Josefa Bandini Douslin, scion of one of California's foremost Spanish families died at her Los Angeles home, 154 North New Hampshire avenue, yesterday. She was the granddaughter of Don Juan Bandini, one-time owner by grant of the King of Spain of much of the land now occupied by Los Angeles and a considerable amount of surrounding territory, especially that lying east of Los Angeles river and including Santa Fe Springs.

Mrs. Douslin had been ill about seven months and the end came quietly yesterday about 8:15 a.m. with her daughter, Mrs. Jack Buchanan, and husband, H. B. Douslin, at her side. It was due to cancer.

Mrs. Douslin was born in San Diego sixty-three years ago. She and her husband lived here about six months of the year, spending the other six months at his place in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Her death leaves Juan Bernardo Bandini of Ensenada as the sole survivor of the family of Jose Maria Bandini and his wife, Theresa Arguello Bandini. Jose was a son of Don Juan. Mrs. Douslin was related to the Sepulveda, Dominguez and other old Spanish families.

Funeral services have been arranged tentatively for Tuesday.

de ENRIQUEZ, Carolina O.

Los Angeles Times, Jul 7, 1910

DEATHS.

With Funeral Announcements.

ENRIQUEZ. At her residence, No. 309 South Fremont avenue, July 5, 1910, Carolina O. de Enriquez. Funeral from the chapel of Orr and Edwards Co., corner Twelfth and Hope streets, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment, Rosedale Cemetery.

ESCANDON, Francisca

Los Angeles Times, Dec 9, 1912

LAND SHE LOVED LOSES NOTED NATIVE DAUGHTER

Senora Francisca Escandon de Sanchez, descendent of one of California's oldest and wealthiest families, is dead. With her demise from old age at the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. J. M. Barker, at No. 1616 Bridge street, yesterday California lost one of its historic feminine notables, a woman who in her 74 years of life witnessed the evolution of the State from the days before its organization and admission to the Union to the present time. Senora Escandon was the widow of the late ex-State Senator Angel G. Escandon, one of the first Senators from what was then Ventura county, elected in 1874, two years after the county was created, and who divided it into Santa Barbara and Ventura. She survived her husband a full quarter of a century and since his death has lived in Los Angeles. The senora was born on the Rancho Santa Clara, her father's great property, in what is now Ventura county, in 1838, eleven years before the State Constitution was framed and adopted, twelve years before California was admitted to statehood and thirty-four years before Ventura became a county. Don Juan Sanchez, once owner of vast tracts of California, was her father.

Requiem high mass will be said over her remains at St. Mary's Church at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Interment will be at Calvary cemetery.

Surviving Senora Escandon are Senora Anita Moreno de Sanchez, a sister, Mrs. Barker and Mrs. J. B. Sanchez, daughters, Alix Escandon of Salt Lake, and John Escandon, now in the East, sons.

While the Escandon fortune at one time was enormous, it has dwindled until comparatively little is left.

de FELIZ, Concepcion Tapia

Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1929

HER DEATH ENDS ROMANTIC LINK - - Senora Feliz Descendant of Old Spanish Days - - Family Held Grants of Land from Royal Crown - - Part of Original Holdings Now Griffith Park - - A link with the romantic past of California was severed with the death on Thursday of Senora Concepcion Tapia de Feliz, descendant of the grandees (sic) of the Malibu Rancho and widow of the late Anastacio Feliz, descendant of the grandees (sic) of the Feliz grants. - - Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at the old Plaza Church, Our Lady of the Angels, where requiem high mass will be chanted, and burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, where the remains will be laid to rest at the side of her husband in the family plot. The body lay in state last night and until 9 o'clock this morning at Senora De Feliz's former residence, 2723 Glenview avenue. - - PARK IN TRACT - - Senora De Feliz, who was 71 years of age, had been ill for the last three years and! The immediate cause of her death was paralysis. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Juanita F. Ortiz, in San Fernando. - - Anastacio Feliz, who died several years ago, was the last of the inheritors of the Feliz Ranch, the main grant of which covered an are of approximately 3500 acres. During his lifetime he sold the property, which subsequently was subdivided and built up with homes. Three thousand acres, however, later were given to the city of Los Angeles to comprise the Griffith Park section - - PASSING OF PIONEER - - Out of the subdivision, a clause provided for a homesite for Senora De Feliz and it was her residence on Glenview avenue which was a part of the original Feliz grant. Senora De Feliz's middle name, Tapia, appears in the documents of the original Malibu grant, and with her passing, the last member of these two families, who lived in the days when the Malibu and Feliz grants were important holdings in Southern California, is gone. - - She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Feliz Ortiz and Mrs. Orella (sic) Feliz Meza, and four sons, Ramon E., Armefo (sic) L., Victor and Filiberto Feliz.

FIGUEROA, Erlinda M.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 14, 1942

Erlinda M. Figueroa

Following an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Erlinda Machado Figueroa, 31, daughter of a pioneer family here, died in White Memorial Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Figueroa leaves her husband, Ernest M. Figueroa of 3724 Westwood Blvd; two daughters, Dolores, 8, and Camilla, 10; five sisters and five brothers. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at the chapel of Smith and Salsbury, 3911 Madison Ave., Culver City. Requiem mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 a.m. at St. Augustine's Church, Culver City.

FUENTEZ, Virginia Lugo de

Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1937:

LUGO DAUGHTER'S BURIAL TO BE IN YORBA CEMETERY

ANAHEIM, June 15. - Funeral services for Virginia Lugo de Fuentez, born in Los Angeles eighty-three years ago and the daughter of the late Antonio M. Lugo, will be conducted at the St. Boniface Catholic Church here Thursday at 9 a.m. Death occurred last evening at the family home, at Olive.

Burial will be in the historic Yorba Cemetery in Santa Ana Canyon.

Mrs. Fuentez had lived in Orange county more than a half century, and in California all her life. She leaves her husband, Joe de Fuentez; two sons, Manuel of Oceanside and Juan, Huntington Park, and three daughters, Mrs. Emelda Buell, Orange; Mrs. Virginia Miller, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Flora Woods, Sacramento.

GARCIA, Domingo E.

Los Angeles Times, Feb 1, 1892

FUNERAL OF DOMINGO E. GARCIA

The funeral of Domingo E. Garcia took place from the family residence, No. 818 Botiller street, yesterday. The floral tributes were very elaborate. The members of the Los Angeles Catholic Beneficial Association, mustering over 150 strong, led the procession. At the Cathedral the ceremony was very impressive. Very Rev. P. Adam, V. G., officiated, and the choir, with Prof. Gardner at the organ, intoned the solemn responses. At the conclusion of the services the funeral cortege resumed its march to the Catholic Cemetery, where the remains were consigned to the tomb.

GARCIA, Edubijes M.

Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1916

Death Notice

GARCIA - January 11 - Edubijes M. Garcia, aged 67 years, beloved mother of Mrs. Luz Chavez, Mrs. Adelina G. Ortiz, Mrs. Edubijes G. de Garcia, Mrs. Lottie G. Lugo, Miss Josefina Garcia, Miss Rosa Garcia, Vicente, Luis, Patricio and Antonio Garcia.

Funeral from No. 2633 Rowena avenue, Ivanhoe, Thursday, January 13 at 10 a.m. Requiem mass at the Glendale Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Garrett and Company directors.

GARCIA, Espiridon F.

Los Angeles Times, Oct 6, 1943

Espiridon F. Garcia

The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in Pierce Bros. Mortuary for Espiridon F. Garcia, 88, of 434 Castellar St., who died Monday after a short illness. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Garcia was a son of Matthew Duarte Garcia who once owned much property in the vicinity of the Plaza and in the Los Feliz district.

GARCIA, Francisca

Los Angeles Times, Dec 26, 1894

DEATH RECORD

GARCIA - In this city, December 24, 1894. Miss Francisca Garcia, aged 68 years.

Friends invited to attend the funeral today (Wednesday) from the parlor of Robert L. Garrett and Co., No. 330 North Main street, at 9:45 a.m., thence to the Church of Our Lady of the Angels, where services will be held. Interment in Calvary Cemetery.

GARCIA, Francisco Ignacio

Los Angeles times, Mar 20, 1897

OLD GARCIA ESTATE.

Trouble Between Daughter and Servant Over Furniture.

When old Francisco Ignacio Garcia died last Tuesday at the ripe age of 117 years, he left behind him some small effects in the shape of furniture and clothing at his house, No. 629 New High street. His daughter, Senora Dolores de Aguilar, having consulted the landlord of the house, J. S. Redona, went yesterday to take away the things, but was met there by a Mexican named B. Guzman, who had waited on old Garcia for several months previous to his death. Guzman claimed that half of the effects were his, given him by his late master for his services. Redona, the woman's adviser, just then came in and constituted himself the woman's champion. Hot words followed and Officer Fowler stepped in just as the two combatants were about to slaughter each other in the old Castilian style.

A partial peace was restored, Guzman departed from the house, and Senora de Aguilar went to consult a lawyer about getting letters of administration for the meager estate.

GARCIA, Hilaria Sanchez Reed

San Francisco Evening Bulletin, 17 February 1868, page 3.

“In this city, Feb. 16, Hilaria S. R. de Garcia, a native of California, aged 54 years. Marin County Journal please copy. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at 10 o'clock to-morrow, (Tuesday,) from St. Mary's Cathedral.”

GARCIA, Jose Maria

Los Angeles Times, Feb 17, 1889 [partial]

RUN OVER AND KILLED.

Jose Maria Garcia, an Old Resident and a Matador.

Last evening about 7 o'clock an old Mexican named Jose Maria Garcia, for many years a resident of this city, was run over by a hack on Main street, opposite the Pico House, and so badly hurt that he died in a little over an hour from the time the accident occurred. Garcia had been drinking in the saloon on Main street opposite the Plaza, and had started across the street. He was very much under the influence of liquor, and had got only a few yards from the curb when he was struck by a hack, knocked down, trampled by the horses and run over by the vehicle. The hack was going at a very rapid pace, and never checked up a moment to ascertain the extent of the old man's injuries, but, on the contrary, the driver whipped up his horses and made off. The streets were filled with people, and in a few minutes a large crowd had collected about the place, and, after a few minutes delay, Fireman Vignes and one or two others picked Garcia up and carried him into the saloon. Here he remained until the patrol wagon arrived, and he was taken to the police station, where Drs. Choate and McGowan were called in, arriving a few minutes later. An examination showed that nothing could be done for him, as he was even then dying . . . a few gasps for breath and he was dead. The Coroner was immediately notified, and the body was removed to Orr and Suten's undertaking rooms on Spring street, where the inquest will be held today.

Garcia was about 60 years of age, and a native of Mexico, where his family still reside. In his younger days he was a bullfighter, and had some reputation among old residents of this city, who saw him in the earlier days, when bull-fighting was the proper thing in the way of sport. Of late years Garcia worked as a laborer, and was so engaged at the time of his death.

Immediately after the death of Garcia, officers started out to look up the hack driver, and about 9 o'clock Detective Glass found him on first street. He was placed under arrest and locked up, charged with manslaughter. He gave the name of Harry W. Thompson, and says that the man must have been drunk and staggered directly in front of the team. Thompson denies that he was driving at an unusual rate of speed, and says that he has the reputation of being a very careful driver. He does not explain why he did not stop and see whether the man was injured or not. The case will be fully investigated at the inquest today.

GARCIA, Laura and Mary

Los Angeles Times, Jun 12, 1924

PROPHECY OF DEATHS FULFILLED

“Pick Lilies for Me and Sister,” Says Girl, “for We Are Going;” Both Die

Two pure white lilies were blooming Tuesday in the garden of Mrs. Teresa Garcia at 617 Imperial street. Yesterday the stately flowers were gone, fulfilling a strange request and a stranger prophesy.

The lilies were seen and admired Tuesday by Mrs. Garcia's 17-year-old niece, Mary Garcia, 664 Imperial street. “Pick me one,” Mary told her aunt, “and pick one and send it to my sister.”

“Why do you wish it?” asked Mrs. Garcia.

“I want it to lay across my breast tonight, for I am going to die.” she said. “The other is for my sister.” This brought terror to Mrs. Garcia.

That night at 9:45 o'clock Mary passed away. Fifteen minutes later word came to Mrs. Garcia that Mary's 22-year-old sister, Laura Garcia, had just died at her home at 739 Oak street, Watts.

Side by side in a darkened room of the Alvarez and Moore Undertaking Company last night the two bodies lay. On the breast of each was a lily.

Death was unexpected in both cases, Mrs. Garcia said. Although both girls were not in good health both did not take to their beds until shortly before the end came.

The mother of the girls is dead and their father, said to be a former judge in a New Mexico town, was not here at the time of their death. An effort was being made last night to locate him.

GARCIA, Manuel

Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1940

VETERAN, 99, WILL BE BURIED TODAY

Civil War Fighter Leaves Many Relatives

Ninety-nine years ago on Rancho La Jolla near what is now Santa Barbara, Manuel Garcia was born.

Today at 9 a.m. he will be buried at the National Military Home in Sawtelle, with honors befitting a veteran of the Civil War. Three sons, two daughters, 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter will mourn him.

Garcia was a member of the Stanton Post No. 55, Grand Army of the Republic. He was one of the first volunteers for the first company of cavalry in the Civil War.

He leaves his sons, Angel, Ramon and Pat Garcia of Ventura, and two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Rhoades and Mrs. Victoria Lopez.

GARCIA, Patrick

Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1953

Death Notice

GARCIA, Patrick M., beloved husband of Augustina Garcia, father of Eleanor Franco, Esther Lauterio, Patrick M. Jr., Theodore and Patricia Garcia, also survived by 22 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Services Wednesday, 10 a.m., in the Church of the Recessional. Directed by Forest Lawn Mortuary.

[Note: Augustina was the second wife of Patrick Garcia, his first wife having been Eva Moreno. Children listed in the death notice are the children of Eva Moreno Garcia. -Karla Everett]

de GARCIA, Tomasa Romero

Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 1902

LIVED SEVENTY YEARS AT SANTA BARBARA.

Death of Mrs. Garcia where She Was Born.

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 25. - Mrs. Tomasa Romero de Garcia died at her residence at De la Guarra and Anacapa streets, early yesterday morning, after a severe illness extending over a period of several days. Mrs. Garcia was 70 years of age, and was one of the oldest inhabitants of this city, having been born in this vicinity. She married Mr. Garcia shortly after his return from the South, where he went as a soldier with the Mexican troops to check the invasion of Gen. Fremont and his forces in 1847. She leaves a widower and several children. The funeral will be held at the Parochial Church on Sunday at 2 p.m., and the remains will be interred in the Catholic Cemetery.

GARCIA, Ygnacio Francisco de la Cruz

Los Angeles Times, April 23, 1896

A Centenarian - - Long Life of a Man Appearing in Yesterday's Parade - - Ygnacio Francisco de la Cruz Garcia, the aged Mexican who appeared in the fiesta parade yesterday, will be 115 years old, if he lives until the 1st day of May. He was born in Sonora, Mex., in 1781, from two to forty years before twelve of California's twenty missions were built, and three months before the first colony arrived to found the Pueblo de Neustra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles. To corroborate this statement the old man carried in his pocket a translation of his certificate of baptism, certified to by an official of Sonora, that it is a correct copy of the original: also by a notary public of this city. It reads as follows: “At the parochial Church of San Jose de Garcia on the fourth day of the month of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, I solemnly baptized a child three days old, whom I named Ygnacio Francisco de la Cruz Garcia, said child being the legitimate son of Don Jose Garcia and Dona Mariana Gonzales, both from Spain. The godfather of said child being Don Felipe Carpena and the godmother Dona Serafina Carpena.” - - When Francisco was 27 years old he was a soldier under Carlos IV of Spain, when Mexico was beginning to chafe under the yoke of the mother country. In 1825, in company with Don Juan Maleriu, a friend of his father, he came to Los Angeles. It was then a small pueblo built around the old plaza, which lay southwest of the present one. The pobladores were then worshiping in the small chapel that stood between Buena Vista and New High street before the present Plaza church was completed - - In 1838 Francisco returned to Mexico, one of a company of thirty-six people. On this journey they had some hair-breadth escapes from the Indians; himself, wife and a man were captured and held prisoner eleven days, their lives being saved by command of the chief. He thinks he left Mexico the same year for California by way of the Colorado River. In the Santa Feleciana Canon, some forty miles northwest of Los Angeles, he and Francisco Lopez and another man discovered the first placer gold found in the State, though this date does no coincide with that given by Don Abel Stearns and others. It would no be surprising, however, that there should be a lapse of three our four years in the memory of a man of his age. He is especially fond of having once been a miner worth more than $30,000, but with a miner's luck he lost all his money and is now a pensioner on the county. The old man narrates excitedly that he was a fine horseman in his younger days, with the national fondness for racing, and that he could make the trip to Mexico on horseback in one month and sixteen days. He was also, the says, a fine dancer, and loved to dance the old Spanish dances. - - Don Francisco lives alone, in one of the old adobes on Buena vista street, and walks from there in to the business part of the city every day, and back later in the day, never neglecting to stop for devotions in the old church where has told his beads for so many years. His memory is better than that of most men fifty years younger; his eyesight and hearing perfect enough to recognize his friends in passing without hesitation; his hair, though white, shows no baldness on the head, and he still retains his third set of teeth. - - Last year he rode in the fiesta procession with the caballeros, but this year, to his great grief, he was overlooked. On Tuesday he toiled up the stairs of the Chamber of Commerce with an interpreter and asked the privilege of riding with the horsemen, because he was centenarian and had been a resident of Los Angeles “mucha anos.” He was given an order for the much coveted suit and sombrero and assigned to ride in a carriage, and no one who observed his red bandana waving in the wind could fail to see that the occasion was one of the proudest days in Francisco's long life.

GARCIA, Ysabel

Los Angeles Times, Feb 27, 1943

OBITUARY

Mrs. Ysabel Garcia

Mrs. Ysabel Mason Garcia, 90, daughter of the late Luz Figueroa, early Los Angeles settler, died yesterday at her home, 1441 W. Palomares St., La Verne. Solemn requiem mass will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. in the La Verne Catholic church by Rev. Jose Gargolla. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Pomona. Married when she was 15 to Esperidion (sic) Garcia at the Plaza Church here in June, 1868, Mrs. Garcia and her husband settled in Pomona. They built an adobe home on the present site of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. Garcia died in 1918.

GELABERT, William

Los Angeles Times, Feb 28, 1882

ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.

STOCKTON, Feb. 27. - William Gelabert, a native of Spain and a pioneer of Stockton, died this morning, aged sixty years. He served in the navy and was with Commodore Sloat at the capture of Monterey in 1846, and was one of the party that raised the first American flag at Monterey. The funeral will be conducted by the Pioneers.

GILBERT, Florestina

Los Angeles Times, Mar 23, 1955

MRS. FLORESTINA GILBERT, DAUGHTER OF DONS, DIES

Born in 105-Year-Old Vicente de la Osa Adobe, Now Part of Historical Monument

Mrs. Florestina Gilbert, descendant of Spanish dons who came to California in the 18th century, died Monday at her home, 1375 W. 25th St.

Mrs. Gilbert was born in the Vicente de la Osa Adobe in Encino. The 105-year-old adobe, now a part of the Los Encinos State Historical Monument at Encino, was built by Mrs. Gilbert's father, Don Vicente de la Osa, who came to California from Spain in the early 1800s.

Don Vicente purchased a 5500-acre estate in the Encino area from three Indians during the 1840s.

Envoy of King.

Mrs. Gilbert's grandfather, Don Jose de la Osa, Don Vicente's father, was sent by the King of Spain as a special envoy to Alta California, present-day California, during the 1790s.

Dona Eulalia Perez de Guillen, famed nurse and teacher of San Gabriel Mission during the first half of the 19th century, was Mrs. Gilbert's grandmother.

Dona Eulalia was one of the most famous of early-day Californian women. Easter Day of 1827 she was rewarded for her many meritorious deeds with a grant of 14,000 acres that included much of the present area of South Pasadena.

Married in 1887

Mrs. Gilbert and the late Harlow Gilbert were married in San Gabriel in 1887. Gilbert operated a marble and stone business for many years in Los Angeles. He died in 1920.

Mrs. Gilbert was active for many years in the Native Daughters of the Golden West. One of her proudest moments was when the Vicente de la Osa Adobe was set aside as a Southern California historic landmark by the Los Angeles chapter of the organization in 1950.

Extremely alert despite her advanced years, she insisted a few weeks ago that members of her family promise not to disclose her age.

Chooses Pallbearers

Realizing that death was near, she hand-picked several of her nephews to be pallbearers. “They are to be the best dressed and handsomest members of my family,” she told her daughter, Miss Inez Gilbert.

Mrs. Gilbert leaves in addition to her daughter, a son, Vernon Gilbert, and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews in the Los Angeles area.

GIRALDO, Vincent

San Mateo Times, 20 June 1951, page 17

Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Vincent Giraldo, 92, who died at the home of his daughter, Gertrude Leendertsen at 147 Twelfth avenue, San Mateo, Monday.

Descendant of historic California families, Giraldo as a young man was sheriff of San Benito and Monterey counties. He was a descendant of the Castro and Pico families, who were among the early California settlers. Besides Mrs. Leendertsen, he is survived by a son, Eugene Giraldo, president of the United Nationalities of San Francisco, and another daughter, Lillian Masters of San Francisco.

A requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Kevin's church, Cortland avenue and Ellsworth street in San Francisco. Interment will follow at Holy Cross cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being made by the James H. Riley & Co. mortuary.

GONZALES, Mrs. Francisca

Los Angeles Times, Aug 22, 1928

OLD PIONEER INTERRED IN HOME LAND

Mrs. Francisco Gonzales, Representing Old Family, Buried at Redlands

ORDWAY, Aug. 21. - Four generations of one family living on the old Gonzales ranch in San Timoteo Canyon, were cut to three today when Mrs. Francisco Gonzales was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Redlands. The funeral services were held at the Church of the Sacred Heart this morning and attracted Spanish people from all parts of the Southland. The pioneer woman, born a native of Los Angeles of a native Los Angeles father and mother, was of the famous Livalda and Bermudas families. The Livaldas held the Spanish grant for all that land between Redlands and Moreno, Bryn Mawr and Beaumont, including the whole of San Timoteo Canyon, which was then a great cattle ranch.

At the ranch lived Mrs. Gonzales, two of her sons, grandchildren and also great-grandchildren. She was fond of telling the grandchildren of the early days when her father was a Union soldier and her mother drove an ox-cart loaded with meat from the ranch all the way across the Cucamonga desert and to Los Angeles.

At the funeral today five brothers were among the pall bearers. They were Joe, Ramon, Martin, Daniel and Cris Velasquez. The other pall bearer was Epifanio Albanez, all of pioneer Spanish families.

Los Angeles Times, August 21, 1928

CALIFORNIA-BORN WOMAN DIES AT HER HOMESTEAD

ORDWAY, Aug. 20. - Mrs. Francisca Gonzales, who was born in Los Angeles seventy-six years ago and who had been a resident of the San Timoteo Canyon for more than half a century, is dead at her home on the old Gonzales ranch near here. She had been in poor health for a year.

Mrs. Gonzales was born in Los Angeles when it was just a village. She and her husband soon came to the San Timoteo Canyon and acquired the ranch which had been her home so long. San Bernardino was the only town in this section then; Redlands was not dreamed of and Riverside was only a village.

She was the daughter of a man who was born in Los Angeles and who was a Union soldier in the civil War. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. N. Castillo of Olive, and three sons, George of San Bernardino; M. O. and L. F. Gonzales of San Timoteo Canyon.

GUIRADO, J. F. “Pancho”

Los Angeles Times, July 16, 1886

A VETERAN'S DEPARTURE.

Gone to Meet the Commander-in-Chief.

Major J. F. Guirado, generally known as “Pancho” Guirado, died suddenly of disease of the heart at his residence, on Castelar street, at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The deceased had been to the funeral of an old friend, and had not long returned. Whilst washing his horse in the yard he was taken sick with pains in the left side and in the palms of his hands. He suddenly turned black in the face, after which he never spoke again, and quickly died, his illness not having extended over twenty minutes. Dr. Reed was called in, but Major Guirado had already ceased to breathe. Coroner McFarland was called and impaneled a jury, and they quickly reached a verdict of death from natural causes. It is presumed that the Major died of the rupture of an aneurism. Deceased was a brother to the wife of ex-Governor J. G. Downey, who perished in the great Tehachepi disaster. Major Guirado had served during the Civil war with the rank which his title implied, in the First Battalion! of Native Cavalry of California. He was a native of the State, only 45 years of age and leaves a wife. He was a member of Frank Bartlett Post, G. A. R., who will bury him, but the time of the funeral has not yet been fixed.

GUYER, Mrs. Ana Josefa Dominguez de

Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov 1907

FORMER BELLE PASSES AWAY

Death of Mrs. De Guyer Was Not Unexpected

Daughter of Manuel Dominguez and, With Her Five Sisters a Great Heiress, She was the Toast of Gallant Cavaliers in Old Mission Days. Funeral is on Saturday.

Mrs. Ana Josefa Dominguez de Guyer, a famous belle and beauty of the old Spanish days of Los Angeles, died last evening at her home, No. 937 South Alvarado street. She had been sick for some time and was 79 years old. She was born in San Diego February 1, 1828. She was the daughter of Manuel Dominguez, one of the foremost men of California in the old Mission times, who owned immense tracts of land.

Miss Dominguez and her five sisters, were the toasts of all the gallant young cavaliers of those days and the family home, near Dominguez on the Long Beach car line, was the scene of many festivities in the old California fashion, when the front door was always open and every guest was doubly welcomed.

Miss Dominguez was married first to Judge William Dryden, one of the pioneers and early judge of the local court, but after his death married Charles de Guyer. Mrs. de Guyer was always one of the leaders in the exclusive Spanish society of Los Angeles and San Diego counties, though during the last years she lived a simple, retired life. Upon the death of her father, Manuel Dominguez, Mrs. de Guyer and her sisters inherited the greater part of the old Rancho San Pedro, from which the harbor city of San Pedro takes its name, but which is better known now as the Dominguez Ranch. Since then the six sisters have always resisted every inducement to subdivide their great holdings, but have held the family acres in common.

At one time thousands of head of half-wild cattle roamed over the unfenced acres of the rancho, but with the growth of the county and the increased value of the land between Los Angeles and the sea the range cattle have mostly disappeared and in their place have sprung up many smaller dairy farms tenants of the sisters.

Just what the value of the lands held by the sisters can be, is something of a problem, but as there are over 25,000 acres still left them in the big ranch, beside other property, a conservative estimate places it at over $10,000,000. There are many branches of this old Dominguez family in Southern California, but the immediate relatives of Mrs. de Guyer are her five sisters, Mrs. John F. Francis, Miss Guadalupe Dominguez, Mrs. M. D. Watson, Mrs. G. de Lamo and Mrs. Victoria Carson.

The funeral will be held at the family home at No. 937 South Alvarado street at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, and at 10 o'clock there will be a solemn requiem mass at St. Vibiana's Cathedral. Burial will be in the family vault in Calvary Cemetery. The pall bearers will be named today.

( del Amo )

HATTON, Diana

Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 1923

MRS. DIANA HATTON DIES IN NEW YORK

SANTA MONICA, Jan 21. - Mrs. Diana Carillo Hatton died yesterday in New York City.

Mrs. Hatton was a daughter of the late Judge J. J. Carillo, pioneer citizen of this city. She was a member of the famous Carillo family, her ancestors being among the first to settle in California.

Leo Carillo, celebrated actor, is a brother of the dead woman.

It is likely the body will be brought to Santa Monica for interment as it was the wish of Mrs. Hatton's father that all of the family should be buried here.

HOSSMAN, Everisto

Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1940

VETERAN TO HAVE MILITARY FUNERAL

Military funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at the National Military Home for Everisto Hossman, 53, World War veteran of 2451 Fairmont St., who died Monday. He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Irene Culp, Mrs. Clara Parker and Mrs. Grace Sheaffer, and three brothers, Henry, Steve and Alfonso Hossman.

HOSSMAN, Julius

Los Angeles Times, November 15, 1932

JULIUS HOSSMAN, NATIVE SON OF CITY, SUCCUMBS

Julius Hossman, member of one of the old California families, died Sunday at the family home, 2451 Fairmont street, following an illness of two years. He was 49 years of age. Arrangements for funeral services have been delayed pending the arrival here of relatives.

Hossman was born and educated in this city. His mother was Mrs. Mary Sanchez Hossman, native daughter and member of the Los Feliz family. His father, Everisto Hossman, is still living.

Hossman leaves four brothers, Henry and Steve of San Francisco, Everett and Alphonso of this city, and three sisters, Mrs. Irene Culp, Mrs. Clara Carey and Mrs. Grace Sheaffer, all of this city.

HOSSMAN, Mary

Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1930

LAST RITES FOR PIONEER TO BE TODAY

Mrs. Mary Hossman Will Be Paid Final Homage by Numerous Friends

Final rites will be conducted today at 10 a.m. from the chapel of Vesper and Son, 1930 East First street, for Mrs. Mary Hossman, 68 years of age, native of Los Angeles and one of the last survivors of the old Feliz and Sanchez California families.

Mrs. Hossman died in San Francisco last Tuesday following a short illness. Her body was shipped here yesterday and will be interred in Calvary Cemetery.

The entire life of Mrs. Hossman was spent in Los Angeles. She was the daughter of Steven Sanchez and a member of the Feliz family, and was born on the extensive Feliz ranch which Riverside Drive now traverses northwest of the metropolitan district.

Her husband, Everisto Hossman, who resides at the family residence, 2451 Fairmont street, is one of the city's most colorful figures. He was a member of the fire department for many years and was widely known when the present city was surrounded by great ranches similar to the one on which his wife was born.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Hossman leaves five sons, Henry and Julius of San Francisco, and Steven, Alfonso and Everett of Los Angeles; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Carey of San Francisco, and Mrs. Irene Culp and Mrs. Grace Schaffer of Los Angeles.

LAUTERIO, Frank

Los Angeles Times, Mar 11, 1919

OLD RESIDENT DEAD.

Frank Lauterio had been Prominent in Local Politics

Frank Lauterio, for the last sixty years a resident of Los Angeles and Southern California, died yesterday at the County Hospital, where he had been for a month suffering from chronic nephritis. He had long been a prominent figure in north side politics, and had worked for years in various county offices as a process server and attache. He was born in Mexico sixty-seven years ago.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at the chapel of Draper and Dellenbaugh, 1125 South Grand avenue, and there will be a mass at the Plaza Church. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.

LIBBEY, Mary Refugio Garcia de

Los Angeles Times, Oct 14, 1930

SCION OF GRANDEES DIES

Mrs. Mary Refugio Garcia de Libbey, One of Few Remaining Descendants of Old Families, Passes

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 13. - Bringing to a peaceful close a colorful chapter in the story of Santa Barbara that witnessed during her eighty-five years the rise of a beautiful American city from a rambling Spanish pueblo, Mrs. Mary Refugio Garcia de Libbey, one of the few remaining direct descendants of early California's proud grandees, died in her home early last evening.

Born the daughter of Eugene and Polina Pico Garcia, Mrs. Libbey was baptized in the old mission in 1845 as Mary Refugio Garcia.

In 1860, a senorita of but fifteen years of age, she married Capt. Charles Douglass Libbey of Boston, a sea captain who settled in Santa Barbara.

Ten children were born to the pair and the six now living reside in this city. They are Mrs. Isabell Flint, Mrs. Mary Pfleiging, Mrs. Della Mullary, Mrs. Eugenia Nebla, Mrs. Josephine Walden and a son, Charles F. Libbey.

The wedding of Capt. Libbey and Mary Refugio at the Catholic Church in 1860 is still recalled by pioneer residents here. For days prior to the ceremony, the Garcia mansion, long since wrecked, but then near the Presidio in De la Guerra Plaza, was the scene of a fiesta. The wedding itself was a colorful affair with the proud Spanish and the merry Yankees joining into the spirit of the event.

Following the marriage, Capt. Libbey and his bride took the home at 200 Gray avenue, where last night Mrs. Libbey died. The captain continued his sailing until his death in 1883 at the age of 45 years.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Charles T. Holland Funeral Chapel.

LOPEZ, Francisco

Los Angeles Times, Jan 21, 1900

DEATH OF A PIONEER

Francisco Lopez Succumbs to Infirmities of Old Age

Francisco Lopez, one of the oldest residents of Los Angeles, died late Thursday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. S. de Cummings, No. 1700 Michigan avenue, in his eightieth year. The deceased was born in what is now San Diego county in 1820 and was a family of early settlers, his grandfather, Claudio Lopez, having come to this country during the last century with the priests who founded the San Gabriel Mission. Such was the service of this pioneer that after his death his body was buried inside the mission and a tablet in his memory is in the mission today.

Francisco Lopez was at one time one of the largest property-owners in this section of the country. His vineyard interests were very extensive and covered districts in this and surrounding counties. He married early in life and his family consisted of nine children, five of the survive him. They are Mrs. John Lazzarevich, Mrs. M. S. de Cummings, Miss Rose Maldenez and R. Bilderrain of the City of Mexico. His wife died in 1875. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the interment will be in the Catholic Cemetery.

LUCERO, Pardo

Los Angeles Times, Oct 25, 1898

“EL VAQUERO” DEAD.

Mexican Who Lived a Century and a Quarter.

(Associated Press Night Report.)

SALIAS [Salinas?], Oct. 24. - Pardo Lucero, alias “El Vaquero,” whose age, as shown by the records of the Mission of Los Angeles and Soledad, was 125 years, died at the County Hospital today. He came from Sonora, Mex., and for the last seventy-five years was well known in this part of the State. He worked as a sheep herder for David Jacks, the Monterey millionaire, for about forty years. He leaves a sister in Mexico and some property on the Yaqui River.

LUGO, Mercurial

Los Angeles Times, Dec 10, 1933

LUGO DIES AT PIONEER RANCH HOME

Rites for Old Southland Family Descendant Will Be Conducted Tuesday

SANTA MONICA, Dec. 9. - Mercurial Lugo, 75 years of age, descendant of one of the Southland's oldest families, died today after a lingering illness. Death came in the Lugo home on West Jefferson Boulevard at Slauson avenue near Culver City. The site of the home was once the center of the old La Ballona rancho.

Lugo was born in Los Angeles but when 10 years of age moved to the old homestead. Mrs. Francisco Lugo, his mother, whose maiden name was Vicenta Machado, was connected with some of the first families to settle in Southern California. Besides his widow, Mrs. Rita Lugo, he leaves six sons, all of whom reside at the Lugo homestead, and one daughter. The sons are Frank R., Antonio R., John R.., George R., Lucky R. and Charles R. Lugo. The daughter is Miss Vicenta Lugo. Two sisters are Mrs. E. Carrillo of Los Angeles and Mrs. Francisca Pena of this city.

Rosary will be recited at the residence at 8 p.m. Monday. The funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine's Church in Culver City. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery.

LUGO, Don Vicente

Los Angeles Times, Feb 26, 1890

AN OLD TIMER.

Death of the Aged Don Vicente Lugo.

Yesterday morning, at Rancho San Antonio, Don Vicente Lugo died after being confined to his bed only a few weeks. He was aged 80 years, and is about the last of the big family of children left by old Don Antonio M. Lugo. Away back in the fifties Don Antonio was considered the wealthiest man in California. The old Don came here from Spain when quite a boy as a soldier, and when he left the army he made up his mind to settle in Southern California. He belonged to a wealthy family in Spain, and as he was a good business man he soon acquired large land interests, and at the time of his death, in 1860, it is said he could start out from San Diego on horseback and sleep on his own land every night between that point and Sonoma, a distance of over six hundred miles.

The family home was Los Cuerbas, where Compton now stands, and it was there that Don Vicente was born and raised. In 1854 Don Vicente built the old two-story adobe house on the Plaza, that is now used as a Chinese restaurant. When built it was considered the finest building in Southern California, and if its walls could speak they would tell some queer stories.

Don Vicente has been very careful in business transactions during the past few years, and it is believed that he leaves a large estate.

He leaves several children and quite a number of nephews and nieces. The funeral announcement has not yet been made, but it will probably take place tomorrow.

[NOTE: It was stated that his father Don Antonio Maria Lugo was born in Spain. This is incorrect. Don Antonio Maria Lugo was born in 1772 at Mission San Antonio de Padua in Jolon, California. His father was Francisco, a soldier, born in Sinaloa, Mexico. - Jim Hicks]

MACHADO, Andres

Los Angeles Times, Dec 9, 1929

MACHADO DESCENDANT READY TO JOIN FORBEARS

Andres Machado, one of the last of the old clan of real California dons, who used to feast and race their horses on their great ranchos in Southern California when Los Angeles was but a pueblo, will be laid to rest today in a tiny plot of the ground that was part of the 17,000 acres his father received as a grant from the King of Spain.

The 80-year-old descendant of the Machados will be interred in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery following services from St. Augustine's in Culver City at 9 a.m. Father O'Donnell will officiate.

Mr. Machado died in Riverside last Thursday following complications which developed when he received accidental burns on his ranch at Arlington a short time previously.

Jose Juan Machado, a brother of 1301 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City, the only immediate relative, recounted last night some of the instances that made Andres an outstanding figure in the early life of Los Angeles.

“Andres was one of the few men,” Jose said, “who was able to raise horses that were matched successfully against those of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin.

“It was back in about 1860 that Andres told Mr. Baldwin he believed he had seven horses that could beat anything in the Baldwin stables in a relay race. The whole countryside came to Los Angeles, or rather to the outskirts, where Exposition Park now is, when Mr. Baldwin accepted the Machado challenge for a race.

“The course lay from where the park is to the present junction of West Adams street and Washington Boulevard. Everyone around saw that famous race - the fourteen horses, running in rival pairs, tearing along neck-and-neck for most of the way.

“The last Machado rider nosed out the Baldwin entry and it was a great day on our Rancho Ballona, the original grant made to our father, Augustine Machado.”

Andres Machado was born in Los Angeles and spent most of his long life at Rancho Ballona. In later years, however, he moved to his Arlington ranch. His mother was Romona Sepulveda, a member of a California family that was equally as prominent as the Machados.

The Rancho Ballona embraced the present sites of Culver City, Palms, Playa Del Rey, Venice and part of Santa Monica.

MACHADO, Augustine

Los Angeles Times, Mar 4, 1944

Augustine Machado

Requiem mass for Augustine Machado, 73, native of Los Angeles and descendant of an old Spanish family, will be celebrated at 8 a.m. today at St. Kevin's Church with Pierce Bros. Mortuary in charge. A retired road contractor, Mr. Machado died Thursday at his residence, 552 N. Oxford Ave. Both his parents were born here and homesteaded in the area which now is the city of Palms. He leaves a sister, Miss Solicita Machado.

MACHADO, Bernardino

Los Angeles Times, Feb 26, 1911

Deaths -

MACHADO. At The Palms, February 24, 1911, Bernardino Machado, a native of California, aged 63 years. Funeral from St. Augustine Church, Palms, Monday, February 27, at 10 o'clock. Friends invited. Interment, Santa Monica.

MACHADO, Delfina Talamantes

Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1950

Mrs. Delfina T. Machado

Requiem Mass for Mrs. Delfina Talamantes Machado, 57, native of Los Angeles, will be celebrated today at 9 a.m. at St. Augustine Church, Culver City, followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under direction of Cunningham and O'Connor. Mrs. Machado died Tuesday at her home, 10621 Stilson St., Palms. She leaves her husband, Ignacio A. Machado, a daughter Irene, and two sisters Mrs. Thomas Garcia and Mrs. Jose De Soto.

MACHADO, Dolores

Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1906

Deaths.

MACHADO. At his late residence, “Casa del Valle,” Eighth and Rose avenue, Ocean Park, July 24, 1906, Dolores Machado, father of Mrs. J. H. Minor, Mrs. J. B. Barrow, J. R. Florentina, Ylaria and Francisco Machado, aged 75 years. Funeral notice later.

MACHADO, Gregoria L. de

Los Angeles Times, Feb 7, 1906

Deaths -

MACHADO. At her late residence, Eighth and Rose, “Casa del Valle,” Ocean Park, February 6, 1906, Mrs. Gregoria L. de Machado, wife of Dolores Machado, aged 65 years; mother of A. R. Talamantes, Mrs. J. H. Minor, Mrs. J. B. Barrows, J. R. Machado, Florentina Machado, Ylaria Machado and Francisco Machado. Funeral services will be held at St. Clement's Church, Santa Monica, on Thursday, February 8, 1906, at 10 o'clock a.m. Friends invited.

MACHADO, Luisa de

Los Angeles Times, June 23, 1949

Luisa de Machado Requiem Mass for Senora Luisa Olivera de Machado, 66, descendant of one of California's earliest families, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Augustine's Church, Culver City. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mrs. Machado died Tuesday. She was the fifth generation descendant of Jose de Olivera, one of the soldiers who came to California with Gov. Portola in 1769. In her teens she married Cristobal de Machado, scion of the family that once owned Rancho la Ballona, the area now covered by Culver City, Venice and Playa del Rey. Mrs. Machado leaves a son, Walter, and two daughters, Mrs. Sophia Machado de Shane and Maria Louise Machado. Rosary will be recited a 8 p.m. today at Cunningham and O'Connor Mortuary.

MACHADO, Ramona Sepulveda

Los Angeles Times, Feb 6, 1891

Coroner Weldon yesterday went to Ballona, where he held an inquest on the body of Mrs. Ramona Sepulveda Machado, who was found dead in bed yesterday morning. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Mrs. Machado was 82 years of age.

MARTINEZ, Josefa

Los Angeles Times, Oct 9, 1940

Senorita Josefa Martinez Dies;

Born Here in Mexican War

Mass to Be Said Tomorrow for Native Angeleno

In Plaza Church in Which She Was Christened

Senorita Josefa Mercedes Martinez ended a long, good life yesterday. She died in a modest home at 601 E. Garfield St., Glendale, 94 years after her birth on Los Feliz Rancho in the days of the Mexican War. During all her lifetime she devoted herself to rearing the family of her sister, Mrs. Maria Newkirk, who died leaving six children. She was the daughter of Juan Martinez, early-day cattleman, and Natividad Ruiz Martinez. Second of 12 children, she was born on the rancho where her mother sought refuge from the western war. The Los Feliz acres now are Griffith Park - and Senorita Martinez's birthplace long since has given way to the busy intersection of Glendale Blvd. and Riverside Drive. Requiem mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the old Plaza Church, in which she was christened. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Senorita Martinez died at the home of one of her nieces, Mrs. Elora Berendsohn. She also leaves three other nieces and a nephew.

MENDOZA, Mrs. Josephine

Los Angeles Times, Jun 24, 1936

Final Homage Paid San Diego Resident, 105

SAN DIEGO, June 23. - Funeral services were conducted today for Mrs. Josephine Mendoza, pioneer San Diego resident who died Sunday. Mrs. Mendozavwas born 105 years ago at the San Diego Mission, the daughter of Senora Francisca Vanegas, also a native of San Diego county.

Mrs. Mendoza had never been out of San Diego county and her stories of early life in California were rich in historic value.

She leaves four children, twenty-six grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren.

MORENO, Felicia

Los Angeles Times, Feb 6, 1955

Miss Felicia Moreno

Rosary for Miss Felicia Moreno, 69, daughter of the late Mary Sepulveda, pioneer Southland family, and the late Jose Moreno, will be recited today at 8 p.m. at Utter-McKinley's West Hollywood chapel. Requiem Mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at St. Victor's Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Utter-McKinley's West Hollywood Mortuary. Miss Moreno was born in Hollywood and lived at 850 N. Larrabee St. She leaves a niece, Charlotte Alvarez.

MORENO, J. F.

Los Angeles Times, Jan 18, 1910

PIONEER DEPARTS.

- J. F. Moreno, One of Spanish Old Guard, Dies at Date Street Home After Life Residence Here. -

J. F. Moreno, Spanish pioneer in Los Angeles, died early yesterday morning at his home, No 807 Date street. Mr. Moreno was in the saddle business at Los Angeles and Aliso streets for more than forty-five years, and watched the business of the town grow from the small beginnings of village traffic to the world commerce of a great city. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death, and had been ill, of a cancerous complaint, for about six months.

Mr. Moreno is survived by a large family, five boys, three girls and a widow. All the children save two are married. Several of his sons have won distinction, and all are doing well and are a credit to the family name. Edward Moreno holds a responsible government position as an original employe of the Taft regime in Manila. P. I. Claude Moreno is a chief accountant on the Los Angeles aquaduct, Albert and Frank Moreno are in the saddlery business, while Julio Moreno is a plumber.

The daughters are Miss Lola Moreno, Mrs. L. C. Florez and Mrs. C. G. Lopez.

Funeral services will be held at the Plaza Church at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.

MORENO, Maria D.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 11, 1946

OBITUARY

MARIA D. MORENO

Requiem mass for Miss Maria Delfina Moreno, 83, granddaughter of Pio Pico, last Governor of California under the Mexican rule, will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. today at Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum chapel. Entombment will follow there under the direction of Pierce Bros. Valley Mortuary. Miss Moreno was born at El Ranchito, Whittier, and had been a Southland resident during her entire lifetime. She died at the home of her brother Manuel, with whom she lived at 1776 Elm Drive, Calabasas. She leaves two other brothers, Porferio (sic) R. and Alejandro, and a sister, Mrs. Paulina L. Dodds.

MORENO, Susanna M. de

Los Angeles Times, Jun 28, 1936

SOUTHLAND PIONEER'S LIFE ENDS

Mrs. Susanna M. de Moreno Born Here Eighty-four Years Ago Succumbs

An illness of several weeks brought death yesterday to Mrs. Susanna M. de Moreno, 84 years of age, native of Los Angeles and pioneer of Spanish descent. She passed away at Mission Lodge in San Gabriel from complications resulting from her advanced age.

Born within sight of the Los Angeles River when the city was a treeless pueblo, Mrs. de Moreno was the daughter of Pedro Montano, who came here from Valencia, Spain, and established one of the first vineyards.

Mrs. de Moreno, widow of J. F. Moreno, pioneer saddle maker, leaves five sons and three daughters. They are Frank, Albert, Edward, Claude and Julius Moreno, and Mrs. Elena Lopez, Mrs. Elizabeth Flores and Mrs. Dolores A. Anderson. Requiem mass will be celebrated Tuesday morning in the old Plaza Church and interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary service will be tomorrow evening at Pierce Brothers Mortuary.

MURILLO, Loretta

Los Angeles Times, Oct 7, 1882

DIED

MURILLO. - At Mission Valley, San Diego county, Oct. 4, Loretta, wife of Ojenia Murillo, aged 25 years.

NARVAEZ, Jose Dolores

Los Angeles Times, Jun 26, 1910

OBITUARY.

Jose Dolores Narvaez.

SAN JOSE, June 25. - Jose' Dolores Narvaez, said to have been the oldest native son of California, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. L. Cantana, in this city yesterday, aged 94 years. He was one of the founders of the Pueblo San Jose, and as such accumulated a large fortune, trading merchandise to the Indians for lands in the early days. He was robbed of practically all of his savings by trusting those he believed his friends. Before banks were established in San Jose, Narvaez cached large sums. When his eyesight failed he told of his buried treasure, believing others would recover it and place it in the banks. In this way he lost all and died practically penniless. His reality (sic) holdings in the early days ran into the thousands of acres, his largest holding being the San Juan Batisto (sic) Rancho. His life was typical of the prodigality of the early Spanish settlers of California.

NIEBLAS, Rafaela

Los Angeles Times, Mar 19, 1944

DEATHS

NIEBLAS - Rosary for Rafaela Nieblas Monday evening at 8.00 at Armstrong Family Mortuary. Mass Tuesday, 9 a.m. at Holy Cross Church.

NIEBLAS, Teresa Encinas

Los Angeles Times, Jul 12, 1949

DEATHS

NIEBLAS, Teresa Encinas, mother of Guadalupe, Miguel, Ralph and Raymond Nieblas and Antonia Ramirez, also survived by 42 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Recitation of the Rosary Tuesday, 8 [.m., at Utter-McKinley's Braodway, 4254 South Broadway. Requiem Mass Wednesday, 930 a.m., at St. Patrick's Church.

OCHAGO, Augla

Los Angeles Times, Mar 18, 1883

DEATH'S DOINGS

Augla Ochago, aged 1 year, was buried yesterday at 3 o'clock in the Catholic cemetery.

OLIVARES, Ysidro

Los Angeles Times, Jan 31, 1930

INGRATITUDE TO UNCLE CHARGED Ninety-four-Year-Old El Toro Patriarch Sues

He Declares Nephew Raised by Him Stole His Ranch

Complaint Avers Fraud in Wording of Deed

SANTA ANA, Jan. 30. - Ysidro Olivares, 94-year-old patriarch of El Toro, who ranks among the earliest pioneers of Orange county with his record of eighty years' residence here, has been robbed of the small rancho he has owned for forty-two years, while his nephew, Bene Burnell, has, figuratively, bitten the hand that fed him during orphaned childhood, according to sensational charges of fraud made by the old man in a suit against his nephew, on file today in Superior Court.

Trusting his nephew to prepare his will for him, the patriarch had no suspicion when he signed the document, which he could not read, he stated. He had intended willing twenty acres of his fifty-eight-acre ranch to the nephew, but discovered he had signed a deed transferring the entire ranch to Burnell.

His suit asks that the deed be set aside and declared void, and that title to the ranch be quieted.

The complaint stated that Olivares had raised Burnell from childhood and sent him through the public schools to receive the education that the old man himself lacked. The nephew is pictured as matching his education against his uncle's trustful ignorance, to deceive his benefactor and strip him of his possessions.

OLIVARES, Ysidoro

Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1933

SANTA ANA. April 7., - Ysidoro Olivares, 107 years of age, a vaquero in the golden days of California, died today at Orange County Hospital. Until recently he rode his horse daily on his ranch near El Toro. Olivares had been employed on the Lewis Moulton ranch for seventy years. Olivares was a prominent figure in the rodeos of seventy-five years ago, being one of the best ropers in Southern California.

Funeral services will be conducted at Mission San Juan Capistrano tomorrow at 9 a.m.

[NOTE: YSIDORO OLIVARES didn't ride his horse on “his” ranch near El Toro. This would have been the old JOSE SERRANO Rancho. Rancho Canada de Los Alisos granted to SERRANO by Mexican Gov. JUAN B. ALVERADO in 184 & 46. Old SERRANO Adobe is CA. State Hist. Landmark # 199. JOSE SERRANO marr. PETRA AVILA, (DON JUAN AVILA'S sister), thus my interest in the SERRANO Family. YSIDORO OLIVARES could not have worked for LOUIE B. MOULTON for 70 yrs. MOULTON didn't buy DON JUAN AVILA'S Rancho El Niquil (Niguel) until late 1870s. Rather believe YSIDORO was a vaquero for DON JUAN AVILA on his Rancho El Niquil (Niguel) then stayed on with MOULTON after he bought our old rancho. The story then seems to be YSIDORO OLIVARES went to work for SERRANO Family in late 1890s - early 1900s. He lived with the SERRANO Family until he was very elderly & became ill. Not sure OLIVARES ever marr. or had issue. YSIDORO was infact well known for his roping skills & seemed to attend every rodeo in SO CAL. Wherever there was a rodeo - there was YSIDORO & his lore. What a fun era this must have been. -Rita Avila]

ORTEGO, Don Miguel Emigdio

Los Angeles Times, Sep 30, 1893

VENTURA COUNTY

Funeral of Don Miguel Ortega

The funeral of Don Miguel Emigdio Ortego (sic), one of the oldest residents of Ventura, took place today (Wednesday,) and was largely attended.

Don Emigdio was born here in 1812 and had spent all the years of his life in this town. Old-timers remember him as one of the best vaqueros in the State, his dexterity in handling the riata having made him famous. He left a large family and many friends to mourn his death.

PADILLO, Pedro

Los Angeles Times, Jul 26, 1882

PADILLO - In Los Angeles, Cal., July 24, 1882, Pedro Padillo, a native of California, and a former member of Company D. Battalion California Volunteers.

de PALOMARES, Lugarda Alvarado

Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1897

POMONA

Death of Mrs. Palomares Recalls the Early Days.

POMONA, June 14. - The death this morning of Mrs. Lugarda Alvarado de Palomares recalls the days of the Mexican possession of California, for she was born in what is now the city of Pomona, long enough ago to have remembered the discovery of gold and the admission of the State into the Union.

When she first gazed upon Mt. San Antonio there were not a hundred Anglo-Saxons on the Pacific Coast. That was in 1840, the year before the first emigrant train entered the State. She was the daughter of Ysidro Alvarado, and was subsequently married to Francisco Palomares, a son of Ignacio Palomares, to whom Gov. Alvarado had in 1837 granted the immense San Jose rancho, including a portion of this Valley. Here and in San Diego county on the Rancho Monurrate she has passed her life, bridging the whole history of the development of the State.

In 1891 when a cloud was thrown on the land titles of the Rancho San Jose, Mrs. Palomares cheerfully signed quit-claim deeds and was the means of wiping out what might otherwise have been an embarrassing feature of land titles.

Her death was not unexpected, as she has for some time been in poor health.

Mrs. Palomares leaves two sons and two daughters to perpetuate the good repute which has always been associated with the family.

Unlike many of the old Spanish families, the deceased was at the time of her death still in possession of great real estate wealth, owning several hundred acres in and near the city and 4000 or 5000 acres in San Diego county.

de PARADES, Elena Olivos

Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1940

FUNERAL FOR PIONEER TO BE HELD TODAY

Requiem mass for Mrs. Elena Olivos de Parades, 79, a native of Los Angeles, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rosary was recited last night at Edwards Bros. Colonial chapel. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. De Paredes, born Miss Elena Olivos in the Old Plaza section of Los Angeles in 1861, died Wednesday at her home, 928 S. Valencia St., leaving two daughters, Mrs. Hortencia Salazar and Mrs. Artemisa Saldamando, and four sons, Arturo, Roberto, Ricardo and Luis de Paredes, all of Los Angeles.

PENA, Francisca

Los Angeles Times, Aug 16, 1907

FROM CHILI TO FIGHT.

Heirs of Former Owner of Santa Monica Acres Allege Fraud in Settlement of Estate.

After living in Chile for several years an in apparent ignorance of the rapid increase in value of ten acres of land at Santa Monica, formerly belonging to the family, the heirs of Mrs. Francisca Pena have returned to this city in the hope of securing a portion of the estate, which has long since been settled.

A petition will be filed in the Superior Court by Attorney H. H. Roser, asking that a decree of distribution be set aside and other equitable relief be granted to the alleged rightful heirs. It is charged that agents of the Penas deliberately neglected to inform them of the real value of the land in question, and permitted its sale at a low figure.

Frederiko, Anna, Manuela and Augustin Pena are entitled, as matters stand, to less than $100 each from an estate they assert was worth $20,000.

Mrs. Pena, one of the Marquez family, inherited the ten acres from her mother, a member of the aristocratic Valenzuela family. She also owns four lots in Santa Monica. The Penas went to Chile and in that country, Mrs. Pena died in 1898. Either by the family's neglect, or that of its agent, the land was advertised to be sold for taxes. Later the estate went into the hands of the public administrator. Finally the court appointed P. M. Ballido administrator of the estate. The property was sold in 1902 for about $1000. After expenses of administration were paid, the sum of exactly $363.85 was left for distribution to the heirs.

Now that they have returned to this city, they say they will not accept the beggardly little sum in the hands of the County Auditor, and they are preparing to reopen all the probate proceedings. Fraud is alleged, and the plaintiff's attorney promises some sensational developments.

PERALTA, Bernigna

Los Angeles Times, 27 September 1931

MISS PERALTA'S RITES TODAY

ANAHEIM. Sept. 26 - Death yesterday removed another member from the ranks of California's real pioneers when Miss Bemigna Peralta died at the little settlement of Peralta in Santa Ana Canyon. Miss Peralta was born in 1851 at the present site of Garden Grove.

Funeral services will be conducted from the little Catholic Church at Yorba, where requiem high mass will be sung at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The rosary will be sung at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening at the same place. Burial will be in the ancient Yorba Cemetery.

PERALTA, Bethzaida

Los Angeles Times, 12 January 1938

YORBA KIN PAID FINAL HOMAGE

YORBA, Jan. 11. - Funeral services for Mrs. Bethzaida Peralta, grandmother of the late Don Bernardo Yorba, were conducted at the old church here this morning. Burial was in Yorba Cemetery, where so many of her ancestors rest. She leaves two sons, J. P. Peralta and Ramon Peralta; five daughters, Nieves Peralta, Elena Peralta, Mrs. Constancia Dominguez, Mrs. Lucille Sepulveda and Mrs. Floriza Sepulveda and a brother Raymond.

PERALTA, Guadalupe

Los Angeles Times, Sep 6, 1890

SENORA PERALTA DEAD

San Jose, Sept. 5. - Senora Guadalupe Peralta died in Santa Clara tonight at the age of 95 years. She was the youngest of nine children of Don Luis Peralta, who in his lifetime owned a grant of land which covered Oakland, Alameda, Fruitvale and San Leandro and vicinity.

PERALTA, Joseph C.

Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1929

GRANDSON OF GRANTEE IN BAY REGION DIES

Oakland, May 29. - Joseph C. Peralta, 81 years of age, a grandson of Don Louis Mario Peralta, original grantee of the King of Spain of most of the land now occupied by cities on the eastern slope of San Francisco Bay, died here today after a short illness. His famous ancestor first came to the San Francisco Presidio in 1776 as a Spanish soldier, and later commanded a garrison at Pueblo San Jose, where the city of San Jose now stands.

PERALTO, Rafael

Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1894

SANTA ANA BREVITIES.

Rafael Peralto of Yorba, aged 77 years, who died Monday, was buried this morning at 10 O'clock in the Yorba Cemetery. Mr. Peralto is one of the oldest and best known residents in that portion of the county, and he was numbered among the prominent citizens of that locality. The funeral services were largely attended.

PONARES, Juan B.

Santa Cruz Daily Surf, May 19, 1890

“Old Chepa”

Death of a Local Character, Born with the Century. Almost as old as Santa Cruz. Bent and Shrivelled in Old Age but “La Mas Bonita” When Young.

On Saturday last the death was announced of a woman of much local celebrity, known throughout Santa Cruz as “Old Chepa.” Although the year of her birth is surrounded with considerable obscurity it seems certain, at least, that she was a cotemporary (sic) of this present nineteenth century, and was not less than 90 years old, possibly several years more. JOSEFA PEREZ was probably a native of Santa Cruz, and was the oldest child of JOSE MARIA PEREZ, a native of Jalisco, Mexico, and of MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ, his wife. PEREZ was a Mexican soldier who came here shortly after the first soldiers, under Portales, had arrived. JOSEFA PEREZ was married when she attained womanhood, to SEVARIO, or otherwise GERVASIO, SOTO. The Perez brothers and sisters were as follows, the names being given in the order of their ages: Josefa, Matteo, Domingo, Cornelio, Juan, Antonia, Rafaella, Simon, Ogenio, Ramona. Of these there are still living CORNELIO PEREZ, who is 79 years old and lives on the Soquel road, Simon and Ramona, who is Mrs. Joseph Frey. Juan, who was known as “Juan Chacha,” died a here a few years ago.

“Chepas” history, being cotemporary with that of Santa Cruz, is quite well known to the older inhabitants. She was a good-looking woman, still in her prime, when the first Americans came here. Early in the “forties” Fremont and a company of his soldiers camped for some time on Thompson”s Flat. At that time “Chepa Soto” lived on Powder Mill Flat and rendered the soldiers much assistance, freely giving them food and anything that they needed. She had the name of being quite a belle when young, and the older Spanish people would say she was called 'la mas bonita de Santa Cruz'-the prettiest girl in Santa Cruz. She spent some years in Monterey, but her relatives deny the story that the old song, “The Maid of Monterey,” was composed in her honor. The many kindnesses shown by the woman to the early American settlers were returned to her in her later days by a sort of general tolerance of the way of living into which she fell, and by a good-natured compliance with her small requests. She, at one time, owned a comfortable home in Branciforte, but in later years she fell into dire poverty. For twenty years al least her face and figure have borne the impress of extreme old age. But, up to a year ago, she made her daily pilgrimage to Pacific avenue, passing up and down the street with sack and staff in hand, giving “Buenas dias” to her old acquaintances and taking whatever she liked from the goods displayed in front of the stores. She was seldom refused, and even money was given her in small quantities as she asked for it. Asking first for a bit of meat, she would afterward choose a fine onion or two, some beans, a few chilis, and a half dozen potatoes. Then, with tobacco, enough for her “cigaritos,” she would go home to cook and eat her little dish of “chili con carne,” or “frijoles,” and afterward spend the long day sitting on the sunny side of her cabin, smoking or dozing.

“Chepa” had been the mother of seven children, four sons and three daughters. She died at the residence of her youngest daughter, Mrs. Leggett, on East Water street. She was for a time in the County Hospital. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the Catholic church and the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery.

PONARES, Juan B.

Los Angeles Times, Mar 18, 1883

DEATH'S DOINGS.

Juan B. Ponares, aged 18 years, died yesterday morning. The funeral will take place this morning at 9:30, in Evergreen cemetery.

PRUSSO, Candelaria de Haro Prusso

San Francisco Call, 3 Jan 1913, page 12

MRS. C. DE H. PRUSSIO, PIONEER - Santa Clara, Jan. 2. - Mrs. Candeliaria de Haro Prussio, one of the few remaining daughters of the prominent Spanish families of the early days of California, is dead at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Alexander. Her death was due to pneumonia, after a short illness. She was a daughter of Francisco de Haro, who was a prominent figure in San Francisco in early days, and she was born in that city in 1834. In 1866 she was married to the late John B. Prussio, who for many years was prominently identified in the business circles in San Francisco.

RAMIREZ, Cristobal A.

Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1937

BUILDER OF FAMOUS ADOBE SUCCUMBS

Santa Barbara, March 28. - Cristobal A. Ramirez, 93 years of age, pioneer of Santa Barbara, who built the famous adobe that bore his name, will be buried tomorrow morning in Calvary Cemetery following funeral services at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. He died last night after a brief illness.

He was married in 1865 to Ventura Gonzalez. The Spanish King had granted her father a large tract of land which included what is now the lower east side of Santa Barbara. Senora Ramirez died in 1923, shortly after the couple had sold their adobe home to Mrs. A. L. Murphy Vhay, the present owner.

[NOTE: The information for Ramirez, Cristobal A. is incorrect. The Gonzalez-Ramirez adobe was built circa 1825 by José Rafael Marcel Gonzalez, a native-born former Santa Barbara Presidio soldier and twice alcalde of Santa Barbara. In 1866 , it was deeded to his daughter Salome Francisca Ventura Gonzalez after her marriage to Ramirez in 1865. The house is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. -Hattie Beresford]

ROMERO, Jose Maria

Los Angeles Times, Feb 12, 1885

Death of a Very Old Citizen.

On the 24th day of last December there died at Los Nietos, in this county, one of the very oldest native Californians in the State. His name was Jose Maria Romero. He was over 100 years of age, or, as near as his friends could make out, almost 108 years old, and that was the age his family gave to the parish priest at San Gabriel, when he was buried, December 26. Senor Romero saw the foundation of the new San Gabriel Mission, and was present, with his father, at its dedication, where he told the writer of this some years ago, he remembered seeing the late venerable Dona Eulalie de Guillem, who died a few years ago at a very advanced age, who was there with her husband and two or three small children, although she was still quite a young woman (doncella).

Don Jose was a brother of Mrs. Verdugo, the wife of Don Julio Verdugo, the former owner and grantee of the Verdugo or San Rafael rancho; also of Dona Isabel Dominguez, mother of Mrs. Carpenter, of Old Los Nietos, and of the mother of the late Mrs. Wm. Wolfskill, and was therefore related to the Verdugo, Dominguez, Lugo and Wolfskill families, and their descendants. It used to be very interesting to listen to his account of the old and primitive times here in Southern California, when the Missions of San Gabriel, San Fernando and San Diego, and the pueblo of Los Angeles were in their infancy. Senor Romero became very inform during the latter part of his life, though he retained the use of his senses nearly up to the last. H.D.B. February, 1885.

de ROMERO, Reymunda Feliz

Los Angeles Times, Mar 1, 1908

LINK OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT BROKEN

Senora Reymunda Feliz de Romero

With the impressive Roman Catholic ritual the last rites were held at Plaza Church yesterday morning over the remains of Senora Reymunda Feliz de Romero, who died Tuesday morning. The pastor of the church, Father Caballeria, celebrated the requiem mass and preached the funeral sermon. For eighty-eight years Senora Romero had been a resident of this city, and she was known to all of the old Spanish settlers. Though the mass was celebrated at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, the church was crowded and the funeral cortege to Calvary Cemetery, where the body was laid to rest, was a long one.

The church was draped in black for the ceremonies and around the bier were placed the ancient candelabra which have seen service since the days of the padres. All of the quaint old customs, dating back to Mission days, were observed, and the nave of the church, illuminated only by the small windows and filled with reverent friends, presented much the same picture that it must have on similar occasions in the days gone by.

Within the church have been held the funeral services of not only the mother and husband of the late Senora Romero, but of one daughter and several grandchildren as well. Many of the little decorations, now black with age, were bought with money which she donated in her younger days. For many years her name has appeared on the back of one of the pews.

In the course of the funeral sermon Father Caballeria told of the many years that Senora Romero had been a member of the congregation, and of the great changes that had come to the country during that time. He begged his bearers to preserve the old ideals of churchmanship, and to keep fresh the memories of the past.

Los Angeles Times, Feb 26, 1908

LIVED NEARLY CENTURY HERE.

DEATH TAKES SENORA ROMERO, OF NOTED FAMILY.

Born in Los Angeles Ninety-nine Years Ago and Once Owned Lands Now Worth Many Millions - Probably Last Link Closely Binding These Days With Early Times.

One of the last links which bind the new California to the old was broken yesterday afternoon by the death of Senora Reymunda Feliz de Romero. She was one of the last, if not actually the last, of the old Spanish aristocrats, who, in the early years of the last century, held court in this new world, surrounded by their retainers and vassals and maintaining the state which they knew in the old homes in Spain.

Senora Romero was born in Los Angeles in 1809. Her father was the late Juan Feliz, owner of Los Feliz Rancho, a part of which is now Griffith Park, while her mother was Maria Ignacio Verdugo de Feliz, owner of the Verdugo Rancho and one of the wealthiest of the Spanish land owners.

The old Feliz homestead, where Senora Romero was born, was on Aliso street near what is now Lyon street. The property embraced more than twenty-five acres and the establishment was one of the most lordly of the pueblo. The buildings were all of adobe, the main house being a rambling affair with patio and wide verandas. Surrounding it were the houses of the Indian retainers and at one time the establishment was the largest in the district.

Fifty years ago Senora Romero was rated the wealthiest woman in the southern part of the State, and her home was the center of cultured and aristocratic society. Within its portals were entertained the Franciscan padres when they visited the town on their rounds, and the lady of the manor was one of the most devoted daughters of the church.

Juan Feliz died without other issue and when his widow passed away she left all her property to her daughter, Senora Romero. This property included a large part of the Verdugo Rancho, all of Los Feliz Rancho and much property in the heart of Los Angeles. The land, at the present day, is worth millions of dollars.

Senora Romero was the lady bountiful of the pueblo, and day after day used to make the rounds of the neighboring ranches, distributing provisions and delicacies and spreading cheerfulness as she went.

Her mode of travel in the old days was by ox cart, and her two oxen, dragging their heavy two-wheeled vehicle, were common sights on the roads. She knew every family by name and the least rumor of misfortune coming to any of them was sure to result in a visit from her.

Throughout her long life, Senora Romero was a member of the Plaza Church. Her donations to it were large, and for years she was its chief support. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the congregation and, it is said, the only one who remembered it in the days of the padres.

Senora Romero lived on the Aliso street place until a few years ago, when advancing years demanded special care for her. She then moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louisa Domingo de Sepulveda, at No. 307 Ogler street.

Though the Verdugo and Los Feliz ranches passed out of the possession of Senora Romero more than forty years ago, she was by no means poor at the time of her death, and her estate includes considerable real estate. Part of it is a lot on Aliso street, the actual site of her old home. Out of sentiment, she retained that property, though disposing of the surrounding land.

Married twice, her first husband was Juan Domingo, by whom she had three children, Louisa Domingo de Sepulveda, Juan Domingo and Antonio Domingo. Her second husband was Jose Maria Romero, whom she married in 1868. The couple had one daughter, who died in childhood. Senor Romero died twenty-five years ago.

In spite of her great age, Senora Romero retained her keen intellect to the last. She clearly remembered the happenings of the early years, and used to delight to relate to her great grandchildren stories of the olden days when she was mistress of thousands of acres and the actual ruler of many hundreds of people.

Old age was the cause of her death. Only three days before the end she was about the house as usual. She suffered no illness, and the end was caused by a gradual failing of strength. Strong in her faith, she welcomed her end when it came. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. The services will be held, however, at the old Plaza Church.

de RUIZ, Concepcion Avila

Los Angeles Times, Dec 2, 1937

ELDERLY NATIVE OF CITY DIES

Senora Concepcion Avila de Ruiz, link to the early Spanish rule in California, died yesterday at the family home, Rancho Tajauta, in Watts. Her death came within six days of her eighty-fifth birthday, December 7.

Born at Watts

She was the granddaughter of Cornelio Avila, Spanish soldier who came to California in 1769 to protect the rights of the Spanish crown and obtained Tajauta for his service.

Dona Concepcion was born and raised on the ancestral land at Watts. She so rarely left the above that on her wedding a half-century ago her husband-to-be had to travel to Tajauta so she could be married before the family chapel. There they remained to live under the bride's paternal roof.

Rosary Today

Her late husband was Don Jose de la Cruz Ruiz, descendant of Don Maximo Alaniz from Rancho San Jose de Buenos Aires. Still in the family adobe are the elderly brother and sister, Jose and Josepha Avila.

Following an old custom, the rosary will be recited in the family home, 11642 Wilmington avenue, at 8 p.m. today.

Los Angeles Times, Dec 3, 1937

OBITUARY

Senora Avila de Ruiz

Funeral services for Senora Concepcion Avila de Ruiz, descendant of an early California Spanish family who died Wednesday will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at the family home, Rancho Tajauta, Watts, followed by interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. She leaves a brother and sister, Jose and Josefa Avila, at the family adobe, where rosary was recited last night.

SALAS, Eulalia

Los Angeles Times, Mar 6, 1932

'OLDEST WOMAN IN NATION' DIES AT 116 YEARS OF AGE

Events that happened more than 100 years ago were clearly recalled almost to the hour of her death by Mrs. Eulalia Salas, who, at the age of 116 years, was believed to be the oldest woman in the United States. Her son, Nolverto, 95, lives at Niles.

She died yesterday at her home at 366 South Boyle avenue, after an illness of less than forty-eight hours, according to her daughter, Mrs. Auralia Salas Chavez, who is 66. Death was attributed by the Coroner to hardening of the arteries. Until a few weeks ago she had taken an active part in the housework and was accustomed to doing her own washing as well as other domestic chores. She had never worn glasses, members of the family declared.

Mrs. Salas was born in Zacatecas, Mex., February 13, 1816, and was 25 years of age at the time the French invasion of Mexico took place.

Age, she always insisted, was purely a state of mind and she declared she was the physical superior, at the century-mark, of most women of 40. In response to questions from members of her family and others, however, she always replied she had no hard-and-fast rule for attaining longevity. Nor did she believe anyone else possessed such a magic secret.

“I eat what I want and when I want it,” she told her questioners, “but I never make a glutton of myself!”

Her daily diet, Mrs. Chavez said, consisted mostly of frijole soup with green vegetables eaten in moderate quantities. She ate little meat and had a horror of piles, cakes or sweetmeats in any form.

She was born two years after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 and less than a year after his defeat by Wellington in the Battle of Waterloo.

She was 21 years of age when Samuel Morse obtained his patent on the first telegraph instrument in 1837 and one of the prized possessions of her early womanhood was a sewing machine, invented by Howe in 1846. She remembered clearly the pride with which the gift was received and how her home became a center of interest for less fortunate women eager for a look at the remarkable invention.

The son, Nolverto, who recently celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday anniversary at his home in Niles, is said by the Chavez family to be in excellent health and he is expected to attend the funeral services here. Arrangements for the rites had not been completed yesterday. She also leaves two brothers, Pete Salas (sic) of Salinas, and Jesus of Los Angeles. She had lived in Los Angeles for nearly a quarter-century.

SANCHEZ, Frank J.

Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1926

F. J. SANCHEZ BURIED

Funeral Services for Restaurant Proprietor Conducted Tuesday

Funeral services for Frank J. Sanchez, restaurant proprietor, whose death occurred Tuesday, were conducted from the home at 1127 Marion avenue Tuesday afternoon. Burial was made in the Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Sanchez was well known in musical circles in the city and for twenty years was elevator operator at the Wilcox Building at Second and Spring streets. He was a life-long resident of the city and had been ill but two days prior to his death. He was 48 years of age.

He leaves three sisters and a twin brother, Mrs. Edward Mathie, Mrs. Petra Benson, Miss E. V. Sanchez and Charles E. Sanchez, all of this city.

SANCHEZ, John B.

Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1920

SANCHEZ. April 11. John B., beloved husband of Mrs. Rose Sanchez and father of E O and Miss C Sanchez, Mrs. R. Brooks and Mrs. R. Raphael.

Funeral Tuesday, April 13, at 8:30 a.m. from the Chapel of Cunningham & O'Connor, 1031 South Grand AVe. Requiem mass at St. Mary's Church at 9 a.m. Interment, Calvary Cemetery.

[NOTE: John B. Sanchez is Juan Bautista Sanchez, son of Petronila Feliz and Esteban Sanchez; E O Sanchez is Angel Erasmo Sanchez; Mrs. R. Brooks is Rose Sanchez Brooks; Miss C. Sanchez is Consuelo Sanchez and Mrs. R. Raphael is Frances Sanchez Raphael. -Karla Everett]

SEPULVEDA, Andrew B.

Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1944

SEPULVEDA RITES SET FOR TODAY

A descendant of one of California's famous early families, who turned from the land of his fathers to boatbuilding, Andrew B. Sepulveda, 68, will be buried today in Holy Cross Cemetery following requiem mass at 8 a.m. in St. Vibiana's Cathedral. He died Friday in General Hospital.

He was the grandson of Don Dolores Sepulveda, who received the 35,000-acre Rancho Los Palos Verdes by grant from the Mexican Republic in 1822. His father was Don Juan Sepulveda, who presented the bells to the Plaza Church, and he was a cousin of the late Roman D. Sepulveda.

BORN IN PALOS VERDES

Born on the Palos Verdes Estates and baptized and confirmed at the Plaza Church, Andrew Sepulveda was a superintendent of construction for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and later worked for 20 years with Garbutt and Walsh, boatbuilders at San Pedro. Seven years ago he retired and moved to Perris.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Shipman Biegler of Burbank, a brother Juan of San Pedro, and two grandchildren, Maryanne and Susan Biegler.

Rosary was recited last night at the Pierce Bros. Mortuary at 720 W. Washington Blvd.

SEPULVEDA, Carolina Oden

Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1927

SEPULVEDA RITE ARRANGED

Descendant of One of State's Oldest Families Will Be Buried in Inglewood Cemetery Tomorrow

Funeral services for Carolina Oden Sepulveda, whose death Wednesday night severed another link with the State's historic past, will be conducted tomorrow morning from the Catholic church at Wilmington, where solemn high mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Inglewood Cemetery.

It was more than forty-eight years ago when Carolina Oden, belle of Southern California, and Roman D. Sepulveda, descendant of one of the State's oldest Spanish families, braved parental displeasure over their extreme youth and drove to Los Angeles to be married. The ceremony was performed at the Old Plaza Church on February 10, 1879.

Carolina Oden Sepulveda was born in Los Angeles on February 3, 1861. Her father was George V. Oden, who came to California from Virginia. Her mother came of the Spanish family of Machado, which had its casa grande at Viona (sic) Rancho, now The Palms, near Culver City.

Roman D. Sepulveda, at the time of the romance, lived at the home of his father, Diego Sepulveda, near the old German settlement at Wilmington. The picturesque adobe mansion, which stood until a few years ago, had been built by Ignacio Sepulveda.

For a time the couple lived at the Sepulveda homestead, removing to San Pedro forty years ago. The Sepulveda home is at 438 West Fifth street, San Pedro.

Mrs. Sepulveda died Wednesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage. At her bedside were her eight children and their families: Albert, William, Louis, Benjamin and Philip Sepulveda, all of San Pedro, and Mrs. Nicholas Kokkopolis [aka Kokkinopolos] and Mrs. George Contos of San Pedro, and Mrs. Silas E. Snyder of Los Angeles. Also present were her sisters, Mrs. E. F. Harriman of San Pedro and Mrs. Bert Ihrig of Glendale, and her brothers, J. M. Rocha and James, George and Mason Oden. She also leaves her husband, San Pedro capitalist and authority on the early Spanish history of California, and his sister, Senora Rudicinda de Sepulveda de Dodson of San Pedro. Among the sorrowing friends were representatives of almost all the old Spanish families, including the Avilas, Machados, Estudillos, Dominguez, Verdugos, Yorbas and de la Guerras. Mrs. Sepulveda was a member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West.

SEPULVEDA, Charles P.

Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1909

BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL

The funeral of Charles P. Sepulveda, who died Saturday at Ventura, will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon at No. 819 Summit avenue. There will be services at Plaza Church. He leaves a widow and two children.

SEPULVEDA, Constantino Y

Los Angeles Times, November 15, 1934

OBITUARY

CONSTANTINO Y SEPULVEDA

Funeral services for Constantino y Sepulveda, pioneer Los Angeles fireman, who died at Whittier Tuesday, will be conducted from the Mission Church at the Plaza tomorrow at 10 a.m. Rosary services are scheduled tonight at 8 o'clock in the Alvarez and Moore chapel 500 Court street. He was the last living son of the late Joseph L. Sepulveda of Palos Verdes. He leaves a son, Frank, of the city engineer's department. Rites at Calvary Cemetery will be in charge of the Los Angeles Fire Department Relief Association, of which he was a charter member.

SEPULVEDA, Dona Josepha

The Los Angeles Times, Jan 8, 1899

LINKED TO THE PAST

Dona Josepha Sepulveda died on Friday at her residence, No. 811 Kohler street, at the advanced age of 65 years. This lady formed a link between the olden days of Mexican rule in California, and the modern, bustling times of a more aggressive civilization. Her husband, Rafael Sepulveda, in early days owned the Los Feliz and San Vicente ranchos, comprising in round numbers, about 70,000 acres, but at the time of his death about fifteen years ago, the larger part of this acreage had passed into alien hands. Dona Josepha was the mother of twenty-two children, the ex-secretary of the American legation at the City of Mexico, Judge Sepulveda, being a nephew.

SEPULVEDA, Gregorio N.

Los Angeles Times, Jan 18, 1887

Gregorio N. Sepulveda died on Saturday, aged 36, and was buried yesterday from the Plaza Church. He was an uncle of Mrs. W. S. Maxwell, Mrs. W. S. Moore, Mrs. I. L. de Cook and Miss Rowena Lanfranco.

SEPULVEDA, Herlinda

Los Angeles Times, Mar 10, 1921

DESCENDANT OF SPANISH DON PASSES.

Mrs. Herlinda Sepulveda to be Buried in Old Cemetery at Santa Barbara Mission.

Where monarchs have trod within the hushed walls of the little cemetery of the Santa Barbara Mission, the remains of another whose name is entwined with the romantic pioneer days of California are to be laid to rest, for Mrs. Herlinda Sepulveda died yesterday afternoon. She was the widow of the late Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda and the mother of Mrs. Charles C. Chapman, with whom she had just returned ten days ago from a visit to Mexico City. She was stricken last Sunday at the family residence, 1457 Dana street.

The funeral services are to be held at high mass this morning at St. Agnes Church, Vermont avenue and West Adams street, but the burial will take place in the quaint little cemetery of Santa Barbara Mission, within the shadow of her birthplace and beside the remains of her husband.

Mrs. Sepulveda was 63 years of age and was a descendant of one of the oldest Spanish families of Southern California, which traced its line from Jose de La Guerra, who came to California 110 years ago, and who was one of the wealthiest of Spanish dons, having owned at one time 500,000 acres of land.

The late Judge Sepulveda died four years ago. He was well known as a jurist and lawyer and served as Charge d'Affaires for the United States in Mexico City for two terms.

Besides her daughter, who was formerly Miss Conchita Sepulveda, Mrs. Sepulveda is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Bert Rico, Mrs. Anita de la Guerra, Mrs. Georgia West and Mrs. Maria Yndart; and three brothers, Juan, Santiago and Hannibal de la Guerra.

SEPULVEDA, Mrs. J. G. de

Los Angeles Times, Jan 8, 1899

DE SEPULVEDA - Mrs. J. G. de Sepulveda, at No. 811 Kohler street, aged 72.

Funeral from her late residence in this city, Monday, January 9, at 9 o'clock, at the Cathedral, Main street, between Second and Third streets. Friends are invited.

SEPULVEDA, Pedro

Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1916

OLD SPANISH DON CLOSES LONG LIFE.

IN EARLY DAYS WAS A LARGE LAND OWNER HERE.

One of the Last of Past Regime, Pedro Sepulveda Leaves Sixty Descendants, Including Sons and Daughters, Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren

Don Pedro Sepulveda, one of the last of the old Spanish dons of California, died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Benjamin, No. 1329 West Thirty-fifth place. Senile decay was the cause of the death, the old man having passed the 88th year of life.

In early days here, Don Pedro was on of the wealthy land owners. His father bequeathed him considerable property, which now comprises portions of Los Angeles and other nearby communities. Don Dolores Sepulveda, who came from Spain and Mexico, with Don Jacinto Reyes and Don Demesio Dominguez, owned a vast territory stretching from Calabasas almost to Ventura, and from the mountains on the east to the Pacific on the west.

The man who died here Wednesday was father of a large family. He had six sons and five daughters, all of whom are residing in or around Los Angeles. In addition to the daughter, at whose home he lived during the declining years of his life, his other daughters are Mrs. J. Ruiz, Mrs. Y. Valdez; Mrs. H. Smith and Mrs. J. Ballard.

The sons are Deputy Sheriff J. S. Sepulveda, P. J. Sepulveda, Henry, Vicente, Simerse and Luis Sepulveda. Thirty-six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren are also descendants of the dead man. the body of Mr. Sepulveda is at the undertaking parlors of Robert sharp and Son on South Flower street. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Cathedral of St. Vibiana. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.

SEPULVEDA, Ralph F.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 20, 1941

RALPH F. SEPULVEDA, MEMBER OF PIONEER FAMILY, SUCCUMBS

Life Span of 83 Years, Covering Southland's Growth From Village to Great Metropolis, Ended by Death

A live span of 83 years, covering the growth of Southern California from a group of large Spanish land grants to a thriving metropolitan area, ended with the death yesterday of Ralph F. Sepulveda, member of one of the city's earliest pioneer families.

Sepulveda, who lived at 145 N. Burlington Ave., died at General Hospital after an illness of several years.

BORN IN ADOBE HOUSE

Five years after his grandfather, Francisco Sepulveda, was given a grant of 30,000 acres, Ralph was born in the adobe house in the center of the estate.

The Sepulveda ranch house, which stood until six months ago at the bottom of a hill between the shopping center of Westwood and the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles, was originally the center of the former village of San Vicente.

This same house was torn down to be re-erected for historical purposes on the U.C.L.A. campus. A few lines of adobe are still remaining on the site.

The son of Jose del Carmen Sepulveda, one of the sons of Francisco, Ralph grew up and aided with work on the rancho. There were 15 brothers and sisters in his own family, four of whom are still living.

LONG INTERPRETER

The brothers and sisters still living, all in Los Angeles, are Lula Sepulveda, Mrs. Josephine Bacon, Fred J. Sepulveda and Joseph A. Sepulveda.

More than 50 years ago, Ralph Sepulveda went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad and remained with it for more than 25 years.

Thirty-one years ago he became one of the official court interpreters for the county. He remained in that capacity until ill health forced him to retire in 1935.

Six months ago his wife, the former Delphine Varales, who was a member of another pioneer Los Angeles family, died.

The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the chapel of W. A. Brown, 1815 S. Flower St. High Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Tuesday at Old Mission Plaza Church.

Interment is to be in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery.

SEPULVEDA, Rosalinda

Los Angeles Times, Jan 9, 1899

SEPULVEDA - In this city, Saturday, January 7, Rosalinda Sepulveda, daughter of Sostenes Sepulveda, aged 10 years. Funeral from the residence of her father, No. 1230 [?] East Ninth street, Monday, January 9, at 1:30 p.m., Cathedral 2 p.m. Friends invited.

SEPULVEDA, Tranquilina

Los Angeles Times, Dec 28, 1931

MEMBER OF OLD SPANISH CLAN TO BE BURIED TODAY

Funeral services will be conducted this morning for Senorita Tranquilina Sepulveda, last surviving member of the immediate family of Don Jose Andres Sepulveda, who died after a short illness Christmas Eve at the home of her grandnephew, Laurence Vander Leck, in Altadena. Short services at the Cunningham and O'Connor chapel, 1031 South Grand avenue, at 9 o'clock, will be followed by a requiem mass at the Plaza Church at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in the Mott family vault at Calvary Cemetery.

Senorita Sepulveda was born here eighty-two years ago and was baptized at the Old Plaza Church, the event being the occasion for a week of festivities, for she was a veritable princess of early day California, being related by blood or marriage to almost every prominent Spanish family in Southern California.

Her grandfather, Francisco Sepulveda, came here in the service of the King of Spain and was the grantee of the Rancho San Vicente, extending from the Pacific Coast at Santa Monica to what is now Beverly Hills. Her father was the grantee of the Rancho San Joaquin, now Irvine ranch in Orange county, and was a leading citizen of his time. The late Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda, father of the Princess Pignatelli and one of the first judges to sit on the Superior Court bench in Los Angeles county, was her brother, and her sister was the late Mrs. Thomas D. Mott, long prominent in the social life of the city and still remembered for her activity in charitable and church work.

Upon the death of her parents, Senorita Sepulveda became a member of the household of Mr. and Mrs. Mott, and when they passed on she took up her residence with her niece, Mrs. Henry Vander Leck at San Juan Capistrano.

The pallbearers at her funeral today will be Thomas D. and John G. Mott, nephews; Laurence Vander Leck, grandnephew; Lorenzo Palanconi and John O. Forster, cousins, and Isidore B. Dockweiler, who had been her friend for more than sixty years.

[NOTE: In 1912 the VANDERLECK Family moved to old 1812 south wing of The MIGUEL YORBA Adobe (north portion built 1778) on (now) Camino Capistrano. VANDERLECKS were the original owners - est. 1948- of the rather famous El Adobe Restaurant. -Rita Avila]

SERRANO, Nicolasa Navarro de

Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1882

DIED

SERRANO - Los Angeles, Cal., May 1, 1882, Nicolasa Navarro de Serrano, aged 89 years. Funeral to-day at 9 A.M. from the Catholic Church, opposite Plaza.

TANFORAN, Toribio

San Francisco Call, 5 April 1884, page 4

TANFORAN - In this city, April 4, Toribio TANFORAN, a native of Chile, South America, aged 54 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral Monday, April 7, at 8:30 o'clock A. M., from his late residence, Wells avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth, Dolores and Church streets; thence to Mission Dolores Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9 o'clock.

TANFORAN, Maria de los Angeles Valencia

San Francisco Morning Call, 15 October 1884, page 4

TANFORAN - In this city, October 12, Mary, relict of the late Torivio Tanforan, a native of San Francisco, California, aged 52 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral TO-DAY (Wednesday), at 8:30 o'clock A.M. , from her late residence, 3 Well street, thence to Mission Dolores Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul, commencing at 9 o'clock.

de THOMPSON, Francisca Sepulveda

Los Angeles Times, Jan 27, 1892

OBITUARY

MRS. FRANCISCA SEPULVEDA DE THOMPSON

Mrs. Francisca Sepulveda de Thompson, wife of James Thompson of this city, died January 25, 1892, in the 66th year of her age, having been born in April, 1826, in this pueblo. She was the eldest daughter of Don Jose and Dona Francisca Abila Sepulveda. Mrs. Thompson was twice married, first to Don Jose Antonio Carrillo, a former secretary of the Territory of California, and twice a deputy to the Mexican Congress; and second to Mr. James Thompson, who still survives her.

Mrs. Thompson was one of the most amiable and kind-hearted of women. An American surgeon who arrived here in early times, and who is a resident of Los Angeles, used to say of her that “she was the first Sister of Charity he had ever seen” referring to her active sympathy for those who were in poverty or in distress. Indeed, all who knew her not only admired her noble character, but they were attached to her by the strongest ties of affection.

Mrs. Thompson being an Abila and a Sepulveda, both of which were prominent families here in the olden times, and being connected by marriage with the Carrillos (her first husband being a brother of Gov. Carlos Carrillo.) she leaves many relatives to mourn her loss; among them are her two brothers, Don Andronico Sepulveda of this city, Judge Y. Sepulveda of the City of Mexico, and two sisters, Mrs. T. D. Mott and Senorita Tranquilina Sepulveda, Mrs. de Valle of Camulos, who was an Abila, and many others, both contemporary and of later generations. All who knew Dona Francisca will say: “Of a truth a good woman is gone!”

TISSOT, Natividad de Haro

San Francisco Examiner, 16 May 1919, page 4

TISSOT-DE HARO - In this city, May 15, 1919, Natividad De Haro Tissot, wife of the late Paul Tissot and mother of Albert J. Tissot and Mercedes J. Truman, a native of San Francisco, Cal., aged 89 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Saturday), May 17, 1919, from St. Monica's Church, 23d ave. and Geary st., where requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul, commencing at 10 o'clock. Remains at the parlors of Carew & English, 1618 Geary st. Interment private, Holy Cross Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers.

VALARDE, A. Y.

Los Angeles Times, Mar 13, 1901

VENTURA

KILLED BY A HORSE

A. Y. Valarde, a pioneer Mexican resident of this city, died early this morning from the effects of a kick in the stomach by a fractious horse.

VALENCIA, Candelario

San Francisco Call, 4 June 1881, page 4

VALENCIA - In San Rafael, June 3, Candelrio [sic] VALENCIA, a native of California, aged 77 years and 4 months. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, Monday, June 6, at 9 o¹clock A. M. , from Mission Dolores Church, where a Requiem High Mass will be celebrated.

[NOTE: Correct spelling of first name is Candelario. -Julia Christy]

VALENCIA, Eustaquio

San Francisco Examiner, 26 February 1915, page 4

VALENCIA - At Millbrae, San Mateo county, February 23, Estaquio Valencia, beloved husband of Guadalupe Valencia and father of Henry L., Celestine, Edward and Samuel Valencia, Mrs. Petra Whitaker, Mrs. Frances Coletti, Mrs. Annie Fernandez, Mrs. Clara Stevens, Mrs. Paula Ford, Mrs. Inez Overholser, brother of Francisco, Antonio and Leobardo Valencia, a native of San Francisco, aged 87 years. Funeral from his late residence to-morrow (Saturday), at 10:30 o'clock a. m. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery.

VALENCIA, Jose Jesus

San Francisco Morning Call, 27 March 1888, page 8

VALENCIA - In this city, March 25, Jose Jesus Valencia, beloved father of Mrs. Fernando Peralta and Mrs. Benjamin Hook and Jose Amadeo Valencia, a native of Santa Clara, Cal., age 83 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral TO-DAY (Tuesday), at 8:30 o'clock A. M. from his late residence, 1522 Powell street. Interment Mission Dolores Cemetery.

VALENCIA, Paula Sanchez de

San Francisco Call , 12 June 1875, page 4

DE VALENCIA - In this city, June 10, Paula Sanchez De Valencia, a native of this State, aged 65 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral TO-DAY (Saturday), at 1 o'clock P.M., from her late residence, Sixteenth street, between Guerrero and Dolores.

VALENZUELA, Jose de la Luz

Los Angeles Times, Aug 30, 1883

VALENZUELA - August 29th, 1883, at 5 A.M., Jose de la Luz Valenzuela, of this city. Deceased was a native Californian, and a member in good standing of the Spanish Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles. The funeral will take place at his residence, No. 308 San Pedro street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Carlos Bransby officiating. All the members of the Spanish Church and other friends are requested to attend.

VALENZUELA, Luis

Los Angeles Times, Mar 18, 1883

DEATH'S DOINGS

Luis Valenzuela, aged 80 years, who died Friday, was buried in the Catholic cemetery yesterday forenoon.

VARELA, Ascencion A. de

Los Angeles Times, Jan 13, 1899

DEATH RECORD DE VARELA - At Camulos, January 11, 1899, Ascencion A. de Varela, mother of Mrs. Y. del Valle, aged 81 years. Funeral at the same place, Friday, January 13, at 10:30 a.m.

VEJAR, Theresa Palomares

Los Angeles Times, Jan 14, 1919

PIONEER WOMAN DIES - - Mrs. Theresa Vejar was Daughter of Recipient of Grant from Spanish King - -

Mrs. Theresa Palomares Vejar, aged 81, a pioneer of the Pomona Valley, died yesterday of pneumonia at the family home north of Pomona. She was the youngest daughter of Ignacio Palomares, one of three Spaniards who settled in California in the early days, receiving large land grants direct from the King of Spain. This was in 1837.

The Palomares' land grant was located in what is now the eastern part of Los Angeles county, on which was erected a spacious homestead, which stood as a land mark of the days of Spanish rule. A few years ago it was burned, and many priceless relics were lost. A new home was built on the site of the old one, and the family only recently took possession.

The deceased was married sixty-five years ago to Ramon Vejar, now 88. Ten children were born of this union, all of whom are still living. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

VERDUGO, Teodore

Los Angeles Times, Jun 3, 1904

WAS A PRINCE OF THE SOIL

Teodore Verdugo Passes Away at a Ripe Age

He Had Seen the Verdugo Place Dwindle from a Tract as Big as a European Principality to a Ranch of but Little Over a Thousand Acres.

Old Teodore Verdugo died yesterday on the remnant of the great rancho granted to his soldier father by the King of Spain for his services in the Spanish army.

Teodore was an old man, 79 years. He had seen the Verdugo place dwindle from a great tract as big as a European principality to a little place of 1200 acres.

When the rancho was granted in 1776 to Gulio Verdugo, who had been sent with his regiment from Spain to subdue the new land, it contained eight whole leagues - thousands upon thousands of acres. Old Teodore's recollection went back to a time when the whole eight leagues were covered with browsing cattle, in herds so great that no one had any idea how many cattle there were; when a great company of vaqueros guarded the shifting herds, when there were major domos and the solemn grandeur of the great estate.

Teodore inherited the rancho upon which he was born. He married and raised a family of children - nine. They are all there yet on the rancho, with the exception of one daughter, who is married to Vicente Figueroa.

After the gringo came, all the enormous ranchos of the early days were broken up, and this went the way of the others. It used to extend from Verdugo down to where the canneries stand by the river.

Teodore was one of the last of the old ranchero princes of the soil.

VILLAVICENCIO, Dona Serafina Espinosa de

San Louis Obispo (CA) Tribune, April 23, 1870

DIED.–At the Cayucos, on Thursday last, Dona Serafina Espinosa de VILLAVICENCIO, aged about 89 years. This old lady was the mother of the lately deceased, Mrs. PICO, of Rafael VILLA, Jose Antonio VILLA, Isador VILLA and Jose Maria VILLA, of the Corral de Piedra. Her children, grand children and great grand children would form a sufficient number to populate a village. She was born at the Mission Dolores, in 1781. The cause of her death was old age; and She passed away quietly and suddenly without pain and without fear. She was a good woman.

WILLIAMS, John E.

Los Angeles Times, Jun 26, 1939

OBITUARY

John E. Williams

Requiem mass for John E. Williams, 61, for 25 years employed in the City Engineering Department, will be celebrated in St. Agnes Church at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 o'clock at the Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Williams, whose mother before her marriage was Miss Josepha Sanchez, daughter of one of the pioneer families of Ventura County, was born in Ventura in 1878. He died yesterday at his home at 4838 1/2 St. Elmo Drive. In addition to his mother he leaves his widow, Mrs. Adela G. Williams; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Giesler and Mrs. Clara Hernandez, and a brother, Frank Williams, all of Los Angeles.

WILSON, Mrs. Grace Lopez

Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct 1931

PIONEER VALLEY FAMILY MEMBER FUNERAL SLATED

Last rites for Mrs. Grace Lopez Wilson, member of a pioneer San Fernando Valley family, who died Sunday of complications from a fall about a year ago, will be conducted tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Ferdinand Church in Pico street, San Fernando. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Mrs. Wilson, who was 65 years of age, was born on the Lopez rancho near San Fernando.

She leaves her husband, John T. Wilson, vice-president of the Federal Board Land Bank at Berkeley; two sons, John J. Wilson and Roland Wilson, both of Los Angeles; a brother, J. J. Lopez of Bakersfield, and six sister, Mrs. Louisa McAlonan, Mrs. Mary Villegas, Mrs. Charles Shaw, Mrs. William Mellon, Mrs. Dan Britton and Mrs. J. W. Alexander.

WILSON, Mildred Frances

San Mateo County Times, 20 July 2004.

MILDRED FRANCES WILSON. A founding Millbrae resident whose family has been in Millbrae for over 200 years, passed away in Burlingame on July 17, 2004. Beloved wife of the late Al Wilson, married for 46 years. Loving daughter of the late Bert Cavanaugh and the late Rose Cavanaugh. Dear sister of the late Gerald Cavanaugh. A native of Millbrae, California, age 88 years. “Millie” was a founding member of Saint Dunstan Catholic Parish and the first baby to be baptized at the old Saint Dunstan Church, which her father and Mr. Mahoney built. Millie is a direct descendent of the Jose Antonio Sanchez family, the founding family of Millbrae. Her great great grandfather, Jose Antonio Sanchez, who was on the original DeAnza expedition which headed north from Sinaloa, Mexico, in 1775, founded the Presidio in San Francisco in 1776. Rancho Buri Buri was granted to her great-great-grandfather by the Mexican government and consisted of 14,639 acres, reaching from the top of San Bruno Mountain to Burlingame Creek, and from the Bay up to the top of the hills in the West. She is the first person in the Western United States to have her name entered in the Congressional Records in Washington D.C. for being the living descendent of the Sanchez family. Her great-grandfathers were both mayors of San Francisco under Mexican rule. She was a 1937 graduate of San Mateo Junior College.

Friends are invited to attend the visitation on Monday, July 19, 2004, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS, El Camino Real at Millwood Drive in Millbrae. The Vigil Service will follow at 7 p.m. at the Saint Dunstan Catholic Church, 1133 Broadway in Millbrae. Friends are again invited to attend the Mass of Celebration on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the Church. Committal to follow at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Coma. Donations in Mrs. Wilson's memory may be made to your favorite charity. CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS (650)588-5116 www.chapelofthehighlands.com

YORBA, Erolinda Cota

Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1933

DEATH TAKES SURVIVOR OF OLD RANCHO PERIOD

One of the last survivors of the old rancho life of Southern California, Mrs. Erolinda Cota Yorba, 80 years of age, the daughter of Francisco and Martina Cota, once owners of the great La Ballona rancho, which once covered the territory now occupied by Culver City, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martina L. Pelanconi, of Hollywood.

Born in the adobe home of Augustine Machado, which once stood at Fifth and Main streets, Mrs. Yorba during her life saw the transition of Los Angeles from a small pueblo to a metropolitan city. Her marriage to Vincente, son of Bernardo Yorba, whom she survived by twenty years, was an event in the early days of the city. The ceremony was performed at the home on the La Ballona rancho and was followed by a fiesta, which drew celebrants from all the old California families.

With her husband Mrs. Yorba lived for many years on the Yorba ranch in Orange county and when the town of Yorba was built aided in the construction of the small adobe church for the new town. Later, when the church proved too small, Mrs. Yorba was active in support of the new structure.

In addition to Mrs. Pelanconi, Mrs. Yorba leaves two sons, Bernardo of Anaheim and Vincente of Santa Ana Canyon, and three other daughters, Mrs. Hortense M. Palomares and Mrs. Mary L. Vejar, both of Pomona, and Mrs. George Wentz of Hollywood.

The funeral rites will be conducted in the Yorba church at 10 a.m. Monday, with burial in the Yorba family cemetery near the church.

YORBA, Ramon

Los Angeles Times, Jul 22, 1940

ALONG EL CAMINO REAL
with Ed Ainsworth

Ted Hodges of San Juan Capistrano tells this story of a living link between long-past days of Mission San Juan Capistrano and the present in writing of the life of Ramon Yorba, for more than 70 years bell ringer at the mission and one of the most colorful characters in the village:

If you ever visit Mission San Juan Capistrano, and wander into the old pottery shop, probably Ramon Yorba will serve you. With traditional Spanish gallantry he will rise and bid you welcome.

You will be attracted by his close observance to the dress affected by the old Spanish dons: saucer-shaped black felt hat; gayly colored handkerchief tied loosely about his neck; dark jacket and vest, but invariably the light-colored trousers. Ramon's costume deviates in one detail only. He is extremely proud of a vividly green poker dice through which he threads the ends of the silk handkerchief, always the four dots in front, leaving no doubt that the number has some significance.

DISLIKES CITY

Come next March 9, this affable old gentleman will celebrate his 82nd birthday. All but the first eight years of his life have been devoted to the mission. Five years ago he made his first visit to Los Angeles. “Three hours in the big city were sufficient,” he said. He has no desire to return.

While the ocean lies less than three miles from his home, 15 years ago marked his last sight of the Pacific.

He keeps thoroughly abreast of the news as an inveterate reader, depending solely on Spanish publications. Born in San Juan Capistrano, at the age of 8 he went to live at the mission with his sister, who served as cook for Father Jose Mut. Never attending school, Ramon credits this beloved priest for his education.

BELL RITUAL

At 9, he was first taught the ritual of ringing the mission bells. An intricate ritual, as each service requires a different “singing” as he describes it. Now, Ramon Yorba has become famed as Mission San Juan Capistrano's bell ringer. Today finds him still guiding the rawhide thongs of his beloved bells as they sing their messages of joy or sadness to an understanding populace.

The story of Ramon's famous hitching post is perhaps the most interesting from his vast store of memories. On March 19, 1871, Don Jose Antonio Pico rode into the mission on his great white charger to attend divine services. As was the custom in those days, a watering trough served as a hitching post.

TREE MONUMENT

As usual, Ramon was tolling the bells, which, so the story goes, frightened the animal, and horse and trough started down El Camino Real, where the horse finally was lassoed by Indians.

Padre Mut ordered Ramon to substitute a real hitching post. Apparently the nude pole that he place in the ground retained a spark of life. The magnificent great pepper tree that now stands at the entrance to the curio shop was Ramon's hitching post.

May it ever serve as a monument to one of the few remaining survivors of old San Juan Capistrano and Mission.

YORBA, Teodosio

Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1926

HONORS PAID TO TEODOSIO YORBA IN FINAL SERVICE.

The funeral of Teodosio Yorba, California pioneer after whom the community of Yorba Linda was named, was conducted yesterday at 10 a.m., from the family residence, 1820 Reed street, with interment in Calvary Cemetery.

He leaves his widow, Francisca Yorba, a son, Arthur G. Yorba, and a daughter, Ernestine Yorba. He was born September 30, 1849, at Carmel, his parents being Francisco Yorba and Teodosio G. Yorba.

Solemn high mass was preached at St. Thomas's Church with Father Fitzgerald officiating. There was a large number of friends and relatives present and a profusion of floral tributes.

The active pallbearers were Elisandro Palomares, Juan Sanchez, Vincent Yorba, Philip Lugo, Idnacio Vejar and Alejandro Rowland. Honorary pallbearers were Don Sepulveda, Lorenzo Pelancort, Antonio Orfilia and Raphael Plummer, also pioneers and Augustine Abila, Joseph Romero, Bernardo Rowland and Pedro Lugo.

[NOTE: Teodosio as the mother of the deceased is spelled as it appears; Pedro Lugo may be Pedio Lugo; Idnacio Vejar should probably be Ignacio. -Karla Everett]