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. Mendoza
was 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
Los Angeles Times, Oct 27, 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. Wilso
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
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Hi all!
I am working on Perea, Duran, Ruiz, Lelong, Rodriquez--all of whom lived in the Los Angeles county area, mostly in the Santa Clarita to Acton area, but they started out living near the Plaza Church and have their records there. I have a lot of missing pieces so if anyone else is working on them, please contact me and we'll see what we can share. They arrived by 1850 at the latest and some were here before then for sure. Thanks! Karen Murray dmhuiri@crcwnet.com