Family: PICO, Pio de Jesus / AVILA, Maria de la "Asencion" (F7504)

• Father | Male PICO, Pio de Jesus

  
  

  Born	5 May 1801	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Christened	6 May 1801	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Died	11 Sep 1894	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Buried	13 Sep 1894	El Campo Santo Cemetery Industry, Los Angeles, California
  Married
  Type	not married
  Other Spouse	ALVARADO, Maria Ygnacia | F7613
  Married	24 Feb 1834  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Other Spouse	AGUILAR, Felicita | F7615 (not married)
  Married
  Father	PICO, Jose Maria Dario | F3443 Group Sheet
  Mother	GUTIERREZ, Maria Eustaquia | F3443 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female AVILA, Maria de la "Asencion"

  
  

  Born	Aug 1809	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Christened	16 Aug 1809	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Died	Abt. 10 Mar 1847	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Buried	11 Mar 1847	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California
  Other Spouse	SANCHEZ, Pedro Antonio Jose | F7505
  Married	24 Jun 1825	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Father	AVILA, Antonio Ygnacio | F3917 Group Sheet
  Mother	RUIZ, Rosa Maria | F3917 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female AVILA PICO, Magdalena "Griselda"

  
  

  Born	Aug 1839	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Christened	10 Oct 1839	Mission San Diego, Alta California
  Died	1 Dec 1897	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Buried	Abt. 3 Dec 1897	Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + AVILA PICO, Joaquina Maria

  
  

  Born	Sep 1840	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Christened	25 Oct 1840	Mission San Diego, Alta California
  Died	5 Mar 1918	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Buried	7 Mar 1918	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Spouse	MORENO, Jose Manuel | F7614
  Married	12 Oct 1860	Mission San Luis Rey, San Diego, San Diego, California

  
  

• Sources

  [S295] Archives - www California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC), (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc), https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18970712.2.93&srpos=5&e=------189-en--20--1--txt-txIN-Joaquina+Pico-------1, 12 Jul 1897. PIO PICO AND ASCENCION AVILA: Article explaining Pio Pico's relationship with Asencion Avila, and subsequent daughters. How Pio Pico Added a Snarl to the Estates Entanglement by a Union With Ascencion Avila Los Angeles Herald, Volume 26, Number 285, 12 July 1897 [S254] Archives - www Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avila_family_of_California#Ascencion_Avila. PIO PICO and ASCENCION AVILA: "Maria Ascencion Avila (born 1811), daughter of Antonio Ynacio Avila, married Pedro Antonio Jose Sanchez (born 1806), and by him had six children, one of whom was Tomas Avila Sanchez. After the death of her husband, Ascencion lived with Pio Pico, and had two daughters by Pio Pico, Griselda and Joaquina." [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), http://www.sfgenealogy.com/spanish/obitsa.htm. PIO PICO and ASCENSION AVILA: California Spanish Genealogy - by SFgenealogy Obituaries AVILA - Los Angeles Times, Sep 9, 1895 THE AVILA HEIRS   "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." [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807602/. FATHER OF GRISELDA AND JOAQUINA AVILA PICO: "Griselda and Joaquina Avila and Ranulfo and Alfredo Romero all claimed to be descendants of Pio Pico. However, major debate continues over their status as biological or adopted children.    Ascencion Avila bore Griselda in 1838 and later, Joaquina, at whose home Pio died. ...    Griselda, Joaquina, and Alfredo were ruled the biological children of Pio Pico by a Los Angeles court in an estate matter after Pio died... [Ranulfo died in 1883, prior to Pio Pico's death-JSR]