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PICO, Pio de Jesus

Male 1801 - 1894  (93 years)


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  • Name PICO, Pio de Jesus 
    Gender Male 
    Born 5 May 1801  Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 6 May 1801  Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Census 10 Jun 1880  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    widowed; w/son 
    Died 11 Sep 1894  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • DEATH PLACE:
      - at the home of his daughter Joaquina Pico Moreno
    Buried 13 Sep 1894  El Campo Santo Cemetery Industry, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • ORIGINAL BURIAL: 13 Sep 1894
      Calvary Cemetery
      Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

      LATER REBURIED:
      El Campo Santo Cemetery
      15415 East Don Julian Road
      Industry, Los Angeles County, California

      NOTE: located on the grounds of the old Workman-Temple family homestead in the City of Industry, California.
    Person ID I23783  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2017 

    Father PICO, Jose Maria Dario,   b. Abt. 1765, Rio Piastla, San Javier de Cabazan, Sonora, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Sep 1819, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother GUTIERREZ, Maria Eustaquia,   b. Abt. 1771, San Miguel de Horcasitas, Sonora, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 ALVARADO, Maria Ygnacia,   b. 23 Nov 1808, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1854, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1834  Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F7613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 AVILA, Maria de la "Asencion",   b. Aug 1809, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 10 Mar 1847, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Married Type: not married  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. AVILA PICO, Magdalena "Griselda",   b. Aug 1839, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1897, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
    +2. AVILA PICO, Joaquina Maria,   b. Sep 1840, Los Angeles, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F7504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 AGUILAR, Felicita,   b. Abt. 1842, San Ygnacio, Baja California, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Type: not married  [12, 13] 
    Children 
     1. PICO, Ranulfo,   b. 27 May 1862, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1883, Whittier, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    +2. PICO, Alfredo J.,   b. Abt. 1865, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F7615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 May 1801 - Los Angeles, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 6 May 1801 - Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Feb 1834 - Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - widowed; w/son - 10 Jun 1880 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Sep 1894 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Sep 1894 - El Campo Santo Cemetery Industry, Los Angeles, California Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S010] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bap, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=11148, 6 May 1801.
      BAPTISM
      Msn. San Gabriel
      #3276) 6 May 1801- PIO DE JESUS PICO, 1 d., Birth Date: el dia antecedente, h.l. de Joseph Maria Pico, cavo encargado de la escolta de esta mission, y de Maria Eustaquia Gutierrez. Sanchez.
      *More info on web site

    2. [S071] Alta Cal Msn Bk #38_1795-1819_Sn Gab_Bap, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 6 May 1801.
      BAPTISM
      #3276) 6 May 1801 - PIO DE JESUS PICO, 1 day, of Jose Maria Pico, cabo encargado de la escolta de esta Mision y Maria Eustaquia Gutierrez.
      Claudio Lopez, soldado retirado de San Diego, y su muger Maria Luisa Cota padrinos before Sanchez. Eulalia Perez, midwife.

    3. [S252] Alta Cal Msn Bk #43_1831-1865_LA Pl Ch_Conf, Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Church, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 10 Jun 1833.
      CONFIRMATION - L.A. Plaza Church
      #2681) [10 Jun, 1833]- PIO PICO, of el finado Jose Maria y Eustaquia Gutierrez;
      [no pad]

    4. [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807602/.
      DEATH PLACE:
      "In 1877 Pio dictated 200 pages of his memoirs in Spanish ... However, the forward of this narrative memoir stated he died September 11, 1894, at 93, in the home of his daughter, Joaquina Pico Moreno" ...

    5. [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=SFC18940914.2.23&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-Pio+Pico-------, 14 Sep 1894.
      FUNERAL - San Francisco Call, Volume 76, Number 106, 14 September 1894
      Pio Pico's Funeral
        LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13- Don Pio Pico was buried here to-day with great solemnity and impressive ceremonies at St. Vicent's Church. It was the largest funeral ever held in this city"

    6. [S201] AVS-Death-Burial - findagrave.com, (findagrave.com), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4964.
      DEATH & BURIAL
      Pio Pico
      Birth: May 5, 1801
      California, USA
      Death: Sep. 11, 1894
      Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

      California Colonial Governor. Served as the last Governor of California under Mexican Rule. He was a wealthy land owner and Hotel builder ("Pico House").
      ... continued Biography on web site

      Parents:
      Jose Maria Pico (1764 - 1819)

      Spouse:
      María Ygnacia Alvarado Pico (1808 - 1854)

      Sibling:
      Pio Pico (1801 - 1894)
      Andres Pico (1810 - 1876)

      Burial:
      El Campo Santo Cemetery
      Industry, Los Angeles County, California

    7. [S068] Alta Cal Msn Bk #35_1774-1855_Sn Gab_Marr, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, (Thomas Workman Temple III), 21 Jan 1834.
      MARRIAGE - recorded at Msn. San Gabriel 21 Jan 1834, performed at L.A. Plaza Church 24 Feb 1834
      #) 21 January 1834 - INFS. for: PIO DE JESUS PICO, 29, natural de la Mision de San Gabriel, del difunto sargento de la Compania de San Diego Jose Maria, y Maria Eustaquia Gutierrez;
      con MARIA YGNACIA ALVARADO, 25, natural del Pueblo de los Angeles, de Francisco Xavier, sargento retirado de la Compania de Santa Barbara, ya difunto, y Maria Ignacia Amador, vecina de este Pueblo.
      Testigos: Antonio Maria Lugo, Juan Ballesteros, y Joaquin Carrillo. Bachelot.
      (Married on Feb. 24 at the Plaza Church, with Governor Jose Figueroa as one of witnesses.)

    8. [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

    9. [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."

    10. [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."

    11. [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]

    12. [S171] CENSUS 1880 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 33A (169); [33/46], 10 Jun 1880.
      1880 CENSUS - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
      LINE#: NAME - AGE - RELATIONSHIP - CIVIL CONDITION S/M/W - OCCUPATION - BORN: self/father/mother
      FAMILY #452
      ADDRESS: Vista St.
      26. Pio Pico - 81 - _ - W - Capitalist - Cal
      27. Runolfo Pico - 18 - Son - S - Collector - Cal

    13. [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807602/.
      FATHER OF RANULFO AND ALFREDO 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.
        ...
         Felicita Romero gave birth to brothers, Ranulfo in 1862 and Alfredo in 1871.

         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]


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