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Rancho Santa Gertrudes was a 21,298-acre (86.19 km 2) 1834 Mexican land grant, in present-day Los Angeles County, California, resulting from a partition of Rancho Los Nietos. A former site of Nacaugna , the rancho lands included the present-day cities of Downey , Santa Fe Springs and the northern part of Norwalk .
Further back in history, California lands were organized into Spanish land grants or "Ranchos". In the case of Orange County, there is record of José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta (nephew) being granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence.
Rancho Santa Elena, see also Rancho Gauspita and Rancho Salinas Los Angeles Case no. 354, Southern District of California. Rancho Simi: 1795 Santiago Pico: Spain 14 (14 Spanish leagues) 271 José de la Guerra y Noriega 113,009.21 acres (45,733.20 ha) 1865-06-29 400 Indigenous, Chumash language; Chumash community of Šimiyi
Santa Clara: Potrero de Santa Clara: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: James Alexander Forbes: 1,939 acres (785 ha) 77 ND San Jose: Santa Clara: Tres Ojos de Agua: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Nicolas Dodero 176 acres (71 ha) 285 SD Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz: Los Corralitos: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Jose Amesti 15,440 acres (6,248 ha) 175 SD, 398 SD, 399 SD ...
María Gertrudis Peralta Berrelleza died at age 36 in December 1802 and was buried at Mission San José (Her brother Luís María Peralta later became a powerful landowner, with holdings in San José as well as the extensive Rancho San Antonio. [4]). Nicolás Berrelleza remarried November 19, 1803, at Mission Santa Clara, to 13-year-old María ...
Although the historical record is unclear as to whether Santa Gertrudis was the site of refuge, historian E. M. Sheridan wrote as follows in an unpublished account: "Miguel was put in charge of the advance guard of Indians to head northward and make arrangements for the reception at Casitas, at the Chapel of Santa Gertrudis which was considered ...
San Diego State University maintains a reference titled California Indians and Their Reservations: An Online Dictionary. It says: The Spanish term for small Indian settlements. Rancherías are a particular California institution. A small area of land was set aside around an Indian settlement to create a ranchería.
The Santa Gertrudis was developed on the King Ranch in southern Texas. The name derives from the Spanish-owned estate of Los Cerros de Santa Gertrudis, where in 1851 the King Ranch was established. [3]: 290 The ranch was initially stocked with Texas Longhorn cattle.