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The Sepúlveda family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions, including Alcalde de Los Ángeles ( Mayor of Los Angeles ), California State Assemblymen , and Los Angeles County Supervisor .
Sepúlveda's eldest son, Juan José Sepúlveda (1764–1808), and his fifth son, Francisco Sepúlveda °(1775–1853), became progenitors of two distinguished branches of the family. Sepulveda Boulevard , the longest street in the City and County of Los Angeles , is named for the Sepúlveda family.
Sepúlveda family of California. Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda (1742–1788), founder of the family; Juan Jose Sepúlveda (1764–1808), member of the Ávila family of California; Francisco Sepúlveda II (1775–1853), member of the Ávila family of California; Juan María Sepúlveda (19th century), noted ranchero
The Sepúlveda Family was granted a larger tract of land of which was the Rancho de los Palos Verdes. José Dolores was the first Sepúlveda to officially own the land as he had worked the land under his presumed relative Manual Gutiérrez.
The Sepúlveda family was awarded 31,629 acres (128 km 2) known as Rancho de los Palos Verdes that later became the cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, as well as portions of Torrance and San Pedro. [5]
By 1882, ownership of the land had passed from the Sepulveda family through various mortgage holders to Jotham Bixby of Rancho Los Cerritos, who leased the land to Japanese farmers. [10] Frank Vanderlip, representing a group of wealthy east coast investors, purchased 25 square miles of land on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 1913 for $1.5 million ...
In Colombia, Martha Sepúlveda Campos will be the first person to die by euthanasia in the country without being terminally ill. She has ALS. This woman could have lived years with her terminal ...
Ygnacio Sepúlveda: 1842–1916 Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, judge first judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Antonio Suñol: 1797–1865 Barcelona, Spain: politician, businessman, ranchero Mayor of San Jose, and namesake of Sunol, California: Bernardo Yorba ...