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Don Pio Pico, his wife Maria Ignacia Alvarado, and two nieces, Maraneto Alvarado and Trinidad de la Guerra. Pico's wife María Ignacia Alvarado died on February 21, 1854, in Santa Barbara. [86] Pico never acknowledged any children with her or anyone else, [15] but multiple people claimed to have been his direct descendants.
Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California prior to the Conquest of California.. The Pico family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. [1] [2] Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions, including Governor of Alta California, signer of the Constitution of California, and California State Senator, among numerous others.
Rancho Jamul was a 8,926-acre (36.12 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1829 by Mexican governor José María de Echeandía to Pío Pico. [1] [2] In 1831, Governor Manuel Victoria reconfirmed the grant to Pío Pico. [3] The grant extended from present day Jamul southeast to Dulzura.
Don Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California, acquired Rancho Paso de Bartolo in 1847. His former estate on the rancho is preserved today as the Pío Pico State Historic Park . Rancho Paso de Bartolo also called Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo was a 10,075-acre (40.77 km 2 ) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California ...
Pío Pico, California's last governor under Mexican rule, was of mixed Spanish, Native American, and African ancestry. [15] Pico spent his last days in Los Angeles dying in 1894 at the home of his daughter Joaquina Pico Moreno in Los Angeles. He was buried in the old Calvary Cemetery in downtown Los Angeles. His brothers and their descendants ...
In 1892, Pio Pico was evicted from the property by Bernard Cohn, an American lawyer. When taking what he thought was a loan from Cohn in 1883, Pico, who could not read or write English, had conveyed the deed for the property, and courts ruled with Cohn. Pico died a pauper two years later at his daughter's home.
The Rancho Huer Huero grant was one square league by Governor Alvarado and three additional leagues by Governor Pio Pico of former Mission San Miguel Arcángel land. José Mariano Bonilla (1807–1878), born in Mexico City, came to California in 1834 with the Híjar-Padrés Colony. He married Maria Dolores Garcia (1822–1902)in 1838.
Rancho El Chorro (also called Rancho Cañada del Chorro) was a 3,167-acre (12.82 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to business partners James (Diego) Scott and John (Juan) Wilson. [1] The grant between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo extended along the north bank of ...