NOTE: Listed in the Anaheim Cemetery Burial Index as: "Vincenta Sepulda DeCamello"
María Vicenta Sepúlveda y Serrano was born March 25 in 1815 or 1816 at Los Angeles, where she was confirmed in the Los Angeles Plaza Church on November 9, 1831. She was the daughter of soldado de cuera Francisco Sepúlveda y Redondo and María Teodora Ramona Serrano y Silvas. She married (1) Tomás Antonio Yorba y Grijalva at Mission San Gabriel in September 1834. After Tomás died late January 1845, she married José Ramón Carrillo y López at the Los Angeles Plaza Church in February 1847. She died at Rancho Santa Ana and was buried in Anaheim Cemetery on May 10, 1907.
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Death Certificate: Age: 94 yrs [sic] - 1 mo. - 15 days. Widow. Cause of death Myocardithis.
(She could not have been born in 1813, since that year conflicts with the birth of her brother Emigdio on January 28, 1813. Her brother Fernando was born the following year on February 14, 1814. Both were born in Santa Barbara, whereas she was born in Los Angeles after her parents had moved).
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Children:
(with Yorba)
- Juan Francisco (Jun., bap. 16, 1835 [LA Baptism 02658]-18??; m. Visitación Ysabel Serrano y Ávila Jul. 13, 1854 [SJC Marriage Bk 46, No. 3])
- Juana (Apr. 25-25, 1838)
- José Antonio Marcelino (1839-1914)
- María Antonia Josefa (1841-1924; m. John Smythe)
- María Ramona (1843-1911; m. [1] Marcos Yorba y Domínguez; m. [2] Juan José de la Guerra y Sepúlveda)
(with Carrillo)
- José Ramón (1848-1921)
- María Ignacia (1850-1934; m. Robert Harris)
- Clodomiro Claude (1852-1919)
- María Juana Edelfrida (1854-1930; m. ... Alvarado)
- Felicidad (1856-1937; m. Loring Kirby)
- Juan Garibaldo (1859-1926)
- Natalia (1860-1945; m. Adolph Rimpau)
NOTE: Listed in the Anaheim Cemetery Burial Index as: "Vincenta Sepulda DeCamello"
María Vicenta Sepúlveda y Serrano was born March 25 in 1815 or 1816 at Los Angeles, where she was confirmed in the Los Angeles Plaza Church on November 9, 1831. She was the daughter of soldado de cuera Francisco Sepúlveda y Redondo and María Teodora Ramona Serrano y Silvas. She married (1) Tomás Antonio Yorba y Grijalva at Mission San Gabriel in September 1834. After Tomás died late January 1845, she married José Ramón Carrillo y López at the Los Angeles Plaza Church in February 1847. She died at Rancho Santa Ana and was buried in Anaheim Cemetery on May 10, 1907.
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Death Certificate: Age: 94 yrs [sic] - 1 mo. - 15 days. Widow. Cause of death Myocardithis.
(She could not have been born in 1813, since that year conflicts with the birth of her brother Emigdio on January 28, 1813. Her brother Fernando was born the following year on February 14, 1814. Both were born in Santa Barbara, whereas she was born in Los Angeles after her parents had moved).
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Children:
(with Yorba)
- Juan Francisco (Jun., bap. 16, 1835 [LA Baptism 02658]-18??; m. Visitación Ysabel Serrano y Ávila Jul. 13, 1854 [SJC Marriage Bk 46, No. 3])
- Juana (Apr. 25-25, 1838)
- José Antonio Marcelino (1839-1914)
- María Antonia Josefa (1841-1924; m. John Smythe)
- María Ramona (1843-1911; m. [1] Marcos Yorba y Domínguez; m. [2] Juan José de la Guerra y Sepúlveda)
(with Carrillo)
- José Ramón (1848-1921)
- María Ignacia (1850-1934; m. Robert Harris)
- Clodomiro Claude (1852-1919)
- María Juana Edelfrida (1854-1930; m. ... Alvarado)
- Felicidad (1856-1937; m. Loring Kirby)
- Juan Garibaldo (1859-1926)
- Natalia (1860-1945; m. Adolph Rimpau)
Inscription
Vicenta Sepúlveda Yorba y Carrillo. 1813 [sic] - 1907.
Southern California Spanish Pioneer who lived during rule of Spain, Mexico and America. First woman to obtain Spanish [sic, Mexican] land grant La Sierra Sepulveda. Mother of twelve. As widow managed 2 Ranchos, Santa Ana Viejo & Valle de San Jose. Honored for her perserverance [sic] & independence. Rest in Peace.
Gravesite Details
Interred Friday, May 10, 1907
Family Members
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Jose Antonio Andres Sepulveda
1803–1875
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Maria Encarnacion Sepulveda Avila
1805–1855
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Ramona Sepulveda Machado
1808–1891
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Maria Delores Isabel Sepulveda Covarrubias
1811–1877
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Emigidio Serrano Sepulveda
1813–1813
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Fernando Bernardo Sepulveda
1814–1875
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Maria Petra Asencion Sepulveda de la Guerra
1821–1844
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Jose del Carmen Sepulveda
1822–1883
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Juan Catarino Sepulveda
1825–1825
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Jose Dolores Sepulveda
1826–1905
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Juan Maria Sepúlveda
1828–1868
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Maria de la Concepcion Sepulveda De La Guerra
1831–1896
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Juana Yorba
1838–1838
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Jose Antonio Marcelino Yorba
1839–1914
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Maria Antonia Josefa de Yorba Smythe
1841–1924
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Maria Ramona Yorba y Sepúlveda de la Guerra
1843–1911
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Jose Ramon Carrillo Jr
1848–1921
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Maria Ignacia Carrillo Harris
1850–1934
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Clodomiro Claude "Florimedo" Carrillo
1852–1919
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Maria Juana Edelfrida "Alfreda" Carrillo Alvarado
1854–1930
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Felicidad Carrillo De Kirby
1856–1937
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Juan Garibaldo "Forbe" Carrillo
1859–1926
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Natalia Carrillo Rimpau
1860–1945
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