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Note: BURIAL: church burial record states that burial was "in San Luis Rey" CENSUS: 1850 San Diego County, California, page 278B
1852 San Diego County, California, state census, page 38
1880 San Dieguito Township, San Diego County, California, E.D. #72, sheet 20D
NEWSPAPER: The San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Friday, June 5, 1891, page 5:2 THE RANCHO PAUMA. A Suit to Eject Squatters from the Domain.
The suit which has recently been commenced in the Superior court to quiet title to certain portions of the Pauma rancho is one of unusual interest.
The rancho was granted in 1846 to Jose Antonio Sarano and Jose Aguilar by Governor Don Pio Pico on condition that all the Indians at that time living on the rancho were never to be disturbed. In more recent years other Indians from neighboring ranches have looked upon the fair valleys and sloping fertile hillsides with covetous eyes and finally have squatted upon the tract one by one until their number has become so alarming to the proprietors who are now suing for what is practically a writ of ejectment. At one time the Rancho Pauma was offered to the government as an Indian reservation at a certain price, but for some reason the offer was declined. The ranch is a very valuable one and contains something over 13,000 acres of land. It is on this tract that the San Luis Rey water company contemplate securing a large portion of their water supply.
The rancho is under control of the Catholic church, being owned by it in fact, and the action to evict the intruders will be vigorously prosecuted. In order to quiet title to the rancho, Bishop Francis Mora of Los Angeles has begun action in the Superior court against those who have invaded the region. These are Francisco Maja, Inocencio Pambal and twenty-three other defendants. The finest valley in the tract is occupied by a rancherie of several hundred Indians descendants of the mission neophytes, and who are the only Indians in the county possessing flourishing gardens, orchards and grain fields.
Griffin, R. Clinton. Mission San Diego de Alcala, Burials for Mission & Presidio 1775-1831; El Campo Santo 1849-1880; Mission Hills Catholic Cemetery (Old Calvary) 1875-1969. San Diego, California: R. Clinton Griffin, 1997.
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