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Note: MARRIAGE: San Diego County, California, Marriage Book 17, page 95 DEATH: Death certificate on file at the San Diego County Recorder, County Administration Building, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 260, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 237-0502
BURIAL: Middle 1/3, Lot 12, Block F, Section 3, Calvary Cemetery [now a part of Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park, aka Pioneer Park; aka Catholic Cemetery, aka Mission Hills Cemetery, aka Old Catholic Cemetery], 1501 Washington Place, San Diego, CA 92103
CENSUS: 1880 San Diego, San Diego Township, San Diego County, California, E.D. #68, sheet 42B
1900 Old Town, Ward 1, San Diego, San Diego County, California, E.D. #189, sheet 12A, page 94A
1910 Ward 1, San Diego, San Diego Township, San Diego County, California, E.D. #143, sheet 4A, page 65A; Andrew Serrano
1920 - 4124 Wallace Street, Precinct 9, San Diego, San Diego Township, San Diego County, California, E.D. #254, sheet 2A, page 235A
1930 San Diego, San Diego Township, San Diego County, California, E.D. #37-90, sheet 2A, page 67A
MILITARY: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, < http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=6482> , Leandro A. Serrano, born 6 Apr 1876, occupation - teamster, nearest relative - Mrs. Sarah Serrano
OBITUARY: The San Diego Union, San Diego, California, December 2, 1953
Member of Noted S.D. Family Dies
Leandro A. Serrano, 79, fourth generation descendant of one of San Diego's oldest Spanish families died yesterday in a hospital.
He lived at 1136 Fresno St. and had been an employe of the San Diego Public Works Department for many years.
Survivors are a son, Alfred; a brother, Joseph; two sisters, Miss Nevies Serrano and Mrs. Rose Fournier, all of San Diego, and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Leandro Serrano's great-great-grandfather, Francisco Serrano, served as major domo and coproral of the guard at Mission San Diego de Alcala.
His great-grandfather, Jose Leandro Serrano, took part in the Battle of San Pasqual.
His grandfather, Jose Antonio DeJesus Serrano, was owner of a ranch at Pauma, remembered as the location of the Massacre of December, 1846.
Luis Serrano, his father, who lived during his youth as the Pauma ranch, was considered an authority on the history of Southern California. He died at 88 in 1933.
The mother of the deceased, the late Mrs. Sarafina Stewart Serrano, was the daughter of Capt. Jack Stewart, whose adventures were related in Dana's book, "Two Years Before the Mast."
Her parrents were married here 79 years ago by Father Ubach, the "Father Gaspara" in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, "Ramona."
Arrangements are pending at Johnson-Saum & Knobel Mortuary.
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The San Diego Union, San Diego, California, December 3, 1953
Descendant of Historic Family Dies
Leandro A. Serrano,79, a native San Diego and fourth generation descendant of one of this city's oldest Spanish families, died Tuesday iin a hospital.
rosary will be recited at 7:15 p.m. Sunday in the Johnson-Saum & Knobel Mortuary. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in the old Catholic Cemetery in Mission Hills.
Serrano, who resided at 1136 Fresno St., had been employed by the San Diego Public Works Department for many years. He is survived by a son, Alfred; a brother, Joseph; two sisters, Miss Nevies Serrano and Mrs. Rose Fournier, all of San Diego, and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Leandro Serrano's great-great-grandfather, Francisco Serrano, was major domo and coproral of the guard at Mission San Diego de Alcala. His great-grandfather, Jose Leandro Serrano, took part in the Battle of San Pasqual. His grandfather, Jose Antonio DeJesus Serrano, owned a ranch at Pauma, remembered as the location of the Massacre of December, 1846. Luis Serrano, his father, spent his boyhood on this ranch and was considered an authority on the history of Southern California. He died in 1933 at the age of 88.
Leandro Serrano's mother, the late Mrs. Sarafina Stewart Serrano, was the daughter of Capt. Jack Stewart, whose adventures were related in Dana's book, "Two Years Before the Mast." Her parrents were married here by Father Ubach, the "Father Gaspara" in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, "Ramona."
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The San Diego Union, San Diego, California, December , 1953
SERRANO - Leandro A. Father of Alfred Serrano. Brother of Rose Fournier, Joseph and Nevies Serrano. Requiem High Mass Mon. 9 a.m. Immaculate Conception Church. Johnson Saum & Knobel Mortuary.
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