Rancho Boca de Santa Monica

Rancho Boca de Santa Monica. , The Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery , The cemetery stands on the 1839 Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a Mexican land grant of 6,656 acres to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes for a cattle ranch. Here Francisco built the first permanent home in Santa Monica Canyon, and later established a family cemetery. In 1916, Francisco's son Pascual became the last of approximately 30 family and friends buried here. The Santa Monica Land and Water Company subdivided the Canyon's upper mesa in 1926. Dorotny Gillis Loomis, daughter of the developer preserved the cemetery, hired architect John Byers to build the adobe wall, and acquired the wooden statue of San Lorenzo for the wall’s niche. , Santuario San Lorenzo , In 2011, the neighborhood, family and friends of the Rancho donated funds to La Señora Research Institute, a nonprofit devoted to Rancho era history, to acquire the lot in front of the cemetery as a permanent reminder of Santa Monica Canyon's colorful history, and to place this plaque. , City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Monument #685. Est 2000 and 2011 , original plaque: , Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery , This cemetery is one of the oldest burial grounds in Los Angeles and received its last human remains in 1916. Began circa 1848. Declared 2000, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 685, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department.