Birth: Dec. 30, 1844, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA
Death: Apr. 6, 1917, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Inscription: BORN DEC 30, 1845 [sic, 1844]
Burial: San Gabriel Mission Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 253, Grave 12
María de Jesús "Sue" Wilson y Yorba was born at Rancho Santa Ana, Alta California, México, where she was baptized at Mission San Gabriel February 28, 1845 (SG Baptism 0872, ECPP). She was the daughter of Benjamin David Wilson and María Ramona Anselma Marcelina Yorba y Alvarado. María became a citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. She married James deBarth Shorb on June 4, 1867.