Birth: Apr. 20, 1828, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA
Death: May 21, 1849, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA
Burial: Yorba Cemetery, Yorba Linda, Orange County, California, USA
Inscription: AQUI REPOSA LA FINADA RAMONA YORVA ESPOSA DE B. D. WILSON
QUE FALLECIO EL 21 DE MAYO DE 1849 DE 21 AÑOS DE EDAD.
(Here rest the final remains of Ramona Yorva, wife of B. D. Wilson, who died died the 21st of May 1849 at the age of 21 years)
María Ramona Anselma Marcelina Yorba y Alvarado was born at Rancho Santa Ana, Alta California, México, and baptized at Mission San Gabriel April 22, 1828 (SG Baptism 07512, ECPP). Godparents were Joseph Chapman and María Guadalupe Ortega de Chapman. She was the daughter of Bernardo Antonio Yorba y Grijalva and María de Jesús de los Dolores Alvarado y Amador. María married Benito (Benjamin) Davis Wilson of Tennessee at Mission San Gabriel February 19, 1844 (SG Marriage 01966, ECPP). María was buried at the (Old) Calvary Cemetery May 22, 1849. She was reinterred to the Yorba Cemetery when the (Old) Calvary Cemetery was closed.
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Other Children:
- Juan Bautista Wilson y Yorba; born Jan. 8, 1847, Rancho Santa Ana; baptized Jan. 28, 1847, Los Angeles Plaza Church (LA Baptism 01632, ECPP)