Isaac Williams was an American who arrived in Los Angeles in 1832. Williams married in 1836 and by 1842 he owned Rancho Santa Ana del Chino. Secondary accounts claim Williams sailed to San Nicolas Island in 1835 when the islanders were removed and taken to San Pedro. According to George Nidever, Williams brought a Nicoleña to his Los Angeles home.
DATE OF BIRTH: September 19, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
DATE OF DEATH: September 13, 1856
PLACE OF BURIAL: Los Angeles, California, USA
References
Black, Esther Boulton. Rancho Cucamonga and Dona Merced. Redlands: San Bernardino County Museum Association, 1975: 227, 248.
Ellison, William H., ed. The Life and Adventures of George Nidever [1802–1883]: Life Story of a Remarkable California Pioneer Told in his Own Words and None Wasted. Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, 1984: 37.
Goliah. “A Female Robinson Crusoe.” Placer Times and Transcript, September 15, 1853.
Morris, Susan L., John R. Johnson, Steven J. Schwartz, René L. Vellanoweth, Glenn J. Farris, Sara L. Schwebel. “The Nicoleños in Los Angeles: Documenting the Fate of the Lone Woman’s Community.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 36, 1 (2016).
Findagrave.com, Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed December 12, 2014) photograph, gravestone for Isaac Williams (1799–1856), Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
“Padron de la Cuidad de Los Angeles y su Jurisdiccion.” The Quarterly: Historical Society of Southern California 18, no. 3 (December 1936): 115, 11 (penned); online archives, University of California Press on behalf of the Historical Society of Southern California, article (http://www.jstor.org/stable/41168948: accessed February 3, 2013).
DATE OF BIRTH: September 19, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
DATE OF DEATH: September 13, 1856
PLACE OF BURIAL: Los Angeles, California, USA
References
Black, Esther Boulton. Rancho Cucamonga and Dona Merced. Redlands: San Bernardino County Museum Association, 1975: 227, 248.
Ellison, William H., ed. The Life and Adventures of George Nidever [1802–1883]: Life Story of a Remarkable California Pioneer Told in his Own Words and None Wasted. Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, 1984: 37.
Goliah. “A Female Robinson Crusoe.” Placer Times and Transcript, September 15, 1853.
Morris, Susan L., John R. Johnson, Steven J. Schwartz, René L. Vellanoweth, Glenn J. Farris, Sara L. Schwebel. “The Nicoleños in Los Angeles: Documenting the Fate of the Lone Woman’s Community.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 36, 1 (2016).
Findagrave.com, Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed December 12, 2014) photograph, gravestone for Isaac Williams (1799–1856), Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
“Padron de la Cuidad de Los Angeles y su Jurisdiccion.” The Quarterly: Historical Society of Southern California 18, no. 3 (December 1936): 115, 11 (penned); online archives, University of California Press on behalf of the Historical Society of Southern California, article (http://www.jstor.org/stable/41168948: accessed February 3, 2013).
Last updated: November 17, 2018