Doña María Soledad Ortega de Argüello (1797–1874) was a Californio ranchera and socialite.

In November of the same year they move to Monterey, while he was governor, then back to the Presidio until Luis' death in 1830.

[1] In 1852, she filed a claim for the land following the rules as set by the United States administration to meet the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

[3] She eventually sold any remaining unsold land to the County of San Mateo.

In 1859, she moved to Santa Clara County to live with her son where he had purchased a part of Rancho Quito.