Sepúlveda family of California

[5][6] He served as a military escort for settlers arriving to the Pueblo de Los Ángeles as part of the efforts led by Fernando Rivera y Moncada, former Governor of the Californias.

[5] Following Gutiérrez's death, Sepúlveda remarried to Mariana Díaz Lorenzana in 1804 at Mission San Diego de Alcalá.

[5] He married María Teodora Ramona Serrano in 1802 at Mission San Diego de Alcalá.

Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado granted him Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica in 1839.

[12] Beginning in 1810, he began his life as a ranchero, having been granted permission to herd livestock on Rancho San Pedro.

José Dolores Sepúlveda married María Ignacia Marcia Ávila in 1813 at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.

On his voyage back to Los Angeles, he was killed at Mission La Purísima Concepción, during the Chumash Revolt of 1824.

[19] He was granted Rancho de los Palos Verdes, in conjunction with his brother José Loreto, by Governor Pío Pico in 1846.

[1] He was granted Rancho de los Palos Verdes, in conjunction with his brother Juan Capistrano, by Governor Pío Pico in 1846.

Sepulveda, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, is now commonly known as the North Hills, is named for the family.