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INVENTORY OF THE PATTON FAMILY PROPERTY PAPERS,
1909-1938
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Title: Patton Family Property Papers,
Dates: 1909-1938
Collection Number: Consult Repository
Creator:
Grenier, Judson A.
Extent:
1 box
[.25 linear ft]
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room 5039
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html
Abstract:
This collection contains papers having to do with land plots in the Wilmington area
of Los Angeles, California owned by sisters Maria Jesus De Shorb, Annie Wilson, and
Ruth Patton. Included in the collection are declaration of trust papers, deeds and
title papers, tax reports, receipts, statements, court papers, and correspondence.
Language: Collection material is in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], Patton Family Property Papers, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Collection donated to CHUDH Archives by Judson Grenier in 2011.
This collection was processed by Shannon Salcido in July of 2011. Materials were arranged by
type of item and chronologically.
Maria Jesus De Shorb (1844-1917), Annie Wilson (1854-?), and Ruth Patton (1861-1928), are
the daughters of Benjamin Davis Wilson, a prominent California statesman and politician
during the 1800’s. Maria is the daughter of Ramona Yorba, the first wife of Wilson, and
Annie and Ruth are the daughter’s of Margret Hereford, Wilson’s second wife. Southern
California’s Mt. Wilson was named after Benjamin Davis Wilson.
Maria Jesus De Shorb (Maria De Jesus “Sue” Wilson Shorb) married James DeBarth Shorb in
1867, they had eleven children. James worked for Maria’s father and developed much of the
land in Los Angeles, including the cities of Alhambra which he named, and San Marino.
Annie Wilson never married and lived with her sister Ruth and her family.
Ruth Patton married George S. Patton Sr., a California politician. They are the
parents of George S. Patton Jr., the famous World War II General.
This collection consists of papers having to do with land plots in the Wilmington area of
Los Angeles. The owners of the land are sisters Maria Jesus De Shorb, Annie Wilson, and
Ruth Patton. In 1909 a trust was established by the Title Insurance and Trust Company of
Los Angeles naming Annie Wilson and Ruth Patton the grantors and Maria Shorb the beneficiary.
The collection contains preliminary trust papers as well as the declaration of trust
(trust # 2010). Also included are tax reports, receipts, and statements from the trust from
the years between 1909 and 1938, various deeds and title papers, court papers, and
correspondences.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series:
- Series I. Declaration of Trust Papers (1909-1916)
- Series II. Deeds and Title Papers (1909-1938)
- Series III. Tax Reports, Receipts, and Statements (1909-1918)
- Series IV. Correspondence (1914-1916)
- Series V. Court Papers (1909-1917)
Land titles--California--Los Angeles County
Deeds of trust
Grantor trusts
Trust companies
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1856-1927
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Shorb, James De Barth
Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878
Title Insurance and Trust Company (1893-1968)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Wilmington