Which families owned the land in county records before South Gate became a city?
Research question: Which families or landowners are named in county records for the land that later became South Gate, before the city was incorporated?
The 1882 county tax record names W. C. Furrey as holding 4 acres in rancho Santa Gertrudes, but it describes the parcel only by neighboring boundaries and does not say it is South Gate land 1. A separate 1882 county tax delinquency list names Frank Williams as holding an interest in 800 acres in Rancho Tajauta, which is described as the rancho area later associated with the South Gate land 3. The same Rancho Tajauta entry names the Abila family, with H B Abila having given a mortgage to Frank Williams and Felipe Abila listed as a neighboring landholder 4. A 1941 tax sale notice naming John W. and Leola Nichols is dated well after the pre-incorporation period the question asks about, so it does not answer the question 2.
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"Furrey.W C—4«acr*s of land in rancho Sauta Gertrudes, bounded north by railroad and Manning, east by Fraukel, south by county road and west by Che Cheney"Image 6 of Daily Los Angeles herald (Los Angeles [Calif.]), February 3, 1882
"to John W and Leola Nichols"Image 7 of Lynwood press (Lynwood, Calif.), October 6, 1944
"Williams, Frank—lnterest ln 800 acres of land in rancho Tajau Tajauta"Image 6 of Daily Los Angeles herald (Los Angeles [Calif.]), February 18, 1882
"south by Felipo Abila. Walker and Ramsaw and west by Wright, created by mortgage to secure a debt, given by H B Abila to Frank Williams"Image 6 of Daily Los Angeles herald (Los Angeles [Calif.]), February 18, 1882