Dionisio Botiller or Dionisio de Botiller (1842–1915) was a member of the
Los Angeles Common Council
The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles, California, City Council. It was formed in 1850 under state law, when the city had only 1,610 residents, and it existed until 1889, when the city had about 50,400 residents and ...
, the governing body of the city, in June 1868, December 1868 and in 1869, as well as the city
auditor
An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting an ...
for eight years. He was also the owner of extensive property within the city of
Los Angeles, California
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.
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History
The Botiller ''
Californio
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'' family had settled in Spanish colonial
Las Californias
The Californias (Spanish: ''Las Californias''), occasionally known as The Three Californias or Two Californias, are a region of North America spanning the United States and Mexico, consisting of the U.S. state of California and the Mexican st ...
province in the 18th century, living near the pueblo of Santa Barbara. Dionisio was born Oct. 9, 1842 in an
adobe
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structure in the
Pueblo de Los Ángeles
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (English language, English: ''The town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels''), shortened to Pueblo de los Ángeles, was the Spanish civilian ''Municipality, pueblo'' settled in 1781, which ...
in Mexican
Alta California
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, near present-day Fourth and Main Streets in
Downtown Los Angeles.
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He had nine siblings, including brothers Plutarcho Reyes Botiller of Los Angeles, who died in September 1906, Felipe Botiller and Brigido Botiller defendant in Supreme Court case Botiller vs. Dominguez Botiller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dick Botiller (1896–1953), American actor
*Dionisio Botiller
Dionisio Botiller or Dionisio de Botiller (1842–1915) was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing ...
, also of Los Angeles.
Botiller was elected a member of the Los Angeles Common Council
The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles, California, City Council. It was formed in 1850 under state law, when the city had only 1,610 residents, and it existed until 1889, when the city had about 50,400 residents and ...
, the governing body of the city in June 1868. He was re-elected in December 1868 and in 1869, and resigned on January 20, 1870, after which he became the city auditor
An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting an ...
for eight years. He was also the owner of much property within the city.[
Dionisio died on October 11, 1915, in his residence at 1531 West Ninth Street (now James M. Wood Boulevard) in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his wife, Francisca de Botiller, and three children, Frank and Celia Botiller and Mrs. Ida Lindley. Services were in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at Eighth and Valencia streets, with interment at ]Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles runs in the community of East Los Angeles. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because it succeeded the original Calvary Cemetery (on north Broadway), over whi ...
.[http:// ww.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106854415Dionisio Botiller at Find A Grave]
References
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Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1889) members
19th-century American politicians
1842 births
1915 deaths
People of Mexican California
American politicians of Mexican descent
Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
19th-century American businesspeople