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    Don Juan Forster

    Birth: 1815

    Death: 2-20-1882

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    Alternate First Name: John

    Alternate Surname: Foster

Biography

John Forster was born in Liverpool, England in 1815. In 1817 he migrated to Mexico to work for his uncle. In 1836 he became a Mexican citizen and in 1837 he married Dona Ysidora Pico, sister of Pio Pico the Governor of California. Forster acquired massive plots of late in the 1840s, and settled in San Diego County. He eventually held over 200,000 acres of land. John Forster died in 1882, and later a portion of his ranch became Camp Pendleton. 

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John Forster was born in Liverpool, England in 1815. In 1817 he migrated to Mexico to work for his uncle. In 1836 he became a Mexican citizen and in 1837 he married Dona Ysidora Pico, sister of Pio Pico the Governor of California. Forster acquired massive plots of late in the 1840s, and settled in San Diego County. He eventually held over 200,000 acres of land. John Forster died in 1882, and later a portion of his ranch became Camp Pendleton.
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http://sjchistoricalsociety.com/content/don-juan-forster/
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San Juan Capistrano Historical Society
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Copyright 2015.
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http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje598&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1870usfedcen&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsln=foster&gsln_x=1&msrpn__ftp=San%20Diego%20County,%20California,%20USA&msrpn=2598&msrpn_PInfo=7-%7C0%7C
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Ancestry.com
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Year: 1870; Census Place: San Luis Rey, San Diego, California; Roll: M593_78; Page: 514A; Family History Library Film: 545577
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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114856406&ref=acom
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Find a Grave
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Old Mission Cemetery San Juan Capistrano Orange County California, USA Plot: Forster Mausoleum