Jean Gaston Oxarart

Other Events:

• Residence: Address:
  1884 & 1886 Los Angeles City Directory
  47 Boyle Ave., Boyle Heights, Occupation: Orchardist & Capitalist
• Courtcase: #1382 People v. Etchemendy & Oxarart 8/20/1868 #2499 Simon Levy & Oxarart v. JM Vignon & F. Grazide 6/27/1874 #2777 Money v. Oxarart 8/11/1875 #2151 Grazide v. Bastanchury /26/1874 3289 1/2 Oxarart v. Bila Benoit 5/26/1876 #3754 Bila v. Oxarart 1877 #4010 Oxarart v. Garnier, Goyeneche & Cohen 10/9/1877 #4269 Oxarart v. Garnier et al 12/29/1877 #5061 Oxarart v. Lopez, Leonis et al 12/6/1879 #5128 Oxarart v. Wolfskill, Shepherd 7/17/1879 #48110 Laborde v. Agoure 12/24/1878 #1388 Estate of Batz 2/27/1882 #3122 Guardianship of Batz 4/15/1884 #1572 Lopez v. Oxarart 6/1/1882 #2292 Burns et al v. Oxarart et al 1883 #4202 People v. Copentipi 5/29/1885
• Other Information: He was godfather to Sebastian Gaston Gless, born 1/20/1869 and baptised 3/20/1869 (source unknown)
• Tax Assessments: TA 1863: 2 gentle Ca Horses $24, 2 mares = $4, 1200 sheep = $600
• Title Deeds: 5/14/1866 Grantor Jose A. Sanchez 8-40 3/9/1869 Grantee Mateo Lanfranco 12-285 1/5/1874 Grantor Simon Oxarart 27-333 6/6/1872 Grantee Catalina Batz 29-622 9/5/1874 Grantee Catalina Batz 31-35 1/3/1876 Grantor Francisco Lopez 42-22 4/6/1881 Grantee Geo Cummings & Sacramento 78-206 6/4/1880 Grantor Francisco Lopez (by Sheriff) 73-423 4/6/1881 Grantor George Cummings 78-200 10/15/1881 Grantor Unity Building Association 83-5 5/29/1878 Grantor E. Garnier et al 63-35 4/27/1882 Grantor Andrew Glassell 86-262 12/6/1883 Grantee J.E. Hollenbeck 115-302 12/10/1883 Grantor Francisco Sabichi 114-216 2/28/1885 Grantee William H. Workman 118-511
• Brands: 1862; Book 3 Page 198, it was sold to Simon Oxarart in 1869.
• LA Miscellaneous: 01 May 1869; Oxarart & Oxarart Bill of Sale Book 1 Page 522
• Census: 1880, Los Angeles, California; California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, District 21, page 43

Notes:

Courtcase:
He came to Los Angeles in 1851.
Adela Freeman was a child heir of Gaston - Paid $3,000 by Executor of Estate of D. Amestoy for any claim she to land once owned by G. Oxarart.
Big court battle over his estate (see Francisco Oxarart)
Domingo Amestoy was appointed one of the appraisers to the Estate - Estimated value at $200,000 originally, and supposedly increased in value to $600,000 after his death.
Witness to signing: George Cummings, M.V. Biscailuz, Simon Gless, A. Vignola & Maria Arroquy.
He had a male nurse in the 1870s.
Benita Oxarart filed against S. Gless (Murrillo) - claimed that she had married Gaston on 7/1/1874.
Francisco filed against S. Gless as son of Gaston.
Adela Freeman - when defeated took case to Supreme Court & claimed to be the sole surviving child in 1888.
He knew Bastanchury a long time & helped him with big business.
He bought El Rancho Encino from Eugene Garnier after a Sherff's sale to clear the debts of Garnier, Oxarart paid $29,000.
He was in France during year of 1883, more particularly 7/30/1883
Gastons family at the time of death: Maria Arroqui (sister 58), Simon Oxarart (brother 60), Mary Gless de Save (niece 22), Simon Gless (nephew 25), all in Los Angeles. Manana Oxarart de Itzaina (sister 64), Juana Oxarart de Lesta (sister 60), Juanita Gless de Larre (niece 27), all in Les Aldudes, France.
He foreclosed on mortgage of F. Lopez to pick up two parcels of land along Aliso & Lopez St.
Oxarart was absent from the state in July 1882 to Dec 1883 (France)
He died owing $6,000 francs for taxes on land he owned in France.

Census:
Gaston Acharrat (sic) was living on Alameda St. at the Ballade Hotel as boarder with Pascal & Marie Ballade, their children and other boarders and families. He was 60 years old and a capitalist.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Address:
  1893 Los Angeles City Directory
  830 Bartlett, Occupation: Wiper S.P. Co
• Other Information: Francisco claims his father left a document purportedly his last will and testament, claiming him to be his only son & heir. Inventory filed was $200,000. Oxarart's will does not state any children as heirs only Simon Gless. Francisco claims that last illness of Gaston would have affected his mind and understaning of the matter, so it would been easy to persuade him.
• Other Information: 05 Oct 1891; He was married to Julia Ortiz, age 18. Recorded in Book 26 Page 144 Witnesses: E. Barnes & Lorenzo Ellsworth The had a female child born on 7/6/1894.

Notes:

Birth:
Records from Baptisms in Book 5 of Baptisms Record Book in our Lady of Los Angeles Parish shows that Francisco was born 7/2/1872 - a natural son to Alphonso _______ and Benita Murillo.

Died:
He was 58 years old when he died and his wife's initials were "J.O.".