"Daughter of Spanish Don Passes:
Mrs. Johnson, Last of Juan Bandini's Children, Was California Beauty:
SANTA MONICA, Oct. 1 - Death yesterday removed the last of the children of Don Juan Bandini, one of the earliest Spanish settlers of California. Mrs. Dolores Bandini Johnson, 89 years of age, last of the five daughters of the Spanish don. whose beauty and charm were a byword in early California, died at her home, 827 Fifth avenue after an illness of six weeks. She had been a resident of Santa Monica for twenty years. Funeral services for the pioneer Californian will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Monica's Catholic Church. She will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born in San Diego and with her other sisters made from articles of clothing the first American flag to be hoisted over the little pueblo which at that time was San Diego. Her husband, Charles R. Johnson, who came to California in the early days, was clerk of Los Angeles county in the '60s. He died about ten years ago. She leaves seven grandchildren, Charles A. J. Johnson of Whittier, Mrs. H. M. Meyer, Charles R., Alfred and Emily Johnson of Santa Monica and Lola M. Johnson of Ocean Park. Mrs. Johnson was wealthy and left a large estate."
From the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 1924.
Mrs. Johnson, Last of Juan Bandini's Children, Was California Beauty:
SANTA MONICA, Oct. 1 - Death yesterday removed the last of the children of Don Juan Bandini, one of the earliest Spanish settlers of California. Mrs. Dolores Bandini Johnson, 89 years of age, last of the five daughters of the Spanish don. whose beauty and charm were a byword in early California, died at her home, 827 Fifth avenue after an illness of six weeks. She had been a resident of Santa Monica for twenty years. Funeral services for the pioneer Californian will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Monica's Catholic Church. She will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born in San Diego and with her other sisters made from articles of clothing the first American flag to be hoisted over the little pueblo which at that time was San Diego. Her husband, Charles R. Johnson, who came to California in the early days, was clerk of Los Angeles county in the '60s. He died about ten years ago. She leaves seven grandchildren, Charles A. J. Johnson of Whittier, Mrs. H. M. Meyer, Charles R., Alfred and Emily Johnson of Santa Monica and Lola M. Johnson of Ocean Park. Mrs. Johnson was wealthy and left a large estate."
From the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 1924.
"Daughter of Spanish Don Passes:
Mrs. Johnson, Last of Juan Bandini's Children, Was California Beauty:
SANTA MONICA, Oct. 1 - Death yesterday removed the last of the children of Don Juan Bandini, one of the earliest Spanish settlers of California. Mrs. Dolores Bandini Johnson, 89 years of age, last of the five daughters of the Spanish don. whose beauty and charm were a byword in early California, died at her home, 827 Fifth avenue after an illness of six weeks. She had been a resident of Santa Monica for twenty years. Funeral services for the pioneer Californian will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Monica's Catholic Church. She will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born in San Diego and with her other sisters made from articles of clothing the first American flag to be hoisted over the little pueblo which at that time was San Diego. Her husband, Charles R. Johnson, who came to California in the early days, was clerk of Los Angeles county in the '60s. He died about ten years ago. She leaves seven grandchildren, Charles A. J. Johnson of Whittier, Mrs. H. M. Meyer, Charles R., Alfred and Emily Johnson of Santa Monica and Lola M. Johnson of Ocean Park. Mrs. Johnson was wealthy and left a large estate."
From the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 1924.
Mrs. Johnson, Last of Juan Bandini's Children, Was California Beauty:
SANTA MONICA, Oct. 1 - Death yesterday removed the last of the children of Don Juan Bandini, one of the earliest Spanish settlers of California. Mrs. Dolores Bandini Johnson, 89 years of age, last of the five daughters of the Spanish don. whose beauty and charm were a byword in early California, died at her home, 827 Fifth avenue after an illness of six weeks. She had been a resident of Santa Monica for twenty years. Funeral services for the pioneer Californian will be conducted at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Monica's Catholic Church. She will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born in San Diego and with her other sisters made from articles of clothing the first American flag to be hoisted over the little pueblo which at that time was San Diego. Her husband, Charles R. Johnson, who came to California in the early days, was clerk of Los Angeles county in the '60s. He died about ten years ago. She leaves seven grandchildren, Charles A. J. Johnson of Whittier, Mrs. H. M. Meyer, Charles R., Alfred and Emily Johnson of Santa Monica and Lola M. Johnson of Ocean Park. Mrs. Johnson was wealthy and left a large estate."
From the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 1924.
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