Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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RAFAEL BASYE, 
 
deceased, one of the well‑known early residents of the San Gabriel Valley, was 
born in New Mexico, May 1, 1832; but while a youth his parents located in 
Missouri, where Mr. Basye was reared as a farmer and stock-grower. In 1856 he 
crossed the plains to California, and located in Los Angeles County, where, in 
connection with his uncle, John Sanches, he was engaged in sheep-raising and 
wool-growing, in the San Gabriel Valley. February 15, 1869, Mr. Basye was united 
in marriage with Miss Marintoni Albitre, the daughter of Anastasio and Luteria 
(Verdugo) Albitre. Mrs. Basye is a native of Los Angeles County, and her parents 
were also natives of California, and descendants of old Spanish families of 
Mexico. After his marriage Mr. Basye took up his residence at the old mission of 
El
Monte, where he engaged in general merchandise pursuits and other enterprises 
until his death, which occurred February 27, 1887. He is a pioneer of Los 
Angeles County, and well known throughout the San Gabriel Valley, where he had 
spent over thirty years of his life as a respected and esteemed citizen of the 
land of his
adoption. The following are the names and dates of birth of his children: James 
C., March 28, 1870; Rafaella, July 25, 1873; Thomas H., August 7, 1875; Miguel, 
September 7, 1878; Edward, April 8, 1883, and Isabelle, June 12, 1885. Since his 
death his widow and family have resided at the old mission and conducted a 
grocery store, which is under the immediate charge of James C. Basye. They are 
also engaged in cultivating a forty-acre tract of land owned by Mrs. Basye, and 
located about one mile northeast of El Monte, upon which there are seventeen 
acres of vineyard devoted to wine grapes, family orchard, etc.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 705
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler