Mrs. Evelyn Diaz Hinckley
20 May 1921 - 18 November 2018
La Duena
1991 La Merienda
Mrs. Evelyn Diaz Hinckley, a sixth-generation Californian, was born to Amelia Artellan and William Diaz in the historic Fremont Adobe on Hartnell Street, next to the Monterey Post Office. Her parents were related to local Castro, Carrillo, Dana, Artellan, Garcia, Escobar, and Boronda families. She attended Oak Grove Grammar School and graduated from Monterey High School in the class of 1939.
Her paternal grandmother, Francesca Dana Diaz, was the granddaughter of Captain William Goodwin Dana, Boston-born, who put down his roots after giving up the sea to marry Maria Josefa Carrillo of Santa Barbara. Captain Dana and his wife lived at Rancho Nipomo, a Spanish land grant of roughly 38,000 acres where history books tell tales of the warm hospitality extended to many noted travelers along El Camino Real. Guests at the Rancho were given food, lodging, and fresh horses to carry them on their way between Monterey and San Diego. Captain Dana was a cousin of Richard Henry Dana, who became famous in 1840 as the author of the memoir “Two Years Before the Mast,” and for whom Dana Point and Dana Cove in Southern California were later named.
Casa de Dana was also known as the headquarters for political and social activity. Among the noted visitors commonly mentioned in history are Lt. Col. John C. Fremont, Edwin Bryant, Captain H. W. Halleck, William Hutton, and Henry Tefft, who married a Dana daughter and helped draft the First Constitution of California, and who had also become the first Assemblyman from San Luis Obispo County and later a justice of the San Luis Obispo District. The Dana home’s original structure has been restored and opened to the public as a state historical monument in Nipomo.
Mrs. Hinckley’s paternal grandmother, Francesca Dana Diaz, whose mother was a Castro, lived in and raised her four children in the original structure of the Castro-Work Adobe (called La Mirada). The property had passed down through several generations of the Castro family until Mrs. Diaz sold it to Gouverneur Morris, author, playwright, and descendant of a Revolutionary War hero who helped write the U.S. Constitution. He restored the remains of the adobe and added a two-story wing. The property passed into the hands of the T. A. Work family in 1937. Francesca’s husband, Rafael Diaz, was a restaurant owner and also proprietor of one of Monterey’s popular “watering holes” (or saloons) on lower Alvarado Street.
Her maternal grandfather, Julio Artellan, ran a grocery store and tamale parlor in Watsonville and raised four children: Marguerita Castro, who was well-known on the peninsula for her colorful appearances at the Meriendas, Cascarone Balls, and Fourth of July parades; Julia Tremayne, a New Monterey businesswoman; Amelia Perry (Evelyn Hinckley’s mother); and Sidney Artellan. Sidney was a well-known businessman on Del Monte Avenue and will be remembered as the leader of one of the first “big bands” in the local area that played many civic functions as well as wedding receptions for the Italian populace of Monterey.
Julio Artellan’s father, Pierre Artellan, whose ancestors came from France, was a patrolman at the old Customs House and fought pirates who tried to come ashore and loot the building.
Mrs. Hinckley was a retired Language Department Clerk-Translator at the Defense Language Institute and had been a long-time resident of Del Rey Oaks, where she lived with her husband, Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Hinckley raised three sons: Howard Jr., Bradford, and Perry.
She devoted her time to volunteer work, which included the Alliance on Aging, the Elk Ladies, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority (of which she was a lifetime member), Native Daughters of the Golden West, and was a Past President of the Monterey Civic Club.
Her paternal grandmother, Francesca Dana Diaz, was the granddaughter of Captain William Goodwin Dana, Boston-born, who put down his roots after giving up the sea to marry Maria Josefa Carrillo of Santa Barbara. Captain Dana and his wife lived at Rancho Nipomo, a Spanish land grant of roughly 38,000 acres where history books tell tales of the warm hospitality extended to many noted travelers along El Camino Real. Guests at the Rancho were given food, lodging, and fresh horses to carry them on their way between Monterey and San Diego. Captain Dana was a cousin of Richard Henry Dana, who became famous in 1840 as the author of the memoir “Two Years Before the Mast,” and for whom Dana Point and Dana Cove in Southern California were later named.
Casa de Dana was also known as the headquarters for political and social activity. Among the noted visitors commonly mentioned in history are Lt. Col. John C. Fremont, Edwin Bryant, Captain H. W. Halleck, William Hutton, and Henry Tefft, who married a Dana daughter and helped draft the First Constitution of California, and who had also become the first Assemblyman from San Luis Obispo County and later a justice of the San Luis Obispo District. The Dana home’s original structure has been restored and opened to the public as a state historical monument in Nipomo.
Mrs. Hinckley’s paternal grandmother, Francesca Dana Diaz, whose mother was a Castro, lived in and raised her four children in the original structure of the Castro-Work Adobe (called La Mirada). The property had passed down through several generations of the Castro family until Mrs. Diaz sold it to Gouverneur Morris, author, playwright, and descendant of a Revolutionary War hero who helped write the U.S. Constitution. He restored the remains of the adobe and added a two-story wing. The property passed into the hands of the T. A. Work family in 1937. Francesca’s husband, Rafael Diaz, was a restaurant owner and also proprietor of one of Monterey’s popular “watering holes” (or saloons) on lower Alvarado Street.
Her maternal grandfather, Julio Artellan, ran a grocery store and tamale parlor in Watsonville and raised four children: Marguerita Castro, who was well-known on the peninsula for her colorful appearances at the Meriendas, Cascarone Balls, and Fourth of July parades; Julia Tremayne, a New Monterey businesswoman; Amelia Perry (Evelyn Hinckley’s mother); and Sidney Artellan. Sidney was a well-known businessman on Del Monte Avenue and will be remembered as the leader of one of the first “big bands” in the local area that played many civic functions as well as wedding receptions for the Italian populace of Monterey.
Julio Artellan’s father, Pierre Artellan, whose ancestors came from France, was a patrolman at the old Customs House and fought pirates who tried to come ashore and loot the building.
Mrs. Hinckley was a retired Language Department Clerk-Translator at the Defense Language Institute and had been a long-time resident of Del Rey Oaks, where she lived with her husband, Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Hinckley raised three sons: Howard Jr., Bradford, and Perry.
She devoted her time to volunteer work, which included the Alliance on Aging, the Elk Ladies, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority (of which she was a lifetime member), Native Daughters of the Golden West, and was a Past President of the Monterey Civic Club.
Preliminary Declaration of Ancestry, Evelyn (Diaz) Hinckley, 14 March 1996
- Evelyn Diaz Born 20 May 1921 in Monterey, California, Birth: Monterey County Birth Records, Monterey, California
- William Diaz Died 1939 in San Francisco, California. Married in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California.
- Amelia Artellan Born 9 July 1902 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. Died 10 Aug 1983 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Buried in Seaside, Monterey County, California. Birth: Santa Cruz County Birth Records, Santa Cruz, California. Death: Monterey County Death Records, Salinas, California
- Julio Andros Artellan Born 2 July 1867 Monterey, Monterey County, California. Christened 29 Aug 1867 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Died 14 Nov 1924 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Married 10 Sept 1890 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Birth: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Christening: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Marriage: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Death: Monterey County Death Records, Salinas, California'
- Visitacion Escobar Born 1 Oct 1867 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Christened 26 Feb 1868 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Died 28 Sept 1911 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Buried 30 Sept 1911 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Birth: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Christening: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California.Death: Monterey County Death Records, Salinas, California.
- Pedro Pierre Artellan Born 1813 in Zamola, France, Died Jan 1891 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, Buried 16 Jan 1891 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, Married 1 July 1842 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Marriage: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Death: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey California.
- Maria Antonia Dominga Garcia Born 12 June 1825 in Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta, California, Christened 12 June 1825 in Mission San Juan Bautista, Alta, California, Died Aug 1872 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, Buried 31 Aug 1872 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Birth: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey California. Christening: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Death: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California.
- Felipe Santiago Garcia Born 4 Dec 1781 in Mission San Carlos, Monterey, Monterey County, California, Christened 8 Dec 1781 in Mission San Carlos, Monterey, Monterey County, California, Married 4 Jun 1824 in Mission San Carlos, Alta, California. Birth: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Christening: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California. Marriage: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California.
- Francisca Jacinta Hernandez
- Felipe Santiago Garcia Born 1748 in San Felipe Santiago, Sinaloa, Mexico, Died 9 Nov 1822 in Monterey, California, Buried 10 Nov 1822 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, Married 1773 in Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico. Death: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California.
- Petra Joaquina Alcantara Lugo Born 1756 in Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico, Died Nov 1817 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, Buried 2 Nov 1817 in Monterey, California. Death: San Carlos Mission Records, Monterey Diocese, Monterey, California.
- Juan Salvadore Lugo Born 1714
- Maria Josefa Francisca Espinosa Born 1714
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