Juana Ormeno Vera Watts was born about 1825 in Ecuador, SA, and came to CA in the Gold Rush with her husband Bravlio/Brancho Vera They bought a ranch at San Juan, San Benito Co., Ca and then bought and moved to a ranch near La Grange. Bravlio died in about 1855 and in 1860 Juana married John S Watts, Jr. In 1904 Juana had 2 survivng children; Joseph Vera of Tuolumne Co. and Mrs. Josephine Vera Silva of Menlo Park. Her two sons by Watts, John and Nick both died before 1900. She was living on her ranch in 1904. She was known to her neighbors as a wealthy rancher who lived in apparent poverty. She is listed in the 1880 Twsp. 4, Tuolumne Co., census as a widow although John S. Watts, who had deserted her did not die until 1902. Any informatin on Juana will be helpful.