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John Jones and Doria Deighton-Jones : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Jones and Doria Deighton-Jones John Jones (died 1876) and Doria Deighton-Jones (1824-1908) were husband-and-wife landowners and developers in 19th- and early 20th-Century Los Angeles, California. John Jones was president of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, in 1870–71. ==Personal==
John Jones, a Jew, was born in Poland, then lived in England until he came to the United States and settled in Los Angeles. He was married in 1858 to Doria Deighton, born in Perth, Scotland, on June 6, 1824;〔Graham Deighton Hastie, ''History of the Deighton Family in Scotland,'' 2012〕 the marriage occurred three years after Doria came to Los Angeles from San Francisco. "Some historians posit that Mrs. Jones converted to Judaism prior to her marriage to Jones."〔(Stephen J. Sass, "Downtown's Jewish L.A.ndmarks," JewishJournal.com, August 9, 2011 )〕 In Los Angeles the couple lived in a "large adobe home" adjoining the present site of Olvera Street in the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District.〔 They had three children,〔 including son Mark Gordon and daughters Constance (Simpson) and Caroline A, (Mrs. James B. Lankershim).〔("The Alvarado House Tour Presented by the Los Angeles Conservancy" (1982) )〕〔 John Jones died in 1877. Doria Deighton-Jones died on 24 March 1908 at the age of 84, in her home at 955 South Hill Street. At the time of her death, "She is said to have been the oldest 'white woman' resident of the city."〔
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