it. The ruins were removed around 1925. Ames died in 1866 while getting his wagon out of the mud. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery, now Calvary Memorial Pioneer Park in Mission Hills. His wife Perfecta died 1890 and also is buried there. See also Louis Rose: San Diego's First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur by Donald H. Harrison (2004). Biography (San Diego Historical Society) from Smythe's History of San Diego, pp. 285–286 Text of San Diego Historic site 425, La Canada de los Coches Rancho 1850 Census, San Diego, California, p. 280A External links People from San Diego 1807 births 1866 deaths People from North Carolina Date of birth missing American sailors