 However, by the 1830s, the entire island's native population had either died off, or had been relocated to the mainland to work in the missions or as ranch hands for the many private land owners.In the 1860s, German immigrant Augustus William Timms ran a sheep herding business on Catalina Island.One of his vessels, the "Rosita", would also ferry pleasure seekers across the channel to Avalon Bay for bathing and fishing.