File:The Tragic Story and Death of Manuela Jimeno (Alfred Sully's Wife)-Visiting her grave

My very first video on this channel!

I'll introduce you to Manuela Jimeno. She is General Alfred Sully's wife and daughter and distinctive relative of the De la Guerra family. One of the most powerful and richest families in California. Her full name was Manuela Antonia Jimeno. Her husband Alfred was the son of famous English painter Thomas Sully who was famous for the painting of Queen Victoria. Alfred Sully fell in love with her while he was staying in Monterey with her family that accepted him to be in his home. Hoping to make his family there. He was a protestant and without fortune, and their love wasn't accepted but they fell in love in secret. A few months later and her family accepted their love and the two were married in 1850. Manuela was pregnant in 1851 and she gave birth to a child that was named after Alfred's father named Thomas. during that same month that Thomas was born Manuela died of food poisoning (which is believed that she was killed by a suitor she declined to marry) and her son died of accidental strangulation (which is unclear why).

Even though she was hardly mentioned, She still made an impact on California's history, as well as being a part of her husband's life. She's also a good representation of Hispanics and Mexican Americans in California, she being of Mexican descent.

She is currently at San Carlos Cemetary, at the entrance of the cemetery. If this video gets views, I would love for more people to visit her since she seems to be forgotten and not known to a lot of people. Especially since her spirit will still be alive if she is still remembered (that's what I've been told.)

I've been wanting to visit her for a long time now but I wasn't able to find her clearly. I found her last week and I was honestly super happy because If I could upload a video publically, then she won't be forgotten anymore and that her spirit will still be alive.

I mean no disrespect to Manuela and the people who are at that cemetery. I made this video entirely for educational and historical purposes.

Here is all the information I found and researched more about her. BTW the woman in the video isn't actually Manuela, there's no current picture of what she looks like.

https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1975/january/br-notears

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111755653/manuela-antonia-sully (Website of her grave)