Chapter History

     Photo used with permission of San Jose Public Library, California Room, Bernal Family Collection.

Early History of the Los Gatos Chapter, NSDAR

Los Gatos Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on November 19, 1929. The organizing regent was Mrs. Harry B. Payne. The chapter had the distinction of holding its organizing meeting in the home of famous writer Ruth Comfort Mitchell (Mrs. Sanford Young). In choosing the name Los Gatos Chapter, NSDAR, which when translated in Spanish means “the cats,” the founders sought to perpetuate the memory of the founder of the city, Jose Hernandez.

In 1840, Jose Hernandez and Sebastian Peralta had obtained a land grant from Mexico, which contained several thousand acres on which the city of Los Gatos now stands. While exploring the holdings from the Pacific Ocean to what is now Santa Clara Valley, the party had heard the screaming of wild cats, which led to the name Los Gatos. Upon having discovered water and fertile land, Hernandez built his adobe in Los Gatos.

El Camino Real Chapter, NSDAR

On July 5, 2010, the El Camino Real Chapter, NSDAR, merged with the Los Gatos Chapter, NSDAR. We welcome these Daughters!

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution