Last day to register for Rose Wiley’s 90th Birthday Picnic with the Topanga Historical Society

Topanga Historical Society, Rose Wiley’s 90th Birthday Picnic

When: Sunday, October 24, 2021, 12:00 p.m.

Admission: $20 for a catered outdoor luncheon.

Members Only: Non-Members MUST join or renew their Membership.

RSVP to Pay by Oct. 17th: Email [email protected].

This is absolutely necessary. No walk-ins permitted. Please specify if you

want a meat luncheon or a vegetarian luncheon. If you have a Family

Membership, please specify how many are coming.

Where: The event is at a private home. We will reply with the address.

Rosagua “Rose” Wiley is the granddaughter of Francisco and Manuela

Trujillo, who settled Old Topanga in 1886. Her mother Cornelia Gomez

answered a call to help at the Trujillo Ranch in 1913, and wound up marrying

the oldest son Dolores Trujillo. 

“Seated at the wheel of his 1928 LaSalle touring sedan, kerchief knotted

around the collar of his blue denim jacket and eyes shaded by his wide-

brimmed felt hat, to many observers Dolores Trujillo was the epitome of

pastoral Topanga.” 

— The Topanga Story

Rose married Robert Wiley, and raised six children—Marguerite, Robert,

David, John, Laura, and Jimmy—on the Trujillo homestead, where she still

lives today.