Career
He was also the owner of extensive property within the city of Los Angeles, California. The Botiller Californio family had settled in Spanish colonial Las Californias province in the 18th century, living near the pueblo of Santa Barbara. Dionisio was born October
9, 1842 in an adobe structure in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Mexican Alta California, near present day Fourth and Main Streets in Downtown Los Los Angeles
He had nine siblings, including brothers Plutarcho Reyes Botiller of Los Angeles, who died in September 1906, and Felipe Botiller, also of Los Los Angeles He was re-elected in December 1868 and in 1869, and resigned on January 20, 1870, after which he became the city auditor for eight years.
He was also the owner of much property within the city. Dionisio died on October 11, 1915, in his residence at 1531 West Ninth Street (now James M Wood Boulevard) in Los Angeles, California.
Services were in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at Eighth and Valencia streets, with interment at Calvary Cemetery, East Los Los Angeles