On September 4 , 1781 , a group of forty-four settlers known as `` Los Pobladores '' founded the pueblo called `` El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula '' ; in English it is `` The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River '' .
The original name is `` El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula '' ( in English , `` town of our lady the Queen of Angels of the little Portion '' ) .