Prudenciana Vallejo López De Moreno
Prudenciana Vallejo López de Moreno (1832–1920) was a Californio and the matriarch of a family who owned Rancho ex-Misíon de Guadalupe in the Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. She was the wife of José Matías Moreno, secretary of state under Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of California. Early life Prudenciana was the natural, or illegitimate, daughter of Juana López (1811-ca. 1860) and Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, an Alta California governor and statesman. She was born seven months after Vallejo's marriage to her mother's cousin Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo and grew up in Old Town, San Diego among members of an extended family. Vallejo acknowledged Prudenciana as his daughter in an affectionate 1869 letter, and his daughter Luisa Eugenia Vallejo de Emparan recalled Prudenciana visiting the family at Lachryma Montis, Sonoma, in the 1860s. Prudenciana's mother Juana López was descended from early Spanish settlers of California. Juana's parents were Jua ...
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