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Francisco Guerrero y Palomares (1811 – 13 July 1851) was a
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politician and ranchero, who served as the third and sixth
Alcalde of San Francisco Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) an ...
(then known as
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). He was notoriously murdered in 1851, in a scandal involving American prospectors seeking to discredit the land claims of Californios.


Life

Guerrero was born in
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,
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(colonial México). He came to Alta California with the Hijar-Padres Colony in 1834, and settled in Yerba Buena (San Francisco). He was married to Josefa de Haro (daughter of Alcalde
Francisco de Haro Francisco de Haro (1792 – November 28, 1849) was a Californio politician, soldier, and ranchero, who served as the 1st and 5th Alcalde of San Francisco (initially known as Yerba Buena). He notably commissioned the first land survey of San ...
), and had five sons. He was the third
Alcalde Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...
of Yerba Buena in 1836. Guerrero served again as the sixth Alcalde in 1839. In 1844 he was granted
Rancho Corral de Tierra Rancho Corral de Tierra (Guerrero y Palomares) was a Mexican land grant in present-day coastal western San Mateo County, northern California. The larger northern part of Rancho Corral de Tierra was given in 1839 by Governor Pro-Tem Manuel Jimeno ...
, located in present-day
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. A section of the land grant is now a part of the
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. Francisco Guerrero was murdered in 1851 by Francis LeBras, in American San Francisco. He is buried at the
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cemetery in the City. Guerrero Street in San Francisco is named in his honor.The Making and Naming Of the Streets of San Francisco
by Samuel L. Lupton


See also

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Californios Californio (plural Californios) is a term used to designate a Hispanic Californians, Hispanic Californian, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries. California's Spanish language, Spanish-s ...
*
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*
Ranchos of California The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...


References

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