Francisco Guerrero y Palomares (1811 – 13 July 1851) was a
Californio politician and ranchero, who served as the third and sixth
Alcalde of San Francisco (then known as
Yerba Buena
Yerba buena or hierba buena is the Spanish name for a number of aromatic plants, most of which belong to the mint family. ''Yerba buena'' translates as "good herb". The specific plant species regarded as ''yerba buena'' varies from region to regi ...
). 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
Tepic
Tepic () is the capital and largest city of the western Mexican state of Nayarit, as well as the seat of the Tepic Municipality.
Located in the central part of the state, it stands at an altitude of above sea level, on the banks of the Rí ...
,
New Spain (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 Sa ...
), and had five sons.
He was the third
Alcalde 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
San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county seat, and the third most populated city following Dal ...
. A section of the land grant is now a part of the
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United ...
.
Francisco Guerrero was murdered in 1851 by Francis LeBras, in American San Francisco. He is buried at the
Mission Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to:
* Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores
* Dolores (given name)
Dolores may also refer to:
Film
* ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt
* ' ...
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
*Californios
Californio (plural Californios) is a term used to designate a Hispanic Californian, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries. California's Spanish-speaking community has resided there sinc ...
*List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco
This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Francisco, from 1779 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.
Spanish era
California's first governor Felipe de ...
* Ranchos of California
References
Californios
People of Mexican California
Mayors of San Francisco
Mexican people of the Mexican–American War
Namesakes of San Francisco streets
1811 births
1851 deaths
Murdered Mexican Americans
People murdered in California
History of San Francisco
People from Tepic
19th-century American politicians
1851 murders in the United States
Burials at Mission San Francisco de Asís
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