Francisco Guerrero y Palomares

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). He was notoriously murdered in 1851 in a scandal involving American prospectors seeking to discredit the land claims of Californios.

Francisco Guerrero y Palomares
3rd Alcalde of San Francisco
In office
1836–1837
Preceded byJosé Joaquín Estudillo
Succeeded byYgnacio Martínez
6th Alcalde of San Francisco
In office
1839–1842
Preceded byFrancisco de Haro
Succeeded byJosé de Jesús Noé
Personal details
Born1811
Died13 July 1851
San Francisco
Resting placeMission Dolores
SpouseJosefa de Haro
ResidenceRancho Corral de Tierra
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is Palomares.

Life

Guerrero was born in Tepic, 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), and had five sons.[1]

He was the third Alcalde of Yerba Buena in 1836. Guerrero served again as the sixth Alcalde in 1839.[2][3]

In 1844 he was granted Rancho Corral de Tierra, located in present-day San Mateo County, California. A section of the land grant is now a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Francisco Guerrero was murdered in 1851 by Francis LeBras, in American San Francisco. He is buried at the Mission Dolores cemetery in the city.

Guerrero Street in San Francisco is named in his honor.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Selected text from "The Beginnings of San Francisco" by Z.S. Skinner. 1912: San Francisco". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. "San Francisco History Alcaldes & Mayors". Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  3. San Francisco History. Seventy-five Years in San Francisco. Appendix H. The First San Francisco Directory. Mission Dolores. Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Making and Naming Of the Streets of San Francisco Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine by Samuel L. Lupton
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