Ygnacio Coronel

Ygnacio Coronel (1795–1862) was a settler in early Los Angeles.

Life

Jose Ygnacio Franco Coronel was born in Mexico City, joined the Spanish army and by 1814 rose to the rank of corporal of the cavalry. He married Maria Josefa Francisca Romero (1802 –1871), a native of Toluca.^[1] In 1834, as a part of the Híjar-Padrés Colony, Ygnacio brought his family (two sons, Antonio F. Coronel and Manuel Coronel, four daughters, and his nephew Agustin Olvera) to Alta California,^[2] where he started a new life as a civilian. Ygnacio Coronel was a schoolmaster. In 1836, Coronel was appointed commissioner of the securalized Mission San Miguel Arcángel. In 1837 he taught in Los Angeles, and afterwards he was secretary of the Ayuntamiento (Los Angeles City Council). In 1843 he was granted Rancho La Cañada.

References

^ Jose Ygnacio Franco Coronel genealogy
^ C. Alan Hutchinson, An Official List of the Members of the Hijar-Padres Colony for Mexican California, 1834, The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug., 1973), pp. 407-418, University of California Press.

Persondata
Name	Coronel, Ygnacio
Alternative names	Coronel, Jose Ygnacio Franco
Short description	settler in early Los Angeles
Date of birth	1795
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	1862
Place of death