Francisco de Haro
Francisco de Haro | |
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Alcalde of San Francisco | |
In office 1838–1839 | |
Preceded by | Ygnacio Martínez |
Succeeded by | Francisco Guerrero y Palomares |
Personal details | |
Born | 1792 Mission Dolores |
Spouse | Emiliana Sánchez |
Residence | Rancho Laguna de la Merced |
Francisco de Haro (1792 – November 28, 1849) was a
Biography
De Haro was born in
De Haro became the first Alcalde (mayor) of the pueblo of Yerba Buena in 1834.
He was instrumental in planning the street grid of the town along with Englishman
Personal life
De Haro married Emiliana (Miliana) Sánchez, who was the granddaughter of José Antonio Sanchez,[2] one of the soldiers of the 1775 de Anza expedition. She was the sister of Alcalde Francisco Sanchez and Alcalde José de la Cruz Sánchez.[3][4] The marriage produced twelve children, including a pair of twin sons and a pair of twin daughters. Miliana Sánchez died in 1842.
The couple's twin sons, Francisco and Ramon de Haro, the 1844 grantees of
De Haro died on 28 November 1849 and is buried at the
Legacy
De Haro Street, in the
References
- ^ Selected text from "The Beginnings of San Francisco" by Z.S. Skinner. 1912: San Francisco
- ^ "California Spanish - Anza 1775 Expedition". SFgenealogy. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Alcaldes & Mayors". SFgenealogy. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ San Francisco History. Seventy-five Years in San Francisco. Appendix H. The First San Francisco Directory. Mission Dolores. Retrieved on March 4, 2022.
- ^ Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner, 1912, The Beginnings of San Francisco, Appendix D, page 753. https://legacy.sfgenealogy.org/sf/history/hbbegd.htm
- ^ Dunlay, Thomas W., 2005, Kit Carson and the Indians, University of Nebraska Press, pages 120-121.
- ^ California Missions
- ^ The Making and Naming of the Streets of San Francisco.