The red line shows the first expedition under Zuñiga with the settlers, which travelled up the Baja California Peninsula. In fact, two of the founders of Los Angeles – Luis Quintero and José Vanegas – were from Jalisco.Īs noted in the following map, two expeditions made their way to California from Sonora in 1781. It should be noted, however, that Jalisco and other Mexican states did send their share of people in the early decades. Many of the people who participated in this expedition became members of the Los Angeles community. The Rivera Expedition of 1781 brought 44 settlers and several dozen solders into the Los Angeles area.
Upon Sinaloa and Sonora as their “madre patria” because the lifeblood of LosĪngeles was built on the manpower of citizens from Sinaloa and Sonora. The first families of Los Angeles, for the most part, looked If you are from Sinaloa or Sonora, then you have ties to the earliest founders The founding of Los Angeles was a Spanish endeavor carried out by Mexicanįernando de Velasco y Lara, who was, in fact, a native of Spain.
However, the founders of the town itself were, inįact, Mexican people from the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora and Jalisco. True that Spanish administrators and authorities organized and carried out theįounding of the small pueblo. In fact, some people believe that the founders of LosĪngeles were actually from Spain. But many people believe that Los Angeles wasįounded by the Spaniards. Very few of their names have been given to streets,Ĭities, barrios, or buildings in the Los Angeles area.Īngeles was founded in 1781. Most people do not know much about the foundingįamilies of Los Angeles. If you can lay claim to any of these criteria, you may be related to the firstįamilies of Los Angeles. You or your family come from the states of Sinaloa or Sonora? Ybarra, Palomares, Rodríguez, Reyes, Romero, Valenzuela, Pico or Feliz? Or did Verdugo, Sepulveda, Avila, Rosas, Higuera, Lugo, Domínguez, Serrano, Olivas, Angeles for many generations? Do you have any of the following surnames:
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