Ygnacio Coronel

Jose Ygnacio Franco Coronel (1795 - 1862) was born in Mexico City, joined the Spanish army and rose to the rank of corporal of the cavalry (1814). He married Maria Josefa Francisca Romero (1802 - 1871), a native of Toluca.[5] In 1834, Ygnacio brought his family (two sons, Antonio F. Coronel and Manuel Coronel, four daughters, and his nephew Agustin Olvera) to Alta California, as a part of the Jose Maria Hijar and Jose Maria Padres expedition,[6] where he started a new life as a civilian. Ignacio 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.