TITLE: San Francisco Residents, 1838.
SOURCE: Davis, William Heath. LSeventy-five Years in San Francisco (Appendix C.). 1929: John Howell, The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago.
TRANSCRIBER: SFgenealogy.
NOTES: Formatting may be different from original source.

“RESIDENTS AROUND THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1838

“In 1838 the following were the prominent families around the bay of San Francisco: At the Mission Dolores were Francisco de Haro, then alcalde, who was married to the daughter of Don José Sánchez; Francisco Guerrero, who was afterward alcalde and subprefect; Tiburcio Vásquez; Doña Carmen Cibrián; Candelario Valencia, married to the daughter of Don José Sánchez; Jesús Valencia, married to another daughter of Sánchez; Don Jesus Noé. The residence of Don José Sánchez was at Buri-buri, which place he owned. It containd 8,000 head of cattle and a great many horses and mares. His sons, who lived there also, were José de Ia Cruz, Francisco, Manuel, Chino and Ysidro. Captain Juan Prado Mesa, who resided with his family at the presidio, was in command of the military post there.

“At the Rancho Pinole, near Martínez, resided Teniente Ygnacio Martínez, with his family. At the Rancho San Pablo, Don Joaquín Castro, with his mother, Doña Gabriela Berreyesa de Castro, and his brothers, Antonio, Gabriel, Victor and Jesús María. At Temescal were Don Domingo Peralta and Vicente Peralta. At San Antonio, Ygnacio Peralta and his family, and Antonio María Peralta and his family. At the Rancho San Leandro resided Don José Joaquín Estudillo and family. At the Rancho San Lorenzo, Guillermo Castro and family. At the mission of San José, José Jesús Vallejo, brother of General Vallejo, who was then administrator of that mission, which retained some of its former wealth. At Milpitas resided Don José Crisóstomo Galindo and family; James Alexander Forbes, who was married to a daughter of the latter, and was then acting as British vice-consul, a native of Scotland. He was a thorough Spanish scholar. There were also José María Alviso (“Chico”) and family. At Agua Caliente was Don Fulgencio Higuera and family. At the pueblo of San Jose, Don Antonio Suñol, a native of Spain, a merchant; the Bernal families; Don Antonio María Pico and family; Don Luis Peralta, the father of those before mentioned, with his daughters, he being then nearly a hundred years old. He was a native of Sonora, and had emigrated to this part of the country when a boy. At Santa Clara were Doña Soledad Ortega Argüello, widow of Don Luis Argüello, one of the early governors of the department of California who owned the Rancho Las Pulgas (which means “the Fleas”) in San Mateo County, long possessed by his heirs; also Don Ygnacio Alviso, with his amiable wife, to whom I am indebted for numerous kindnesses.

“At these different places there were many others, mostly foreigners, engaged in commercial pursuits.

“At Sonoma were General M. G. Vallejo and family, he being commander-in-chief of the forces of the department. His military headquarters were at that place. He owned the Rancho Petaluma, with thousands of cattle and horses. The Rancho Suscol was a national ranch under his control, heavily stocked with cattle and horses. At Sonoma, also, was Salvador Vallejo, brother of the general, who owned a large ranch in Napa Valley, with thousands of cattle and horses. Nicolás Higuera lived at Napa, and was engaged raising stock; so were Cayetano Juárez and Don Joaquín Piña and family. At Santa Rosa resided Doña María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, with her beautiful daughters Juana and Felicidad. Mrs. Carrillo was the grandmother of ex-Governor Romualdo Pacheco and mother-in-law of General Vallejo. At San Rafael were Timothy Murphy, Ygnacio Pacheco and family, and Domingo Sais. At Read’s Ranch was John Read, who married the daughter of Don José Sánchez, with his family. At Sausalito were Captain William A. Richardson and family.”