Ranchos de Alta California

Californio landholding families

The Lugo family

Patriarch: Francisco Salvador Lugo (soldier, arrived 1770s); the great ranchero of the family was his son Antonio María Lugo (1778–1860)

The Lugos held over 100,000 acres from Compton to San Bernardino, anchored by Antonio María Lugo's Rancho San Antonio and the sons' Rancho San Bernardino. The family also served as a marriage hub of the frontier elite, its daughters marrying into the Vallejo and Carrillo dynasties.

Origin

The soldier Francisco Salvador Lugo settled in California in the Spanish period (his daughter María Antonia Lugo married Ignacio Vallejo, and another Lugo daughter married José Raimundo Carrillo). His son Antonio María Lugo became one of the largest southern landholders.

Members

NameRelationRanchos
Antonio María Lugoson of Francisco Salvador; principal patriarch of the landed lineRancho San Antonio (1810, near Compton); interests in Rancho San Bernardino and Rancho Santa Ana del Chino
José del Carmen Lugoson of Antonio MaríaRancho San Bernardino (1842, with brothers José María, Vicente and cousin Diego Sepúlveda)
José María Lugoson of Antonio MaríaRancho San Bernardino (jointly)
Vicente Lugoson of Antonio MaríaRancho San Bernardino (jointly); Lugo Adobe, Los Angeles

Genealogical confidence: high

Sources

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