1519 - 1804, "Las Californias" was under the "Viceroyalty of New Spain"; The southern part of the territory was referred to, at times, as "Vieja California" (Old California), the northern part "Nueva California" (New California). The terms "Old" and "New" stem from the physical locations of the first Missions, Presidios and Pueblos…
1804-1822, the Spanish Crown created two new governments in Las Californias, the Southern Peninsula (Baja California), and the Northern Mainland (Alta California)…
1810 Mexico declared independence, with the Mexican War of Independence following for over a decade. In 1821 Treaty of Córdoba established Mexican independence from Spain and concluded the War…
1822-1846 Alta California was under Mexican control…
1846, Alta California passed to American control after the Mexican–American War and ceased to exist with the creation of the State of California in 1850… |
Cornelio Avila (1745- 23 Nov 1800) was born in Villa Del Fuerte, Mexico. He was a Spanish soldier who came to California who came to settle in the two-year-old Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1783 with his wife Maria Ysabel Urquidez (1750–1801) and 9 children - Jose de Santa Ana Avila y Urquidez (1770–1806), Francisco Jose Avila (1772–1832), Agustina Avila (1775- ), Anastacio Avila (1776- ), Antonio Ignacio Avila (1781–1858), Ildefonsa Avila (1782- ), Bruno Ygnacio Avila (1788–1861), Maria Hilaria Avila (1789 - ), and Jose Maria Avila (1790–1831) |