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and agreed to pay six- percent interest per month, or seventy-two percent per year, which was the standard lending rate at the time for private loans. The following year he borrowed $ 1400 from
Hillard P. Dorsey at a similar interest rate. Ávila, who put up Rancho La Centinela for collateral, was
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Ygnacio Machado in 1845 through an exchange of property. Bruno Ávila, owned a modest adobe town house near present-day 7th and Alameda Streets in the pueblo of Los Angeles. It was a three-room structure on a small tract of land with a fenced-in vineyard. Machado traded his entire rancho,
192:, Mexico), which at the time was part of Spain. He was one of several sons of Cornelio Ávila and his wife. Francisco came to Los Angeles sometime after 1794. In 1810, Francisco Ávila became alcalde of the pueblo of Los Angeles. The pueblo's population at the time grew to 415 inhabitants.
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in 1783 with his wife María Ysabel Urquídez (1750–1801) and 6 children: José de Santa Ana Ávila y Urquídez (1770–1806), Francisco José Ávila (1772–1832), Agustina Ávila (born 1775), Anastasio Ávila (born 1776), Antonio
Ignacio Ávila (1781–1858), Ildefonsa Ávila (born 1782).
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Ygnacio Ávila (1788–1861), María Hilaria Ávila (born 1789), and José María Ávila (1790–1831). Cornelio Ávila died while visiting Santa Barbara in 1800, and was buried at the Presidio Cemetery.
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Francisco Ávila died on April 5, 1832. His four children (Januario Ávila, Pedra Ávila de Ramírez, Francisca Ávila de Rimpau, and Louisa Ávila de
Garfias) were granted the patent to Rancho Las Ciénegas in 1871.
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including the adobe hacienda, for Bruno Ávila's pueblo property. Bruno Ávila moved into the
Centinela adobe and went into the business of raising cattle on the land, which was adjacent to his brother's
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Ygnacio Ávila (1781–1858) was another of the several sons of Cornelio Ávila and his wife. He married Rosa María Ruiz (1789–1866) in 1804. He was the grantee of the 22,458-acre (90.88 km)
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Carrillo and Pío Pico marched into the pueblo and released all prisoners. Victoria led a force from Monterey to stop the insurrection in Los Angeles. The two armies clashed at the
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Ascensión Ávila (born 1811), daughter of Antonio Ygnacio Ávila and his wife, married Pedro Antonio José Sánchez (born 1806). They had six children together, one of whom was
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Francisco Ávila (1772–1832) was a wealthy ranchero and alcalde (mayor) of the pueblo of Los Angeles 1810–1811. Ávila was a Spaniard native of El Fuerte,
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and María Josefa Grijalva who was the daughter of Juan Pablo Grijalva, a Spanish soldier who traveled to Alta California with the expedition led by
86:, Mexico). When Antonio Cornelio Ávila was born about 1745, his father, Wilibardo Avila, was 55 and his mother, Olga Lidia Ruíz Maldonado, was 20.
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María Ignacia Marcia Ávila (1793–1858) was a daughter of José de Santa Ana Ávila y Urquídez and María Josefa Osuna y Alvarado. She married
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and María Gregoria Espinosa. After María del Rosario Ávila died in 1822, Francisco married María Encarnación Sepúlveda, the daughter of
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unable to repay the loans and subsequently lost his rancho in 1857. The land was seized and auctioned off at a Sheriff's sale.
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Miguel Ávila (1796–1874) was a Californio son of José de Santa Ana Ávila, born in Los Angeles. In 1816 he enlisted in the
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Enrique Ávila, son of Anastasio Ávila, was 2nd alcalde of Los Angeles in 1847. Enrique Ávila served on the
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José María Ávila (1790–1831) was one of several sons of Cornelio Ávila. He was
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Anastasio Ávila (born 1776) was one of several sons of Cornelio Ávila. He was
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