1. Bernardo Yorba was a prominent Californio landowner, ranchero, politician, and public figure.
12 Facts About Bernardo Yorba
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Bernardo Yorba was one of the wealthiest men in early 19th-century California.
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Bernado Bernardo Yorba managed his holdings from the Hacienda de San Antonio, the principal hacienda of the Bernardo Yorba family.
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Bernardo Yorba was born on August 20,1800, in San Diego.
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Bernardo Yorba's childhood was spent in San Diego, where he attended a school kept by Franciscan Fathers.
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Jose Antonio Bernardo Yorba had moved to the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, granted to him and his nephew Pablo Peralta, by Governor Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga on behalf of the Spanish Government in 1810.
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In 1834, Bernardo Yorba was granted the 13,328-acre Rancho Canon de Santa Ana.
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Bernardo Yorba was elected to serve as Juez de Campo and Auxiliary Alcade several times.
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In 1858, At the age of 58, Bernardo Yorba died leaving behind a large and prosperous rancho and many children.
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Bernardo Yorba was interred in the old Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Bernardo Yorba left the land for a cemetery, the Yorba Cemetery, in his will but it was not ready for a burial until 1862.
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Bernardo Yorba married his first wife, Maria de Jesus Alvarado, in 1819.