families, so Palomares and Véjar sought their own land. In 1837, Mexican Governor Alvarado granted Rancho San Jose to Palomares and Véjar. The Rancho was created...

Angeles County, was operated by Palomares and Vejar as a sheep and cattle ranch. After receiving the land grant, Palomares built his initial adobe homestead...

from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Ygnacio Palomares and Ricardo Vejar for the Rancho San Jose, then in Alta California. It later became known as...

Mission. For example, in 1808, the missionaries sent Spanish soldier José Palomares after some "neophytes" who had fled the mission. Escapees traveled as...

Palomares Adobe. The Ygancio Palomares Adobe, built between 1850 and 1855, was once the center of the sprawling 22,000-acre (89 km2) Rancho San Jose....

Ballona. Bordering the northwest boundary was Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres and to the northeast there was Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas. Rincón de Los Bueyes...

the brother of José del Carmen Lugo. In 1826, Ygnacio Machado married Estefana Palomares they had 7 children: Luisa, Versabe, María, José, Andres, Francisco...

in 1833 with his brother José Figueroa. He was in Monterey and married Maria de Jesus Palomares (1818–) in 1834. When José Figueroa died in 1835, Francisco...

1842) married Francisco Palomares (born 1840) of Rancho San Jose in 1866 in Los Angeles. She received the western third of Rancho Monserate, which is closest...

Pueblo of San José. The land grant included present day Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley, including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares Canyons...