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Who were the first settlers of San Diego?
Here is a list of those who lived in San Diego one year after its first founding:
Names of the Early Spanish-Mestizo Founders of San Diego, 1770:
- Captain Don Fernando de Rivera y Moncada, married
- Corporal Guillermo Carrillo
- Soldiers:
- Juan José Robles
- Bernardo Rubio, married, sick with scurvy
- Mateo Ignacio de Soto
- Juan María Miranda, married
- Francisco de Avila
- Rafael Hernández
- Marcelo Bravo
- Nicolás Antonio Sambrano
- José Ignacio Olivera
- Mariano de la Luz Verdugo
- Alejo Antonio Gonzales
- Juan de Osuna, married, sick with fever
- Sebastián Alvitre
- Andrés Cota, married
- José Joaquín Espinoza, married
- Augustín Castelo
Taken from Bill Mason, "The Garrisons of San Diego Presidio: 1770-1794,"Journal of San Diego History, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Fall 1978), p. 400.
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