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Jose Cristobal Aguilar was a pioneer of 19th century Los Angeles, California, politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the city until 2005. ==Background== Aguilar, also known as Cristoval,〔 was born in California〔 in 1816〔 to Jose María Aguilar and María Ygnacia Elizalde.〔(John P. Schmal, "The Four Hispanic Mayors of Los Angeles," HispanicVista.com, May 23, 2005 )〕 The Aguilars lived in an adobe facing the Los Angeles Plaza on what is now North Main Street. This house was a prominent landmark that later served as the town ''calabozo,'' or jail, and then as the town's first hospital, in 1858.〔(Clare Wallace, Los Angeles Public Library biography, May 9, 1938, from sources cited there )〕 On October 31, 1848, Aguilar married Maria Dolores Yorba at the San Gabriel Mission.〔 His wife was the daughter of José Antonio de los Remidios Yorba and María Catalina Verdugo. The Yorbas possessed vast land holdings including most of the Santa Ana Valley (in present-day Orange County, California). In the 1870 census, the Aguilars had four children living with them: Librada, 19; Jose M., 17; Matias, 12; Guadalupe, 10, and Rosa, 7.〔 Aguilar could not speak English, but, as reported by Los Angeles historian H.D. Barrows in 1899, he "made a good and acceptable Mayor because of the general familiarity of citizens of all nationalities then residing here, with the Spanish tongue." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cristobal Aguilar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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