Agustin Olvera (1820-1876) was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California,
and was active in the political affairs of the time.Accompanying his
uncle, Ygnacio Coronel, he came to California in 1834 as a member of
the Híjar-Padrés Colony. In 1842, Olvera married Concepción
Argüello (1815â€"1853), daughter of Santiago Argüello. After her
death, Olvera married in 1859 Maria Ortega (1823â€"1918), widow of
Edward Stokes.Olvera held various offices in the Mexican
administration. Olvera was granted Rancho Mission Viejo in 1842 and
the Rancho Cuyamaca in 1845. Olvera helped to bridge the gap between
the governance of California by Mexico and the United States. Olvera
later served as captain in Flores' campaign against Frémont and was
one of the commission of three that negotiated peace with the American
forces at Cahuenga. As a commissioner he signed the Treaty of Cahuenga
ending the war in California.U.S. Military Governor Bennet Riley
appointed Olvera to be Judge of the First Instance in 1849. Augustin
Olvera was subsequently elected the first county judge of the newly
formed County of Los Angeles in 1850. He relied upon a bilingual
Sheriff to translate the proceedings from Spanish because he did not
speak English when he first took the bench. Along with his legal
duties, Olvera was responsible, with his two associate justices, for
administering county business until the establishment of the Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors two years later. When his term
expired in 1853, he entered the private practice of law. He was a Los
Angeles County Supervisor in 1855. Agustin Olvera Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter