The First Teachers in California

The following list was compiled by H.H. Bancroft for his book, California Pastoral. The list covers the time from 1794 through 1846, and it provides the names of the teachers of California public schools, the places they taught, their terms of service and in some cases their salaries.

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Name

Place

Salary

Terms of Service

Manual de Vargas

San Jose

Dec. 1794-June 1795

Ramon Lasso

San Jose

2.5 reales per child

July 1795-May 1796

Manuel de Vargas

San Diego

$250 per annum

July 1795-Dec. 1798

Jose' Manuel Toca

Santa Barbara

$125 per annum

Oct. 1795-June 1797

Manuel Boronda

San Francisco

Taught gratuitously

May 1796-June 1797

Jose' Rodriquez

Monterey

May 1796

Jose' Medina

Santa Barbara

June 1797-Dec 1798

Jose' Alvarez

San Francisco

$2 extra pay monthly

Manuel de Vargas

Santa Barbara

Jan. 1799

Rafael Villavicencio

San Jose

Oct. 1811

Miguel Archuleta

Monterey

Jan. 1818-1822

Antonio Buelna

San Jose

Mar. 1820

Rafael del Valle

San Jose

Apr. 1820-Dec. 1820

Joaquin Buelna

San Jose

extra pay

Jan. 1821-Jun 1822

--Labastida

San Jose

extra pay

July 1822

Jose' Berreyesa

San Francisco

$10 per month

Mar. 1823-Oct. 1823

Jose' Antonio Romero

San Jose

$15 per month

Apr.1823

Luciano Valdes

Los Angeles

Jan. 1828-Nov. 1830

Antonio Menendez

San Diego

$15 per month

Aug. 1828-Dec. 1829

Jose' Tiburcio Castro

Monterey

Taught gratuitously

Jan. 1829

Joaquin Botiller

Los Angeles

Dec. 1830-Dec. 1831

Vincente Moraga

Los Angeles

$15 per month

Jan. 1832

Pablo de la Ossa

Sta Gertrudis

Jan. 1833

Cristoval Aguilar

Los Angeles

Jan. 1833

Francisco Pantoja

Los Angeles

Feb. 1833-Feb. 1834

Petronilo Rios

Monterey

$20 per month

Feb. 1833

Jose' Maria Aguila

Monterey

$20 per month

March 1834

Juan Iguera

Monterey

June 1834

Jose de los Santos Avila

Branciforte

$10 per month

July 1834

Victor Pradon

San Gabriel

$1000 per annum

Nov. 1834

Ignacio Coronel

Sonoma

$1000 per annum

Nov. 1834

Miguel Avila

Monterey

Jan. 1835

Domingo Amador

San Luis Obispo

$15 per month

Jan 1835-Aug. 1835

Marcos Bonilla

Santa Barbara

$1000 per annum

Nov 1834

Jose Maria Silva

Santa Cruz

Oct. 1835

Jose Fernandez

Santa Cruz

Nov 1835

Jose Mariano Romero

Monterey

Nov. 1835-Nov. 1836

Jose Zenon Fernandez

San Jose

Feb. 1836

Juan Padilla

San Antonio

Apr. 1836

Florencio Serrano

Monterey

$1000 per annum

Dec. 1836

Ignacio Coronel

Los Angeles

July 1838-Sept 1840

A.A.de Miera y Morena

San Jose

Apr. 1840-Dec. 1841

Enrique Cambuston

Monterey

$1200 per annum

Aug. 1840-Jan. 1846

Jose Maria Campina

Monterey

$1000 per annum

July 1841-May 1843

Agustin Davila

Santa Cruz

Each child $2.50/month

Dec. 1841

Jose Pena

Santa Clara

$20 per month

May 1842

W.E.P. Hartnell

Monterey

$1200 per annum

June 1843-Feb. 1844

Guadalupe Medina

Los Angeles

$500 per annum

Aug. 1843-July 1844

Francisca Gomez

Monterey

$40 per month

June 1844-Apr. 1846

Laisa Arguello

Los Angeles

$40 per month

June 1844

Guadalupe Medina

Los Angeles

$500 per annum

Jan. 1845

--Boca

Sanoma

$40 per month

Jan. 1845

Jorge Allen

Monterey

$1000 per annum

March 1845

Manuel Gutierres

San Jose

$500 per annum

Nov. 1845-July 1846

Florencio Serrano

Monterey

Jan. 1846-July 1846