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Augustus or August Ulyard (1816–1900) was the first American-born professional baker in Los Angeles, California, after the 1850 U.S. statehood of California. In 1856–57 he was a member of the Common Council, which oversaw the governance of the young pueblo. ==Personal== Ulyard, whose parents were French, was born on February 22, 1816, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he learned to be a baker. He enlisted as a Texas Volunteer in the Mexican War, after which he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was married to Mary Field of England. The couple had no children of their own but, after they arrived in Los Angeles, "at different periods" they "adopted homeless children until there were seven in all."〔("Pioneer Gone: Death and Burial of Augustus Ulyard; Was the First Bakerin Los Angeles and Lived Long," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 8, 1900 )〕〔(''Los Angeles Times'' obituary at the Historical Society of Southern California )〕〔(''An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California,'' Chicago, the Lewis Publishing Company (1889), page 662 )〕〔() SortedByName.com, a genealogical site, states that the couple "had a baby, George L. Ulyard() born 3 Apr 1846 in Los Angeles, California . . . died 1 Sep 1927 in Yavapai County, Arizona."〕 The couple arrived in Los Angeles on December 31, 1852, after crossing the country with a wagon train of pioneers that left from Council Bluffs and pursued the Southern Emigrant Trail through the Cajon Pass and San Bernardino.〔〔〔 According to Ulyard's obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times,'' "at that time there were but five American women in Los Angeles aside from Mrs. Ulyard. The town consisted of a small group of adobe buildings in the neighborhood of the Plaza."〔〔 Ulyard died August 5, 1900.〔 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「Augustus Ulyard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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