José María Alvarado
José María Alvarado (1813–1846) was the son of Juan Bautista Alvarado (a soldier and cousin to the governor by the same name) and María Raimunda Yorba.
Life
Alvarado's grandfather, the elder Juan Bautista Alvarado, accompanied
Gaspar de Portolà as an enlisted man in the Spanish Army in 1769. Alvarado's father, Juan Bautista Alvarado, was the grantee of Rancho Rincon del Diablo
.
José María Alvarado married Lugarda Dionisia Osuna, daughter of
Suplente (Substitute Justice of the Peace) of San Diego.[1]
During the
Rancho Buena Vista
.
References
- ^ "Los Vallecitos de San Marcos Rancho", Historic Ranchos of San Diego (1969)
- ^ "The Bloody Lances", The Silver Dons (1963) by Richard F. Pourade Archived 2005-12-15 at the Wayback Machine details the Indian massacre. Also the chapter "Pauma Rancho and Cuca Rancho" in Historic Ranchos of San Diego