José María Alviso
José María Alviso | |
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Alcalde of San José | |
In office 1836 | |
Preceded by | Antonio María Pico |
Succeeded by | Juan Alvires |
Personal details | |
Born | November 19, 1798 Santa Clara, California |
Died | June 18, 1853 (aged 54) Milpitas, California |
José María de Jesus Alviso (November 19, 1798 – June 18, 1853) was a
Biography
Alviso was born in 1798 and baptized at
Identity
Confusingly, Alviso had a cousin named José María Alviso who was born in 1807 to Ignacio Alviso and Margarita Bernal and baptized at Mission Santa Clara.[3] However, as Alviso descendant Bart Sepulveda pointed out, since the grantee of Rancho Milpitas had served as a soldier starting in 1819, a 12-year-old would be too young to be the person in question.[4][5] Further clarification comes from the Supreme Court appeal United States v. Jose Antonio Alviso (1859). Ignacio's son Jose Maria was granted another rancho, Rancho Cañada de Verde y Arroyo de la Purisima, in 1838. Jose Antonio Alviso was known to be Ignacio's eldest son. The appeal mentions that Jose Maria Alviso who made petition in 1838 for the rancho was his brother.[6]
See also
- Californios
- History of California through 1899
Footnotes
- ^ Steve Munzel. "José Maria Alviso Adobe/Rancho Milpitas". milpitashistory.org. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California. Vol III, p 730.
- ^ "Jose Maria ALVISO (AFN: 1Q5F-8M5)". FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- ^ Lundstrom, Mack (1993-01-21). "B. Sepulveda, descendant of Spanish settlers". San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ Filiberti Butler, Phyllis (1975). Old Santa Clara Valley. World Wide Publishing. p. 58.
- ^ "United States v. Alviso, 64 U.S. 318 (1859)". Justia.com Supreme Court Center. Retrieved 2007-04-01.