Luis María Peralta
Luis María Peralta (1759 in
Bay Area in Northern California
.
Biography
The Peralta family (the 17-year-old Luis, his father, mother and three siblings) was part of the group of settlers that arrived in
King of Spain
.
Upon his marriage to María Loreto Alviso in 1784, Luís transferred from the
San Francisco into the San Joaquin Valley in pursuit of the Indians." Surprising the Indians in their village, Peralta won a swift victory, which enhanced his reputation. Then a sergeant, he was honored by appointment as comisionado in charge of Pueblo San José in 1807, the highest military and civilian official. Peralta held this position until 1822, when the position ended with Mexico's independence from Spain.[1]
In 1804, he moved into what is now known as the
José Domingo, Antonio María, and José Vicente, did. In 1842 he split the rancho among them, leaving his five daughters [a] his cattle, his adobe
, and the land on which it sat. He died in 1851 in San José.
Peralta's most famous descendant is the Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara.[3][4]
Notes
- ^ Through his daughter María Luisa Fermina Peralta (b. 27 August 1790, d. 12 August 1865), [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Text Only Version of Santa Clara County, California -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Online Archive of California: Pinedo Family Papers from the Santa Clara University Library, 2015
- Mercury News Fundraiser for Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park by Angela Woodall, Oakland Tribune, 23 November 2010
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