Rancho Quito

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Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 122°01′12″W / 37.320°N 122.020°W / 37.320; -122.020
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Don José Noriega was the rancho grantee of Rancho Quito in 1841.

Rancho Quito was a 13,310-acre (53.9 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Zenon Fernandez and José Noriega.[1] The grant included present-day Saratoga, Campbell, and Cupertino.[2] The eastern boundary was Arroyo San Tomas Aquino.[3][4]

History

The rancho was granted to José Noriega and his father-in-law, José Zenon Fernandez in 1841. Fernandez, came to California with the Hijar-Padres Colony in 1834, and was a teacher in San Jose from 1836 to 1840. Sons Dionisio and Máximo were granted Rancho Fernandez in 1846. Noriega sold his share of the rancho to José Manuel Alviso in 1844.[5]

With the

Public Land Commission in 1852,[6][7] and the grant was patented to José M. Alviso and the heirs of José Zenon Fernandez (Dioniso Fernandez, Francisco Maximo Fernandez, Jose Zenon Fernandez, Manuela Loveto Fernandez, and Petra Enriquez Fernandez) in 1866.[8]

In 1859, Alviso sold part of the rancho to José Ramon Argüello. Before the boundaries of the rancho were defined several families occupied what they thought was public land east of Cupertino.

José Noriega

Main article: José Noriega

José Noriega (1798–) was born in

Rancho Canada de los Vaqueros
in 1847 (sold in 1856).

References

  1. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Quito
  3. ^ Diseño del Rancho Quito
  4. ^ Early Santa Clara Ranchos, Grants, Patents and Maps
  5. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9
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  6. ^ United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 226 ND
  7. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  8. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ The United States Vs. Andres Castillero V1: New Almaden, Transcript Of The Record (1859)
  10. ^ Jose Noriega (ca. 1850)
  11. ^ Manuela Fernandez Noriega (ca. 1850)
  12. ^ William H. Ellison, 1953, The Life And Adventures In California Of Don Agustin Janssens, 1834–1856

37°19′12″N 122°01′12″W / 37.320°N 122.020°W / 37.320; -122.020

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