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The Guerra family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions, including numerous mayors of Santa Barbara , California Senators , a Lieutenant Governor of California , and a signer of the California Constitution .
The Casa de la Guerra was the residence of the fifth commandant of the Presidio de Santa Barbara, José de la Guerra y Noriega, founder of the Guerra family of California (a prominent Californio family) from 1828 until his death in 1858. Descendants of José lived in the home until 1943.
María de las Angustias de la Guerra, known simply as Angustias de la Guerra, (June 11, 1815 – June 21, 1890) was Californio historian and socialite. A member of the prominent Guerra family of California, she played an important role in defending women's property rights in the California Constitution while it was being drafted during the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849. [1]
Thousand Oaks was part of Rancho El Conejo, owned by Don José de la Guerra y Noriega, founder of the prominent Guerra family of California. E.S. Newbury was one of the first to buy former Rancho El Conejo land. [31] From 1804 to 1848, Thousand Oaks was part of Alta California, which originally was a Spanish polity in North America. It was the ...
In 1854, Gaspar Oreña had married his cousin, Antonia María de la Guerra, youngest daughter of José de la Guerra, after her husband Cesario Armand Lataillade (1819–1849) died. Oreña acquired Rancho La Espada and Rancho San Julian from the de la Guerras in 1864, as partial payment for money owed him by the de la Guerra siblings. He held on ...
California Fitness was a fitness company based in Hong Kong. It opened its first club in 1996 at the business district of Hong Kong near Lan Kwai Fong. There were 16 clubs in Hong Kong, Singapore and China. California Fitness was acquired in 1999 by 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, which sold it to the Ansa Group in 2012. [1]
Juan Luis Guerra, one of the Dominican Republic’s greatest artists, will debut his new HBO Concert special June 3 on HBO Latino and on streamer HBO Max, just in time for the latter’s June ...
Casa de la Guerra, in Santa Barbara, California. The Paseo de la Guerra is a complex of historic buildings in downtown Santa Barbara, California. Since 1977 it is listed (as El Paseo and Casa de la Guerra) in National Register of Historic Places. [1] It is named for the Guerra family of California, a historically prominent Californio family in ...