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De La Guerra also became a Deputy (diputado) to the Mexican National Congress in 1827. De La Guerra served as Commandant until 1842, when he retired after 52 years of service in the army. De La Guerra was a Californio popularly known as El Capitán. From land grants and purchases, De La Guerra became owner of over 1/2 million acres (2000 km 2 ...
Angustias de la Guerra. Angustias de la Guerra was born in San Diego in 1815. In 1833, she married Manuel Jimeno Casarín, who served as secretary of state under Governors Juan Bautista Alvarado and Governor Manuel Micheltorena. Following the death of her first husband, she married U.S. Army officer James L. Ord.
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.
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 ...
He married Antonia María de la Guerra (1827–), the fourth and youngest daughter of José de la Guerra y Noriega, in 1845. Lataillade was granted Rancho Cuyama (No. 2), and acquired Rancho La Zaca and Rancho Corral de Cuati. Lataillade was killed in an accident in 1849, and the properties inherited by his widow and their two children, Maria ...
Antonio Jose Buelna (1790–1846), son of José Antonio Buelna (1754–1821) married Maria Concepción Valencia (b.1798) in 1816. In 1836, José Castro , Juan Alvarado, Antonio Buelna, and José Antonio de la Guerra (son José de la Guerra y Noriega ) signed the demand that Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez resign.
On April 30, 1825, Hartnell married 16-year-old Maria Teresa de la Guerra, daughter of Don José de la Guerra y Noriega, patriarch of the Guerra family of California and one of the richest and most influential men in Southern California. They moved to Monterey in June.
In 1797, as engineer general, he proposed the unification of the four different sections of the Spanish army's military engineers under one command. His proposal led to the formation of the Regimiento Real de Zapadores-Minadores (1802), which in turn led to the formation of Spain's Royal Corps of Engineers (1803). [1]