José Antonio Yorba (1743 - 1825)

Born 20 Jul 1743 in San Saturnino de Noya, Barcelona (Cataluña, España)

Husband of María de Gracia Feliz — married 20 May 1773 in Misión de Santa Cruz, Alta California (California, United States)

Husband of María Josefa de Grijalva — married 3 Nov 1782 in Misión de San Francisco, Alta California (California, United States)

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1825 at age 81 in Rancho Santiago,Territorio de Alta California, México (California, United States)

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José Antonio Yorba was a Californian.

Born in San Saturnino in Catalonia, Spain, José Antonio Yorba was one of Fages' original Catalan volunteers. In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, Yorba took part in the Spanish invasion of Portugal. He became a corporal under Gaspar de Portolà during the Spanish expedition of 1769. He was in San Francisco in 1777; Monterey in 1782; and in San Diego in 1789. In 1797 he was retired as inválido sergeant; and in 1810 was grantee of the 63,414-acre Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana land grant. Yorba's land comprised a significant portion of today's Orange County including where the cities of Olive, Orange, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today. Upon his death in 1825 he was buried at his request in an unmarked grave in the cemetery at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

20 mayo 1773: originario de San Saturnino del obispado de Barcelona, soldado de dicha compañia de voluntarios^[1]

3 noviembre 1782: europeo, cabo de esquadra de la compañia y presidio de Monterrey^[2]

18 enero 1825: sargento invalido de la compañia del presidio de San Diego^[3]

Jose Antonio Yorba I Birth: 20 Jul 1743 Sant Sadurni d'Osormort, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain Death: 16 Jan 1825 (aged 81) Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA Burial: San Juan Capistrano Mission Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA Plot: located curb side of center trail (the only headstone on side of trail) Memorial #: 13161819 Bio: Gasper De portola EXPEDITION OF ALTA CALIFORNIA IN 1769 also with portola in that important expedition was a young corporal named jose antonio yorba.He married Maria Josefa Grijalva in San Francisco on May 17,1782.Their first three children were born in the monterey area while Jose antonio was in the army.In 1789 the family moved to San Diego after he had been assigned to the presidio there.eleven more children were born to the family between 1789 and 1810.Jose Antonio retired from the army in 1797 and,with his father in-law,Juan Pablo Grijalva,he began grazing cattle on the land that was to become Rancho Santiago De santa ana.when Jose Antonio Yorba,along with his nephew,Juan Pablo Peralta,applied for thier land grant they were required to get permission from Grijalva's widow,Maria Josefa.On July 1,1810,Governor Figueroa granted the 62,516 acres to Jose Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta. Family Members Spouses Maria Gracia Feliz Yorba 1753-1781 Maria Josefa Grijalva Yorba 1766-1830 Children Maria Antonia Yorba Unknown-1800 Pedro Antonio Yorba 1774-1780 Francisco Xavier Yorba 1776-Unknown Diego Maria Yorba 1780-1806 Joseph Antonio de los Remedios Yorba 1785-1844 Tomas Antonio Yorba 1787-1845 Maria Raymunda Fermina Yorba Alvarado 1793-1851 Josef Domingo Yorba 1795-1796 Francisca Dominga Yorba Ortega 1797-1814 Maria De Las Nieves Yorba 1798-1798 Bernardo Antonio Yorba 1801-1858 Juan Pablo Yorba 1803-1804 Teodisio Juan Yorba 1805-1863 Maria Andrea Ygnacia Yorba 1807-1824 Martin Yorba 1810-1812. ^[4]

Fuentes

1. ↑ The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=5168
2. ↑ The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=24537
3. ↑ The Huntington Library, Early California Population Project Database, 2006, http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=24692
4. ↑ Created by: Anyonymous (46815612) Added: 29 Jan 2006 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13161819/jose-antonio-yorba Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13161819/jose-antonio-yorba: accessed 26 December 2022), memorial page for Jose Antonio Yorba I (20 Jul 1743–16 Jan 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13161819, citing San Juan Capistrano Mission Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA; Maintained by Anyonymous (contributor 46815612).

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