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Life. José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona ). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga. Moraga was second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza in the 1776 overland colonizing expedition from the region of Alta ...
Life. José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga. Moraga was second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza in the 1776 overland colonizing expedition from the region of Alta ...
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Other articles where José Joaquín Moraga is discussed: San Francisco: Exploration and early settlement: Settlers from Monterey, under Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and the Reverend Francisco Palóu, established themselves at the tip of the San Francisco peninsula the following year. The military post, which remained in service as the Presidio of San Francisco until 1994, was founded in ...
Jose's son, Gabriel Antonio Moraga, served in the army in California for 40 years, and it was Gabriel's fifth son, Jose Joaquin de la Santisima Trinidad Moraga, who was to become the grantee of the vast Moraga Rancho and the first settler in the Moraga Valley. Joaquin served in the military from 1809 - 1819. Not much is known of Joaquin's ...
California Landmark Plaque. The Moraga Adobe has been recognized as a historical landmark by the State of California in 1954 (Landmark #509,) the City of Orinda in 1995, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The California State plaque near the front door of the adobe reads as follows: “The Joaquin Moraga Adobe—1841 ...
Moraga founded the Pueblo of San José on orders from Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish Viceroy of New Spain. The pueblo was founded in honor of Saint Joseph on November 29, 1777 as the first official civilian settlement in Alta California. Moraga died in San Francisco in 1785 and was buried in the floor in front of the altar in ...
Jose Joaquin Moraga died on July 13, 1785 at age 44. His son Gabriel Antonio Moraga also pursued a military career, which involved exploring much of northern and central Alta California. Gabriel died on June 14, 1823 at age 53 after achieving the same rank as his father, lieutenant.
