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José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga (22 August 1745 – 13 July 1785), usually simply known as José Joaquín Moraga, was a Spanish colonial expeditionary and soldier who founded San Jose, California, in 1777.
May 26, 2013 · José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745 at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi in the northern frontier region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day southern Arizona). Moraga was second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza in the 1776 overland colonizing expedition from northern Mexico to what is now San Francisco, California.
When José Joaquin de la Santisima Trinidad Moraga was born on 28 May 1793, in Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, California, United States, his father, Gabriel Antonio Moraga, was 29 and his mother, Ana María Bernal De Soto, was 24.
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José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga was a soldier in the army of New Spain, and member of an early expedition to Alta California.
Mar 31, 2011 · Moraga made several trips to Fort Ross in 1812, 1813 and 1814. Gabriel Moraga died in 1823 and is buried in the cemetery of the Santa Barbara mission. Gabriel’s son, Joaquin, served with his father in the army for 10 years, resigning his commission in 1819.
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). Moraga was second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza in the 1776 overland colonizing expedition from the region of Alta California which would become part of southern ...
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May 21, 2024 · José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga was a soldier in the army of New Spain, and member of an early expedition to Alta California. Moraga is also credited with the founding of El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, today's city of San Jose, California.
