José Antonio Aguirre (industrialist)
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José Antonio Aguirre (1799–1860) was a merchant and rancher in Alta California, most prominently in what would become San Diego, California.
Aguirre was born in San Sebastián, Spain,[1] but left for North America at the age of 15, and became a citizen of Mexico and the United States as national powers rose and fell on the continent. He married Francisca Estudillo, eldest daughter of José Antonio Estudillo, a prominent landowner. Aguirre received half of the Rancho El Tejon Mexican land grant in 1843. Some years after Francisca died during what would have been the birth of their first child, Aguirre married Francisca's sister, María del Rosario Estudillo. María del Rosario Estudillo was the grantee of Rancho San Jacinto Sobrante.
In 1850, Aguirre joined William Heath Davis and Aguirre's brother-in-law Miguel Pedrorena (who was married to another Estudillo sister, Antonia) in an attempt to start a new town near San Diego, but closer to the San Diego Bay.[2][3] In 1853, José Antonio Aguirre bought Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero from the estate of Miguel Pedrorena.
[edit] References
- ^ "Casa de Aguirre Museum", LetsGoSeeIt.com. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ Jose Antonio Aguirre (1799-1860)
- ^ Don José Antonio Aguirre:Spanish Merchant and Ranchero by Mary H. Haggland
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