Spanish-born José de la Guerra y Noriega served in the Alta California military, holding positions in Santa Barbara and San Diego. As lieutenant in San Diego, 1813–1815, Guerra received letters from Guillermo Cota in Los Angeles about the capture of a Russian American Company hunting group in September 1815. Guerra sent the captives to Monterey, except for two hunters who remained in Los Angeles.
DATE OF BIRTH: March 16, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cantabria, Spain
DATE OF DEATH: February 18, 1858
PLACE OF BURIAL: Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, USA
References
Beebe, Rose Marie and Robert M. Senkewicz. Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815–1848. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006: 407.
Mathes, W. Michael, Glenn J. Farris, and Lyn Kalani. The Russian-Mexican Frontier: Mexican Documents Regarding the Russian Establishment in California, 1808–1842. Jenner, California: Fort Ross Interpretive Association, 2008: 75.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 93–94.
Findagrave.com, Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85815114&ref=acom: accessed December 16, 2014), photograph, Mission Santa Barbara for Jose Antonio Julian de la Guerra y Noriega (1779–1858), Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: March 16, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cantabria, Spain
DATE OF DEATH: February 18, 1858
PLACE OF BURIAL: Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, USA
References
Beebe, Rose Marie and Robert M. Senkewicz. Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815–1848. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006: 407.
Mathes, W. Michael, Glenn J. Farris, and Lyn Kalani. The Russian-Mexican Frontier: Mexican Documents Regarding the Russian Establishment in California, 1808–1842. Jenner, California: Fort Ross Interpretive Association, 2008: 75.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 93–94.
Findagrave.com, Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85815114&ref=acom: accessed December 16, 2014), photograph, Mission Santa Barbara for Jose Antonio Julian de la Guerra y Noriega (1779–1858), Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Last updated: November 17, 2018