José Antonio Yorba

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José Antonio Yorba was an early Spanish soldier and landowner in Alta California, known for receiving one of the region’s largest land grants that later encompassed much of present-day Orange County.

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José Antonio Yorba canonical 4
José Antonio Yorba II 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Californio ⓘ
Spanish soldier ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1743 ⓘ
birthPlace San Sadurní de Noya, Catalonia, Spain ⓘ
burialPlace Mission San Juan Capistrano ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Spain ⓘ
deathDate 1825 ⓘ
deathPlace Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, Alta California, Mexico ⓘ
ethnicGroup Catalan ⓘ
familyName Yorba ⓘ
fatherOf José Antonio Yorba II ⓘ
linked to: José Antonio Yorba
givenName José Antonio ⓘ
hasAncestor Catalan settlers of Spain ⓘ
historicalEra Mexican period in California ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ
influenced development of ranching in Orange County region ⓘ
landGrant Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana ⓘ
landGrantArea approximately 63,000 acres ⓘ
landGrantLocation Santa Ana River valley, Alta California ⓘ
landGrantModernIncludes parts of present-day Costa Mesa, California ⓘ
parts of present-day Irvine, California ⓘ
parts of present-day Newport Beach, California ⓘ
parts of present-day Orange, California ⓘ
parts of present-day Santa Ana, California ⓘ
parts of present-day Tustin, California ⓘ
landGrantModernLocation present-day Orange County, California ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
legacy Yorba family prominence in Southern California ⓘ
place names such as Yorba Linda in Orange County ⓘ
militaryBranch Spanish Army ⓘ
name José Antonio Yorba ⓘ
notableWork development of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana ⓘ
notedFor being an early Spanish settler in Alta California ⓘ
receiving a large Mexican-era land grant in present-day Orange County ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
ranchero ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn Portolá expedition ⓘ
Spanish colonization of Alta California ⓘ
regionOfActivity Alta California ⓘ
present-day Orange County, California ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Alta California ⓘ
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana ⓘ
servedIn Alta California ⓘ
spouse María Josefa Grijalva ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yorba → hasNotablePerson → José Antonio Yorba ⓘ
Yorba family → hasNotableMember → José Antonio Yorba ⓘ
Yorba family → foundedBy → José Antonio Yorba ⓘ
José Antonio Yorba → name → José Antonio Yorba ⓘ
José Antonio Yorba → fatherOf → José Antonio Yorba II ⓘ
linked to: José Antonio Yorba