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Don Luís María Peralta (1759, Sonora
Sonora

Sonora is one of the 31 States of Mexico and is located in the northwest of the country....
, New Spain
New Spain

The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
 – August 26, 1851) was a soldier in the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 Army, who received one of the largest of the Spanish land grant
Land grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate - land or privileges - made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially as rewards for military service....
s, Rancho San Antonio
Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant)

Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800 acre land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Sol?, the last Spain governor of California, to D....
, a 44,800 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
 (181 km²) plot that encompassed most of the East Bay region of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
.

The Peralta family (the 17 year-old Luís, his father, mother and three siblings) was part of the group of settlers that arrived in Alta California
Alta California

Alta California was formed in 1804 when the Las Californias, then a part of the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was divided in two, along a line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican Order missions in the south....
 with Juan Bautista de Anza
Juan Bautista de Anza

Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto was a New Spain explorer and Spanish governors of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire....
 on his 1776 expedition.






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Don Luís María Peralta (1759, Sonora
Sonora

Sonora is one of the 31 States of Mexico and is located in the northwest of the country....
, New Spain
New Spain

The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
 – August 26, 1851) was a soldier in the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 Army, who received one of the largest of the Spanish land grant
Land grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate - land or privileges - made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially as rewards for military service....
s, Rancho San Antonio
Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant)

Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800 acre land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Sol?, the last Spain governor of California, to D....
, a 44,800 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
 (181 km²) plot that encompassed most of the East Bay region of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
.

The Peralta family (the 17 year-old Luís, his father, mother and three siblings) was part of the group of settlers that arrived in Alta California
Alta California

Alta California was formed in 1804 when the Las Californias, then a part of the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was divided in two, along a line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican Order missions in the south....
 with Juan Bautista de Anza
Juan Bautista de Anza

Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto was a New Spain explorer and Spanish governors of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire....
 on his 1776 expedition. This group of settlers subsequently helped found the Presidio of San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco

The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area....
, Mission Santa Clara, and the pueblo
Pueblo

Pueblos are traditional communities of Native Americans in the United States in the southwestern United States of America. The communities are recognized worldwide for their adobe buildings, which are sometimes called "pueblos"....
 of San José
San Jose, California

San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
. When he reached the age of 21, Luís entered, as was traditional, into the military of the King of Spain.

Upon his marriage to Maria Loreto Alviso in 1784, Luís transferred from the Monterey
Presidio of Monterey, California

The Presidio of Monterey, located in Monterey, California, is an active United States Army installation. Currently it is the home of the Defense Language Institute ....
 to the San Francisco Company
Presidio of San Francisco

The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area....
 serving with the Escolta (guards) at Mission Santa Clara
Mission Santa Clara de Asís

Mission Santa Clara de As?s was founded on January 12, 1777 and named for Clare of Assisi, the founder of the order of the Order of Poor Ladies....
, Mission San José
Mission San José

Mission San Jos? de Guadalupe was founded on June 11, 1797 on a site located in the "Fremont, California#Mission San Jose District" of Fremont, California in the "Valley of San Jos?." The settlement was the site of the first Ceasarian section childbirth in Alta California....
 and as corporal of the guard at Mission Santa Cruz
Mission Santa Cruz

Skyler Rae Baker:Other missions bearing the name 'Santa Cruz' include the Spanish missions in Texas#Mission Santa Cruz de San Sab?and the Spanish missions in Texas#Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz in Texas,along with Spanish missions in Florida located throughout the Florida....
. Phyllis Filiberti Butler records, in her book, The Valley of Santa Clara, Historic Buildings, 1792-1920, that after an attack on the priest and majordomo of Mission San José in 1805, "he led the full garrison from the fort at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
 into the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
 in pursuit of the Indians." Surprising the Indians in their village, Peralta won a swift victory, which enhanced his reputation. Then a sergeant, he was honored by appointment as comisionado in charge of Pueblo San José in 1807, the highest military and civilian official. Don Peralta held this position until 1822, when the position ended with Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
's independence from Spain.

In 1804, he moved into what is now known as the Peralta Adobe
Peralta Adobe

The Peralta Adobe is the oldest building in San Jose, California, United States. It is named after Lu?s Mar?a Peralta, its most famous resident....
, the oldest building in San José. In 1820, he was rewarded for his long service with the Rancho San Antonio land grant. He never lived on the rancho, however, but his four sons, Hermenegildo Ignacio
Ignacio Peralta

Hermenegildo Ignacio Peralta was a Spain settler in California, the eldest son of Don Lu?s Mar?a Peralta. He was the owner of the Peralta Home in San Leandro, California, which was built on the southerly portion of Rancho San Antonio , the land grant his father received from Governor Pablo Vicente de Sol? in 1820....
, José Domingo, Antonio María, and José Vicente, did. In 1842 he split the rancho among them, leaving his five daughters his cattle
Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
, his adobe
Adobe

Adobe is a natural building material made from sand, clay, and water, with some kind of fibrous or organic material , which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun....
, and the land on which it sat. He died in 1851 in San José.

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