Juan Jose de la Guerra

Juan Jose de la Guerra

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Name: Juan Jose de la Guerra

Burial: 12-22-1940 Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Los Angeles Co., CA

Sex: M

Birth: 05-23-1847 in Mission Santa Barbara, Alta CA

Death: 12-19-1940 in Sawtelle Veteran's Home, Los Angeles Co., CA

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Per Huntington.org Baptism Records, http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=1878: Juan Jose de la Guerra was baptized 24 May 1847 [A ge 1 day old] Mission Presidio Santa Barbara #01813Y. Father stated as Francisco de la Guerra and mother is stated as Concepcion Sepulveda. Godparents are Josefa Moreno and Antonio Maria de la Guerr a. Officiant and Recorder is Jose Maria de Jesus Gonzalez.

Per 1850 U.S. Federal census Juan de la Guerra is living in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, born abt 1847 California Son

Per 1852 California State Census Juan De La Guerra is living in Santa Barbara County, age 5, born abt 1847 Upper California Son

Per 1860 U.S. Federal census Juan de la Guerra is living in Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California, born abt 1851 California Son

American Civil War Soldiers: Name:Juan Dela Guerra Enlistment Date: 25 Jul 186 4 Enlistment Place: Santa Barbara, California Side Served: Unio n State Served: California Service Record: Enlisted as a 1st Serge ant on 25 July 1864. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Battn Native Cavalry Regiment California on 25 Jul 1864. Mustered Out Company C, 1st Battn Native Cavalry Regiment California on 2 Apr 1866 at Presidio , San Francisco, CA. Sources: 56

From the Santa Barbara Tierra Adorada, A Brief History of Santa Barbara from Old Spanish Days to 1930, F-869.S5 S45: "However, the strongest civil leaders of the quiet little town ( Santa Barbara), although staunch Democrats like the majority of the Spanish Californians, believed in the cause of the Union. When Don Antonio Maria De la Guerra, accepted leader, former Mayor, Stat e Senator, came foward ardently for the Union, Santa Barbara's response resulted in the formation of a company of eighty-four volunteers for the Union. Eighty-three of them were Spanish Americans an d single American of the company, young Horace Robinson, spoke Spanish. Headquarters of the volunteers were taken up in an adobe house on Anacapa Street, not far from the famous De la Guerra mansion , out of which had come the strength of leadership and the fountainhead of enthusiasm for this patriotic effort. Able as well as handsome in his dashing way, Antonio Maria De la Guerra, by common con sent, became Captain. His nephew, Santiago De la Guerra, was First Lieutenant. The office of Second Lieutenant was filled by Porfirio Jimeno De la Guerra, a second nephew, while the Fourth Sergean t was a De la Guerra too. This was Juan, then a boy of only 17 years. Don Juan still lives today, last but one of the gallant company that marched out from Santa Barbara to save the Union in the sum mer of 1864. Juan had learned to speak English while at school at the old Santa Ynez College. Neither his uncle, the Captain, nor his brother and cousin, the Lieutenants, spoke anything but Spanish . Probably they were the only officers of the entire Union army who did not speak the language of the nation they offered themselves to preserve. So little Sergeant Juan bore the responsibility of s peaking for the entire staff. Unbelievable as it seems, these California caballeros started on their way to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara on foot, although many of them had never walked a mile entir e in their lives before. They were destined to become a cavalry company after they reached General Winfield Scott's headquarters in Wilmington, but as infantry they plodded wearily down the coast an d across the mountains to Los Angeles. One night on the way, the Company made camp in Cahuenga Pass, almost on the very spot where only seventeen years before Fremont, representing the nation they, a s Volunteers, were going to defend, had received the surrender of their fathers. Among the new troopers there were even some who had taken part in that contest against the "Yanquis." While the campf ires flickered, Francisco Lugo [Pvt. Francisco Maria de Lugo], an old man who had been for many years the servant of Sergeant Juan De la Guerra's father, Francisco De la Guerra, led the young office r to a large tree near an old adobe house. "I came here with your father," said the old man dramatically, "seventeen years ago, and here on this very spot I saw them sign the document that ended wa r between the Americans and the Californians. Here sat your father, here sat Don Andres Pico, and here sat General Fremont."

Per 1870 U.S. Federal census Juan de la Guerra is living in Township 2, Santa Barbara, California, born abt 1848 California Son, both parents born CA

Per 1880 U.S. Federal census Juan De La Guerra is living in San Buenaventura, Ventura, California, born abt 1847 California Son Single Ranchero, both parents born CA

Per 1884 Voter Registrations (1866-1898) Juan Jose de la Guerra is living in San Buenaventura, Ventura County, California, age 36, born abt 1848 California Ranchero. Registered 10 January 1884.

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934: Name: Juan J. Guerra State Filed: Californi a Date: 15 August 1891

Per 1900 U.S. Federal census Juan J. de la Guerra is living in Yorba, Orange, California, born May 1847 California Head Married Farmer, spouse name Ramona, both parents born CA [census states Juan ha s been married 4 years]

Per 1910 U.S. Federal census Juan J. de la Guerra is living in Yorba, Orange, California, born abt 1848 California Head Married Farmer-Home Farm, spouse name Romana, both parents born CA [census stat es Juan has been married 14 years]

Per 1920 U.S. Federal census Juan Jose de la Guerra is living in Yorba, Orange, California, born abt 1848 California Father-in-law Widow No Occupation, both parents born CA

Per 1930 U.S. Federal census Juan Jose de la Guerra is living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, born abt 1847 California Father-in-law Widowed Veteran of Military, both parents born CA [censu s states Juan was age 49 years old at marriage]

Los Angeles Times, 14 January 1940, 16:2: "Last of Ventura's Grand Army of the Republic Laid to Rest. Manuel F. García served with Famous Group. Only one surviving membe r of the famed cavalry companies, which quelled lawlessness threatening California during the Civil War, was left yesterday to mourn the death of Manuel García, 99, at Sawtelle. García, who was buri ed with full military honors in the Veterans' cemetery, had been the last member of the GAR in Ventura. His death placed Juan de la Guerra of Sawtelle as the only remaining member of the daring grou p of horseman, which maintained order in the Southwest during the Civil War. De la Guerra nearing 100, also is at Sawtelle."

Per CA Death Index Juan J. de la Guerra died 19 Dec 1940 Los Angeles, born 23 May 1847 California, mother's maiden name Sepulveda

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Father: Francisco Antonio Maria de Altagracia Guillermo de la Guerra b: 06-25-1817 in Mission Santa Barbara, Alta CA

Mother: Maria de la Concepción Sepulveda b: 11-29-1831 in Los Angeles Plaza Mission, Alta CA

Marriage 1 Maria Ramona Unknown b: 08-1846 in Mission San Gabriel, Alta CA?

Married: ABT 1896 in Yorba Linda, Orange Co., CA