José Antonio Aguirre, commonly known as Don Antonio Aguirre, was a Spanish-born Californio merchant and ranchero, active in the Southern Californian cities of San Diego and Santa Barbara.
Don José Antonio Aguirre
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William Heath "Kanaka" Davis Jr. was a merchant and trader in Alta California who helped to establish "New Town" in San Diego, California.
José Antonio Aguirre (early Californian)
…the late 1840s. In 1853, José Antonio Aguirre bought Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero from the estate of Miguel Pedrorena. In 1850, Aguirre joined William Heath Davis and Miguel Pedrorena (who was married to another Estudillo sister, Antonia) in an attempt to establish a new town, south of the existing town of San…
William Heath Davis in his youth
William Heath Davis in old age
William Heath Davis House today
William Heath Davis House, 227 Eleventh Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, CA HABS CAL,37-SANDI,2-5