{{short description|Spanish-born Californio politician}} {{Distinguish|José Noriega (Florida politician)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = José Noriega | image = José_Noriega_(Mayor_of_San_Jose).jpg | caption = Portrait c. 1850 | office1 = Alcalde of San José | term1 = 1839 | predecessor1 = Dolores Pacheco | successor1 = Dolores Pacheco | birth_date = 19 March 1796 | birth_place = Asturias, Spain | death_date = 30 May 1869 (aged 83) | death_place = San Jose, California | burial = | party = | spouse = | profession = Ranchero, alcalde }}
Don '''José Noriega''' (March 19, 1796 – May 30, 1869) was a Spanish-born Californio ranchero and politician. He served as Alcalde of San José (mayor) and was a prominent landowner in the San Francisco Bay Area.
==Biography== Noriega was born on 19 March 1796 in Asturias, Spain.<ref>The United States Vs. Andres Castillero V1: New Almaden, Transcript Of The Record (1859)</ref> He emigrated to Alta California as part of the Híjar-Padrés colony in 1834.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/lifeandadventure012526mbp The Life And Adventures In California Of Don Agustín Janssens 1834-1856]</ref>
Noriega served as Alcalde of San José (mayor) for a one term in 1839.<ref name="History of California, Volume XX">Bancroft, Hubert Howe. ''History of California: 1825-1840'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. {{ISBN|978-1344073653}}; See pages 729-731</ref><ref name="History of California, Volume XIX">Bancroft, Hubert Howe. ''History of California: 1808-1824'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. {{ISBN|9789353603700}}; See pages 604-606</ref>
Noriega was the grantee of numerous rancho grants, including Rancho Los Méganos in 1835, Rancho Las Positas in 1839, and Rancho Quito in 1841.<ref>Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco</ref><ref>[https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/DocsForms/Documents/HHP_201202_Historic_Context.pdf Santa Clara County - Historic Context Statement]</ref> He purchased Rancho Cañada de los Vaqueros in 1847.
He died on 30 May 1869 and is buried at Oak Hill Memorial Park.
==Personal life== He was married to Manuela Fernández de Noriega, daughter of José Zenon Fernandez, who also came with Híjar-Padrés colony in 1834.<ref>William H. Ellison, 1953, ''The Life And Adventures In California Of Don Agustin Janssens, 1834–1856''</ref><ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5489q3d4/?layout=metadata&brand=oac Jose Noriega (ca. 1850) ]</ref><ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2v19q1z3/?layout=metadata&brand=oac Manuela Fernandez Noriega (ca. 1850)]</ref> They had one daughter Enedina Noriega, who was married to José Villar.
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