José María Alviso

José María de Jesus Alviso (November 19, 1798 – June 18, 1853) was a Californio ranchero, soldier, and politician.

José María Alviso served as a soldier in the Spanish- and later Mexican military from 1819 to 1827.

[4] However, as Alviso descendant Bart Sepulveda pointed out, since the grantee of Rancho Milpitas had served as a soldier starting in 1819, a 12-year-old would be too young to be the person in question.

[5][6] Further clarification comes from the Supreme Court appeal United States v. Jose Antonio Alviso (1859).

The appeal mentions that Jose Maria Alviso who made petition in 1838 for the rancho was his brother.

The Jose Maria Alviso Adobe once the center of Rancho Milpitas as it appeared in 1920.