Tiburcio vasquez biography of mahatma gandhi

Californian bandit

Tiburcio Vásquez (April 11, – March 19, ) was a Californiobandido who was active in California from to The Vasquez Rocks, 40 miles (64&#;km) north of Los Angeles, were one of his many hideouts and are named after him.

Early life

Tiburcio Vásquez was born in Monterey, Alta California, Mexico (present-day California, United States) on April 11, to José Hermenegildo Vásquez and María Guadalupe Cantúa.^[1][2] In accordance with Spanish tradition, Vásquez's birth was celebrated on the saint’s feast day of his namesake, St.

Tiburtius; thus, he always referred to his birthday as August 11, ^[3] His great-grandfather came to Alta California with the De Anza Expedition of He grew up in a moderately well-off, middle-class family who owned land, granted to them by the Mexican government, due to his father’s military service as a Spanish soldier.

He spent plenty of time on his father’s and his Uncle Felipe Vásquez’s ra