- Mission San Jose was founded by Father Fermin Francisco de Lausen.
- Mission San Jose was named after Saint Joseph.
- Saint Joseph was the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus.
- The site chosen for Mission San Jose was overrun by Ohlone indians.
- The work day for the men and women was about six hours.
- The men and women had 90 days of vacation each year because of holidays and religious holidays.
- Adobe bricks weighed about 55 pounds.
- In 1832 the mission's 12,000 cattle, 13,000 horses, and 12,000 sheep roamed from San Jose all the way to present day Oakland.
- It was the only mission on the east side of San Francisco bay.
- By 1810, there were about 550 indians living at the San Jose
Mission. - In 1833, leadrship of the mission was given to Mexican church leader Friar Rubio.
- At the end of the Mexican war, California was given to th United States of
America. - In the later part of the 1850, the U.S.A. gave the misson the church and some of the land surrounding
it back to the mission. - An earthquake broke the mission on October 21, 1868