Jose "Joe" Villanueva Ortega

Farm laborer.

Came to Arizona c1904.

Bought a small plot of farm land east of Tempe.

Worked on WPA projects through the 1930s.

Worked as zanjero for the City of Tempe, 1930-1952, specializing in the installation of water and sewer taps and irrigation system valves.

Lived at 1427 S. Farmer Avenue.

Josie Sanchez, genealogy notes

BIO-Ortega

BIO-Sanchez

Old Settlers collection, THM

TDN, Jan 1971

BIO-Ortega

Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe

Solliday, Journey to Rio Salado, p. 108