Manuel Dominguez & Juana Francisca Dominguez

Name: Manuel Dominguez

Ship: San Ignacio de Loyola

Birth: November 13, 1717 - Icod el Alto, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Father: Juan Dominguez

Mother: Maria Luis Hernandez

Wife: Juana Francisca Dominguez

Father: Felipe Francisco Moreno Hernandez

Mother: Clara Francisca Dominguez

DID: IL114

History

Manuel married Juana Francisca Dominguez, daughter of Felipe Francisco Hernandez and Clara Francisca Dominguez, on May 20, 1759 at Our Lady of the Conception in Realejo de Abajo, Tenerife.7 Manuel and Juana were given a dispensation by the bishop in 1759 for the 4th degree consanguinity deriving from blood relatives in two ancestral lines.  His son Felipe Jacob, born may 14, 1764 died before the family left for Louisiana and was buried September 8, 1768 in Icod el Alto.

Manuel left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in 29 Oct 1778 sailing on the San Ignacio de Loyola and landed in New Orleans on Jan 9, 1779 with his wife Juana and children Antonio, Agustin, Maria, and Jose.1   He resided at the Barataria settlement.4  

San Ignacio de Loyola ship list
October 28, 1778

The Barataria settlers suffered great hardships and many requested to leave for other nearby Isleño settlements in Louisiana.  In 1782, the "libro" notes that this family was moved to the Valenzuela settlement.4  

Children

1. Antonio Vicente (b. July 19, 1759)[5]
2. Agustin Jose de la Concepcion (b. August 28, 1761)[6]
3. Maria Luisa (b. May 9, 1767)[7]
4. Jose Roberto (b. March 27, 1774)[8]

Son Antonio was born July 19, 1759 in Icod el Alto, Tenerife and baptized on July 29, 1759 at Our Lady of the Conception in Realejo de Abajo, Tenerife.5  He married Maria de Franques, daughter of Antonio de Franques and Margarita Perera.  They had children at the Valenzuela settlement.  He is listed in the 1782 and 1788, 1789, 1791, 1795, 1798 Spanish censuses of Lafourche.10  He died and was buried on November 1, 1807 in Plattenville.12   

Son Agustin was born August 28, 1761 in Icod el Alto, Tenerife and baptized on September 5, 1761 at Our Lady of the Conception in Realejo de Abajo, Tenerife.6  He married Lorenza Gonzales Carbo, daughter of Juan Francisco Gonzales Carbo and Andrea Augustina Ruiz.  They had children at the Valenzuela settlement.  He is listed in the 1782 and 1788, 1789, 1791, 1795, 1798 Spanish censuses of Lafourche.10   Agustin remarried Victorie Hebert, daughter of Pierre Hebert and Emelie Bourgeois, on May 14, 1807 at The Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.11  He died and was buried in Plattenville, Louisiana on August 31, 1817.9  

Daughter Maria Luisa was born May 9, 1767 in Icod el Alto, Tenerife and baptized on May 24, 1767 at Our Lady of the Conception in Realejo de Abajo, Tenerife.7  She married Antonio Domingo Truxillo, son of Domingo Truxillo and Catalina Maria Dominguez of La Gomera, on August 30, 1784 at the Valenzuela settlement.15  They had children at the Valenzuela settlement.  She died September 27, 1833 and was buried on September 28, 1833 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church at the Valenzuela settlement.13  

Son Jose was born March 27, 1774 in Icod el Alto, Tenerife and baptized on April 15, 1774 at Our Lady of the Conception in Realejo de Abajo, Tenerife.8    He died and was buried on February 23, 1811 in Donaldsonville.14   

References

1. Gilbert C. Din, The Canary Islanders of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, p220, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Edith Garland Dupre Library, PO Box 40199, Lafayette LA 70504.
2. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2
3. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3
4. "Libro Maestro P. sentar el cargo del dano. de la nueba Pob. Barataria". Legajo 548. Papeles de Cuba, AGI..  Reprinted in Historic Land Use Study Of A Portion Of The Barataria Unit Of The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park by Betsy Swanson. Part 1. January 15, 1988. 
5. Parish Archives of Our Lady of the Conception, Realejo de Abajo, 8th Book of Baptisms, folio 57v
6. Parish Archives of Our Lady of the Conception, Realejo de Abajo, 8th Book of Baptisms, folio 86.
7. Parish Archives of Our Lady of the Conception, Realejo de Abajo, 8th Book of Baptisms, folio unknown.
8. Parish Archives of Our Lady of the Conception, Realejo de Abajo, 9th Book of Baptisms, folio 101
9. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p271
10. Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 202.  Reprinted in Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I; Author: Robichaux, Jr., Albert J.; Publication: Polyanthos, 1977.
11. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p428
12. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p270
13. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v5, p202
14. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p270
15. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p245