Francisco Gonzales Corbo & Andrea Ruiz

Name: Juan Francisco Gonzales Corbo [Carbo]

Ship: Santisimo Sacramento

Birth: San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife[7] 

Father: Miguel Gonzales Corvo 

Mother: Feliciana Francisca Cocina.

Wife: Andrea Augustina Ruiz

Birth: San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife[7]  

History

Andrea is listed as "Andrea Augustina Ruiz" in the marriage record of daughter Cecilia.7  

Juan left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in July 10, 1778 sailing on the Santisimo Sacramento and landed in New Orleans on November 1, 1778 with his wife Andrea, children Cecilia, Lorenza, Maria, Rita, Andrea, Jose, Agustin, Domingo and Juana.1    He resided at the Valenzuela settlement after 1782, possibly after residing at the Terre-Aux-Boeuf settlement.2,3  

Children

1. Cecilia (b.1753)
2. Lorenza (b.1754)
3. Maria (b.1761)
4. Rita Antonia (b.1763)
5. Andrea (b.1765)
6. Jose (b.1769)
7. Agustin (b.1770)
8. Domingo (b.1775)
9. Juana (b.1778)

Daughter Cecilia married Francisco Martinez, son of Domingo Martinez and Maria Jacinta De Miranda of San Martiño de Mondoñedo, Galicia, Spain, on February 20, 1779 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.6,7  She died and was buried March 6, 1787 in New Orleans.8  

Daughter Lorenza married Juan Francisco Guzman, son of Joseph Francisco Guzman and Lucia Deniz of San Juan de la Rambla, on February 22, 1779 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.7  She remarried Agustin Dominguez, son of Manuel Dominguez and Juana Francisca Dominguez.2,3  

Daughter Maria married Jose Diaz, son of Julian Bonfacio Diaz and Theresa Dominguez.5  She died and was buried on April 25, 1798 at the Valenzuela settlement.4  

Daughter Rita married 1st Sarg. Sebastien Gonzales, son of Diego Gonzales and Maria La [Parra] of La Sierra de Arazena, Sierra Morena, Andalusia, Spain, on April 10, 1782 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.7  

Daughter Andrea married Manuel Hernandez, son of Sebastian Hernandez and Theresa de Jesus Suarez of Aguimes, Gran Canaria, on April 12, 1784 at The Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.4  

Son Jose married Maria Ravelo, daughter of Domingo Ravelo and Theresa Francisca of Tenerife, on July 2, 1794 at The Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.4  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement. 

Daughter Juana married Juan de Acosta, son of Cyprien de Acosta and Maria de Priora[?], on January 22, 1787 at The Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.10 She died and buried on May 31, 1827.9  

NOTE: Juana is listed as Juana Theresa Corbo in the baptism of her daughter Maria Carmelita Antonia.10  

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. Diocese of Baton Rouge Church Records.  Vol 2.
3. Diocese of Baton Rouge Church Records.  Vol 3.
4. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p175-176
5. Baptism of Joseph Antonio Diaz.  Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p241.
6. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 3. p203. 
7. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 3. p146.
8. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 4. p150.
9. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v4, p138
10. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p3-4