Domingo Truxillo & Catalina Maria

 Name: Domingo Truxillo
Ship: San Juan Nepomuceno
Birth: La Gomera

Wife: Catalina Maria (Dominguez)

History

Domingo left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in Dec 9, 1778 sailing on the San Juan Nepomuceno and landed in New Orleans on July 1779 with his wife Catalina and his children Antonio, Jose, Juan and Marcelina.1   He arrived at the Valenzuela settlement. 

Catalina is listed as Catalina Dominguez in the marriage of her son Juan.2  

Children

1. Antonio Domingo (b. 1764)
2. Marcelina (b. 1771)
3. Jose (b. 1772)
4. Juan (b. 1775)

Son Antonio married Maria Dominguez, daughter of Manuel Dominguez and Juana Dominguez of Tenerife, on August 30, 1784 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Valenzuela settlement.2  Antonio is listed in the 1788 Spanish Census of Bayou Lafourche with his brother Jose living with him.5  They continued to have children in the Valenzuela settlement.

Daughter Marcelina married Domingo Acosta, son of Antonio de Acosta and Damiana Perera, on February 27, 1786 in the Valenzuela settlement.2  They continued to have children in the Valenzuela settlement.

Son Juan married Maria Falcon, daughter of Gaspar Falcon and Francisca DeNiz, on June 19, 1799 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.2  They continued to have children in the Valenzuela settlement.

References

1. Gilbert C. Din, The Canary Islanders of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press
2. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p708-709
3. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, 840-841
4. General Census of the Inhabitants Established in Lafourche 1791, Legajo 202, p153, Archivo General de Indias - Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Seville, Spain.  Reprinted in Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., compiler, Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche Louisiana Census Records 1770-1798, 532 Manhattan Boulevard, Harvey, Louisiana 70058, 
5. General Census of the Inhabitants Established in Lafourche 1788, Legajo 201, Archivo General de Indias - Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Seville, Spain. Reprinted in Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., compiler, Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche Louisiana Census Records 1770-1798, 532 Manhattan Boulevard, Harvey, Louisiana 70058