Juan Hernandez & Petrolina Sanchez

Name: Juan Hernandez

Ship: La Victoria

Birth: Ingenio, Gran Canaria[4]

Father: Juan Hernandez[2]  

Mother: Ana de Castro[2]  

Wife: Petrolina Sanchez
Birth: Aguimes Gran Canaria[4]

History

Juan left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in Oct 22, 1778, sailing on La Victoria and landed in New Orleans on Jan 14, 1779 with his wife Petrolina.[1]   He arrived at the Galveztown settlement.

He is listed from Ingenio and she is listed as  from Aguimes in the marriage investigation of their daughter, Maria Ysabel.[4] 

Petronila died and is buried at Galveztown on December 23, 1787.[2]  Juan remarried to Gregoria Ruano, widow of Blas de Aleman and daughter of Christoval Ruano and Francisca Gomez, on September 30, 1789 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  

NOTE:  Juan Hernandez and Petrolina Sanchez are NOT believed to be the same as Juan Angel Hernandez and Gregoria Sanchez of Galveztown. 

 

Children

1. Maria Ysabel (b.1780)
2. Josef (b. 1783)
3. Angela Sanchez (b.1784)
4. Antonio Ysidoro (b.1786)
5. Lucia (b. 1787)

Daughter Maria Ysabel was born November 19, 1780 and baptized August 12, 1791 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  She married Fransisco Masias, son of Luis Masias and Tomasa de Borges, on May 1, 1797 at the Galveztown settlement.[2,4]  

Son Josef was born October 19, 1783 and baptized July 19, 1791 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  He married Maria Silva, daughter of Antonio Silva and Maria Suarez, on December 1, 1804 at the Galveztown settlement.[3]  They moved to "Spanish Town" in Baton Rouge and continued to have children.[3]  

Daughter Angela Sanchez was born March 25, 1784 and baptized July 17, 1791 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  She married Francisco Masias, son of Luis and Tomasa Masias, on Feb 4, 1799 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  

Son Antonio Ysidoro was born April 4, 1786 and baptized April 20, 1786 at the Galveztown settlement.[2]  

Daughter Lucia was born and baptized in 1787.[2]  

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. St. Bernard Parish Church, Galveztown, LA, GAL-BMF 1783-1803.  GAL-BMF 49+52-113

Antonio Acosta & Maria Perez

 Name: Antonio Acosta
Ship: La Victoria
Birth:  Aguimes, Gran Canaria

Wife: Maria Damiana Perez [Perera]

History

Antonio left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in Oct 22, 1778, sailing on La Victoria and landed in New Orleans on Jan 14, 1779 with his wife Maria and children Andrea, Lorenzo, Domingo, Francisco, Blas and Maria.[1]   He arrived at the Valenzuela settlement.

Antonio and Maria are listed in the Spanish census of 1788 along Bayou Lafourche next to Pedro Caballero and Juan de Aleman.[5]  Antonio died in 1802 and buried January 16, 1802 at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  

Children

1. Andrea[Andres?]  (b. 1770)
2. Lorenzo (b. 1764)
3. Domingo (b. 1765)
4. Francisco (b. 1768)
5. Blas (b.1770)
6. Maria (b. 1763)

Son Andres married Josefa de Orta.[2]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement. 

NOTE: Andres is not listed on the La Victoria ship list. It is most likely Andres, listed as the daughter "Andrea", was transcribed erroneously.  It is also possible that Andres was an older son, that arrived in Louisiana on a different ship.

Son Lorenzo married Juana Hernandez, daughter of Sebastien Hernandez and Teresa Lopez.2  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement.  Lorenzo died March 9, 1825 and was buried March 10, 1825 in Plattenville.[4]  

Son Domingo married Marcelina Truxillo, daughter of Domingo Truxillo and Catharina Dominguez of La Gomera, on February 27, 1786 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  

Son Blas married Maria Manuela Plasencia, daughter of Gaspar de Plasencia & Melchora Gabriela Barrosa(?), on October 30, 1791 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement.  Blas died and buried on May 5, 1824 in Donaldsonville.[4]  

NOTE: Maria is believed to have married Pablo Navarro of La Mancha, Spain.  There is no marriage record to confirm this.  There are no baptism records that identify Pablo's wife as Maria, daughter of Antonio Acosta and Maria Damiana Perera.   However, Andres Acosta is the sponsor in many of their children's baptisms.  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, p2-5
3. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p2-4
4. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v4, p1-4
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