Angel Gomez & Lazara Maria

Name: Angel Gomez
Ship: San Juan Nepomuceno

Wife: Lazara Maria (Padilla)

History

Angel 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 Lasara and his children Antonio and Diego.1   He arrived at the Valenzuela settlement. 

On December 15, 1779, Deigo, Lazara, Antonio and Diego are listed in the Valenzuela libro maestro / cargo list index receiving raciones (rations).[4]  

Lazara is listed as "Lazara Padilla" in her children's baptisms and "Lazara Albares" in her daughters marriage record.[2,3]  

Children

1. Antonio Ramon (b. 1774)
2. Diego (b. 1776)
3. Maria Manuela (b.1788)
4. Thomas

Son Antonio married Maria Philipa Hernandez, widow of Juan Joseph Montecino, on December 26, 1795 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  

Son Diego married Maria Antonia Aleman, daughter of Juan Aleman and Juana Morales, on April 29, 1799 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement.  Maria Antonia died and was buried June 18, 1807 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[3].  He remarried Juana Acosta, daughter of Juan Acosta and Theresa Gonzales Carbo, on July 18, 1808 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Plattenville, LA.[3]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement. 

Daughter Maria was born and baptized July 22, 1788 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  She married Manuel Galindo, native of Los Angeles Parish, Mexico, on May 23, 1808 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Plattenville, LA.[3]  She died  and was buried November 30, 1810 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[3] 

Son Thomas married Josefa Hernandez, daughter of Bartolome Hernandez and Isabel Mendes, on April 26, 1802 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  He remarried Theresa Diaz, daughter of Joseph Diaz and Maria Gonzales, on September 17, 1807 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Valenzuela settlement.[3] 

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
3. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3
4. "Indice de las familias Isleñas que han .... la nueva Poblacion de Valenzuela". Archivo General de Indias, Seville,  Papeles de Cuba, Legajo 568, Microfilm copy seen at The Historic New Orelans Collection (HNOC) in New Orleans, La.