Descriptive Summary
Canary Islanders
Canary Islanders Records
1730-1734
Materials are written in Spanish and
English.
8 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Orders, acknowledgments, inventories,
and reports relate to the equipping of 56 settlers sent by Spain from the Canary
Islands and their subsequent settlement at San Fernando de Béxar, the first
regularly organized civil government in Texas.
Historical Sketch
On February 14, 1719, the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo proposed to transport 400
families from the Canary Islands, Galicia, and Havana to populate Texas. The king of
Spain approved the plan, and by 1730 twenty-five families from the Canary Islands
had reached Cuba and ten more families, which increased by marriages to 15, had been
sent from the Islands to Veracruz before orders from Spain to stop the movement
arrived. The 15 families of 56 individuals formed San Fernando de Béxar, the first
regularly organized civil government in Texas. These Canary Island emigrants became
the root from whence many of the old San Antonio families descend.
Source: Handbook of Texas
Online, s.v. Canary Islanders,
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/poc1.html (accessed May 19,
2010)
Scope and Contents
The Canary Islanders Records, 1730-1734, relate to the equipping of 56 settlers sent
by Spain from the Canary Islands and their subsequent settlement at San Fernando de
Béxar, now San Antonio. The records include orders, acknowledgments, inventories,
and a report in the form of photocopies of Spanish originals, typed transcripts, and
typed English translations.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera, marqués de,
1677-1734
Villegas Puente, Manuel Angel
Subjects
Canary Islanders--Texas
Texas--Emigration and immigration
Canary Islands-- Emigration and immigration
Places
San Antonio (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
Canary Islanders Records, 1730-1734, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Related MaterialSee also
Marquis de Aguayo Papers, 1720-1722
Forms part of the
Spanish Materials from Various Sources Collection, 1600-1921.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2Q232
Volume 723, Report of Manuel Angel Villegas Puente,
1730-1734
2Q232
Volume 724, Report of Manuel Angel Villegas Puente, Haggard’s
translation
2Q232
Volume 725, Canary Islanders who settled in San Antonio,
1731
2Q232
Volume 726, Canary Islanders who settled in San Antonio,
Transcript
2Q232
Volume 727, Canary Islanders who settled in San Antonio,
Haggard’s translation