Francisco Antonio (Gonzales) Gonzales Absar (abt. 1740)

Born about 1740 in Canary Islands, Spain

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Louisiana, New Spain [uncertain]

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Biography

Francisco Antonio (Gonzales) Gonzales Absar has Spanish ancestors.

Francisco Antonio Gonzales Absar was born about 1740^[1] in the Canary Islands, Spain. He married Antonia Francisca Absar (~1740 - ) in 1770.

Their known children were:

1. Francisco Gonzales Absar, II (1772 - )^[2]
2. Lorenzo Gonzales Absar (1776)
3. Maria Gonzales Absar (1777)
4. Phelipe Gonzales Absar (1779)

Francisco Antonio (Gonzales) Gonzales Absar migrated from Spain to Louisiana -1778.

In 1778, he and his wife and four children were listed among "Recruits and Their Families Who Embarked on December 9, 1778 on Board the San Juan Nepomuceno Under the Command of Captain Don Domingo Morera," arriving at the port of New Orleans in 1779.^[1]

Francisco Antonio died at an unknown date in Louisiana.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Excerpt from: Sidney Louis Villere, The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783, (Genealogical.com, Inc., 1997) p.55;

   DECEMBER 9, 1778

   "Relatives to the recruits in garrison who were married or single, destined for Havana so as to embark on December 9, 1778 for the Port of New Orleans on the Spanish packer San Juan Nepomuceno."

   Arrival Year: 1779

   Arrival Place: New Orleans, Louisiana

   Family Members:

   Self: Francisco

   Wife: Antonia F Absar

   1. Son: Francisco 7 (1772)
   2. Son: Lorenzo 3 (1776)
   3. Daughter: Maria 2 (1777)
   4. Son: Phelipe 1 mos (1779)

   Primary Immigrant: Gonzales, Francisco Antonio, b. c.1740

2. ↑ Place: New Orleans, Louisiana; Year: 1779; Page Number: 55; U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.