Maria Francesca DeNis (abt. 1752 - 1835)

Born about 1752 in Los Llanos, Gran Canaria Islands, Spain

Wife of Gaspar Falcon — married 30 Sep 1773 in San Juan Bautista de Telde Roman Catholic Church, Los Llanos, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1835 at about age 83 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Born in the Canary Islands of Spain about 1752, Maria Francesca Matheo de Nis with her husband Gaspard Falcon and two children emigrated from the Canary Islands to Louisiana aboard the frigate San Ignacio De Loyola, sailing from Santa Cruz De Tenerife on October 29, 1778:

Bachelors and Married Recruits with their Families Who Embarked on the Frigate San Ignacio De Loyola, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, October 29, 1778:

Gaspar Falcon

Francesca Matheo, wife

Juan, son, 4

Miguel, son, 2^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Sidney Louis Villere, "The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783" (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Col, Inc., 1997)p. 16 (image 29 of 107)
2. ↑ "Passenger Lists of Canary Islanders Sailing to Louisiana 1778-1783," Wade Falcon.com
3. ↑ "The Story of Jesse Neese and Carrie Falcon", Billy Joe Neese (Monroe, Louisiana: Central Printers and Publishers West, 2009) p. 237; citing Gilbert C. Din, "The Canary Islanders of Louisiana"( LSU Press) p. 221.
4. ↑ San Juan Bautista de Telde Church Records Libro 7, de Matrimonio (May 1768-Jun 1775) Folio 133, nr 375, Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Telde, Plaza de San Juan, Gran Canaria, Spain.
5. ↑ "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records," Vol 5, 1830-1839 (BR, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 193

   DENYS, Francisca, age 83 yrs., widow of omitted Falcon, bur. 21 Sept. 1835 (ASC-4,271)

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/34649048/person/320246855976/facts : accessed 5 October 2018), profile for Maria Francesca Matheos DeNis.
• Regarding her names, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs. It would appear that her name may have been Francesca Matheo de Nis (Matheo her father's and Nis her mother's-- the de in lieu of a hyphen)
• Please retrieve actual source citations from Francisca at WadeFalcon.com