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Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:23 pm to UFFan
Family names in Ascension Parish.
Diaz
Diez
Gonzales
Martinez
Ruiz
etc. etc.
Diaz
Diez
Gonzales
Martinez
Ruiz
etc. etc.
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Galveztown (/'gælv?zta?n/), or Villa de Gálvez, is a ghost town located at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and the Amite River in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.[2][1][3][4] Galveztown was established in 1778 with the settlement of Canary Islanders colonists and Anglo-Americans fleeing the American Revolutionary War. Due to deplorable conditions and disease, the settlement was eventually abandoned and many residents fled to Spanish Town in 1806. Some former residents remained in the area and established the community of Gálvez, Louisiana during the first half of the nineteenth century.[1]
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By the beginning of 1786, more than half of the houses in Galveztown had been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. A number of residents petitioned Governor Miró for permission to leave the community with many wishing to go to the Isleño community of San Bernardo.[St, Bernard Parish]
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With the Louisiana Purchase, many of the Isleños chose to abandon the settlement. Many of them wished to remain within Spanish territory and so they fled primarily to Baton Rouge and established the neighborhood of Spanish Town.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:28 pm to Epaminondas
I knew about how a lot of the Cubans here in Fla are descended from Canary Islanders, but I didn't know the same is true about the Spanish people in Louisiana.
Anyway, can you really describe people of Canarian descent as white? I mean, the Canary Islands are almost off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Spanish Canarians are supposed to have bred pretty heavily with the native Guanches there.
Anyway, can you really describe people of Canarian descent as white? I mean, the Canary Islands are almost off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Spanish Canarians are supposed to have bred pretty heavily with the native Guanches there.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:30 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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Romero
Came here to post that. Also Falcon.
Manuel too.
Louisiana is a fricking hodge podge. Add Creole, add those curly white boy “Jew Fros” from descendants of the orphan trains who a ton of them were Jews. Some old photos of mine and my wife’s relatives look really Italian. Maybe some Italians were on the orphan trains. Or if they moved they just took Cajun names to blend in.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:39 pm to UFFan
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How many white people in Louisiana have Spanish last names?
I don’t know, at least 8.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:54 pm to danilo
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Maybe they ain’t white after all
My last name comes from Spain and I can assure you that I am white.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:04 pm to duckblind56
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As governor of Louisiana, Esteban Rodríguez Miró had Fort Miro built in 1791.[6] Fort Miro changed its name to Monroe to commemorate the first arrival of the steamboat James Monroe in the spring of 1820.[7] The ship's arrival was the single event, in the minds of local residents, that transformed the outpost into a town.
Credit for the name is indirectly given to James Monroe of Virginia, the fifth President of the United States, for whom the ship was named. The steamboat is depicted in a mural at the main branch of the Ouachita Parish Public Library.
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Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas (Texas) on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1721 to 1773. It included a Franciscan mission, San Miguel de Cuéllar de los Adaes,[3] and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes). The name Adaes derives from the indigenous Adai people, members of the Caddoan confederacy of Indians who were the people the missionaries aimed to convert to Christianity. The presidio and mission were established to counter French influence in Louisiana territory and defend New Spain (Mexico, including Texas) from possible invasion or encroachment by the French. In 1763 Louisiana came under the control of Spain and the Los Adaes outpost was no longer necessary for defense. In 1773 the Spanish closed the mission and presidio and forced the population to move to San Antonio.
The site, now preserved in the state-run Los Adaes State Historic Site, is located on Louisiana Highway 485 in present-day Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
Take that, Texans!
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:08 pm to Jim Rockford
Romero, Segua, Lopez, Migues, Ruiz....
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:08 pm to TDsngumbo
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My wife
pic?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:12 pm to waiting4saturday
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I can tell someone doesn't know anything about who lives in Spain.
Spaniards are generally considered white.
Mexicans are not, as they are mostly descended from Native American tribes.
Unlike gender, race is certainly on a spectrum.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:15 pm to UFFan
Ruiz (roo-eze) started to pronounced (rhu-ez).
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:15 pm to UFFan
Acosta is another one. From Spanish canary islands.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:15 pm to UFFan
quote:I don’t know about the genetics of the original Isleno settlers in Louisiana. They arrived a very long time ago, so anyone of Isleno descent today almost certainly has other white/European ancestry as well.
Anyway, can you really describe people of Canarian descent as white? I mean, the Canary Islands are almost off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Spanish Canarians are supposed to have bred pretty heavily with the native Guanches there.
Also, in other areas, the ancestors of people with Spanish surnames/of Spanish descent were from Spain proper.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:21 pm to Ping Pong
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Spaniards are generally considered white.
In the days before the Umayyad Caliphate they were,
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:23 pm to UFFan
I bet like......25 or 30, at least.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:24 pm to 777Tiger
Next time online do some research on the Moorish Conquest of Spain.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:27 pm to 777Tiger
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New Iberia board
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:30 pm to UFFan
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This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:32 pm to UFFan
St Bernard is where the Islenos settled. We have a large population of Spanish and Italian names in Da Parish. The Italians came mainly from the French Quarter where they originally settled when they first arrived
Judge Perez is Islenos and from St Bernard
Judge Perez is Islenos and from St Bernard
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:57 pm to UFFan
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Africa
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