Re: Alvarez from Galicia/Cuba/South Florida
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Alvarez from Galicia/Cuba/South Florida
Jorge Alvarez 12/13/02
I found the following and thought it may be of interest to you------
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Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish-born physician and wealthy member of the East Florida Society in London which was formed in 1766, conceived a plan to bring colonists of Greek, Italian, Minorcan and Turkish origins to Florida in the hopes of cultivating the land. Great Britain had acquired Florida around 1763.
The Turnbull venture: On March 31, 1768, a fleet consisting of the below-mentioned eight ships left Mahon, Minorca with over 1400 passengers. The fleet arrived in Gibraltar on April 3, 1768, then left Gibraltar on April 17, 1768. Of the 1403 passengers who had left Gibraltar, only 1,255 managed to reach the coast of East Florida as 148 of them perished on the high seas. Three children were born at sea: Eulalia Elquina (Alzina); Antonia Arnau; and Benito Buenaventura (unknown parents).
Four of the ships which carried some 700 immigrants, arrived in St. Augustine, Florida on June 26, 1768. The other four vessels had been carried off course by strong currents, but they eventually reached St. Augustine little by little, arriving one after the other, during the month of July, 1768.
AMERICAN SOLDIER 145
BETSEY 120
CHARMING BETSEY 232
ELISABETH 190
FRIENDSHIP 198
HENRY & CAROLINA 142
HOPE 150
NEW FORTUNE 226
TOTAL: 1,403 (men, women, and children)
SOURCES FROM WHICH THE INFORMATION BELOW WAS COLLECTED
1. Roman Catholic Records, St. Augustine Parish - White Baptisms 1784 through 1799.
2. Mullet on the Beach - The Minorcans of Florida 1768-1788 by Patricia C. Griffin. Published by University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
3. The Minorcans of Florida - Their History, Language and Culture by Philip D. Rasico. Published by Luthers, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
4. The Italians in Colonial Florida - A Repertory of Italian Families Settled in Florida under the Spanish (1513-1762, 1784-1821) and British (1762-1784) Regimes, by Bruno Roselli
5. Pioneers of Florida’s First Coast compiled by The Southern Genealogist’s Exchange Society of Jacksonville, Florida. Published by The Gregath Publishing Company.
Names of immigrants listed below have been spelled in many different ways.
NAME ; ORIGIN
Alvarez, Geronimo Asturias, Spain
Blanco, Josepha Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain
Bosquet, Juan Joseph Spain
Colomines, Juan Catalonia, Spain
de Almanza, Manuel Sevilla, Spain
de Almanza, Mariano Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain
de Entralgo, Francisco Antonio Asturias, Spain
de la Maza Arredondo, Fernando Spain
de Lasaga, Mariano Navarra, Spain
de Los Hijuelos, Catalina de Jesus Asturias, Spain
de Mora, Diego Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain
Guitierez/Gutierez, Juan Santander, Spain
Marin, Francisco Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Muraga, Francisco Montilla, Andalucia, Spain
Nuges/Nugues, Gregorio Catalonia, Spain
Palma, Antonio Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain
Reig, Enric Catalonia, Spain
Roche, Franciscus Catalonia, Spain
Rodriguez, Juan Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Rosello, Juan Gibraltar, Spain
Rosello, Sebastian Gibraltar, Spain