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Spanish nobleman calls for settlement of Texas
On this day in 1729, the Marqués de Aguayo proposed to the king of Spain
that 400 families be transported from the Canary Islands, Galicia, or
Havana to populate the province of Texas. Eventually some fifteen families
from the Canary Islands came to Texas.The first of the Canary Islanders
arrived at Presidio San Antonio de Béxar on March 9, 1731. The immigrants
formed the nucleus of the villa of San Fernando de Béxar, the first
regularly organized civil government in Texas. Several of the old families
of San Antonio trace their descent from the Canary Island colonists.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- CANARY ISLANDERS
- SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR PRESIDIO
- SAN ANTONIO, TX
- SAN FERNANDO DE BEXAR
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
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