On 25 October 1810 at San Ildefonso Parish in the City of Jaén was baptised Francisca Millana, daughter of “Diego Gascirizu” and his wife Francisca Neimanovna, both stated to be natives of “Calin”, Poland. The godmother was María Francisca Ocáriz (or Utáriz?), Marquise of Navasequilla. Sadly my language skills do not extend to Polish so…
Ceiling of Málaga Cathedral. Photo by Matthew Hovious In 1776, “Don Guillermo Ybuelin” of “Southampton in the county of Hampshire, England” son of Don “Mateo Ybuelin” and Doña “Ysabel Sivers” married, at the Sagrario chapel of Málaga city cathedral, Josefa Mandly, a native of Málaga, daughter of Don Mathias Mandly and Doña Isabel Rosa de…
The church of San Jorge, La Coruña [photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC-BY-SA] On 13 May 1812 at La Coruña’s parish of San Jorge, a boy named Juan Francisco Pedro Regalado Tark was baptised. His parents were named as Jorge Pedro Tark and Isabel Hovié, both natives of the parish of St Mary Magdalene in…
On 7th July 1717 at the Cathedral in Tarragona, Balthazar Plunkett, 1st Lieutenant in Diego ‘Magdonel”s company of the Vendome Infantry Regiment, a native of Gibstoun in Ireland and the son of ‘Don Joan Plunquet’ deceased and ‘Doña Rosa Plunquet i Dilon’, married Teresa Fitón of Tortosa, the daughter of Dr. Francisco Fitón, deceased physician,…
At La Coruña’s parish of Santiago on 10 April 1613, Manuel, son of “Guillermo Salder”, described as an English gentleman, and his wife “Doña _na” was baptised. The godparents’ surnames were abbreviated as “Spta”, and they were stated to be Manuel de “Spta”, Veedor y Contador de la presente de guerra, and his sister Doña…
On 15 January 1809, Joseph Pritchard, son of Robert Pritchard native of ‘Bicksan’ in Denbighshire & his wife Anna Robinson, native of ‘Lincon’ in Lincolnshire, and said to be a parishioner of its parish of St Sebastian, was baptised at La Coruña’s parish of San Nicolás. The record notes that the father was in Spain…
On 5 June 1806 at Ferrol’s parish of San Julián, the chaplain of the Navarra Regiment of Volunteers christened a child Felipe Marcelino, the son of Don Maximilian Chase, musician of said regiment, and Doña Martina Pien. The child’s paternal grandparents were stated as José Chase, native of Germany, and Ana María Ulbrich, from Corcubión…
On 4 January 1759, Ana Donovan (also written once as Inés Donovan, so perhaps actually Agnes?) aged 54, native of Kilkenny, died in Cádiz, her burial taking place the next day. On 30 January 1759 Maria Dodd, aged 47, native of the parish de “Butifinensis” in County Cork, Ireland, the widow of “Guillermo Shee” (William…
On 18th November 1725 at Málaga’s church of San Juan Bautista, Gabriel O’Reilly married Elizabeth Dymock. He was born at Troyes (France), the son of Michael O’Reilly and Mary Tallon; she was from “Dunan” (Doonan?), Ireland, the daughter of Francis Dymock and Catherine Quigly. This couple had at least one child; a boy, Miguel Máximo,…
An entry in the baptism register for the Cathedral of Caracas (Venezuela) refers to the baptism in December of 1823 of Juan Jesús María, born on 30th May of that year, son of Dr Juan Geagan and Felipa Outlaw. No particulars of Dr Geagan’s origin are given in the baptism entry, but he must be…