Genealogical Oddities (XXXIII): A Scot in Settles Down in 19th Century Galicia
On 10 October 1850 in the Galician seaport of Carril, Juan Salvador Newport, stated to be a convert to Catholicism, a native of Scotland and the son of Juan, deceased, and Isabel ‘Magage’, married a Spanish girl named Josefa Barcia. This couple had at least one daughter, and her baptism record sheds additional light on…