Juan Curbelo (Tejano settler)

Juan Curbelo (1680 - 1760) was a Spanish politician who served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1737 and 1739. His family arrived in San Antonio from the Canary Islands in 1731 with other Canarian families to bring order and populate the region.

Biography

Juan Curbelo was born 1680 in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain[1] and was son of Domingo Curbelo y María Martín Enríquez. [2]He arrived to San Antonio, Texas, in 1731, along to others Spanish settlers of the Canary Island for repopulate the region. In 1737, he served as mayor of San Antonio and more late, in 1739, he renewed the charge.[2] He married Gracia Perdomo y Umpienres.[1] Juan Curbelo and his wife had five children: José, Juan Francisco (born in La Palma Canarian island), Mariana (born in Lanzarote), Juana and María Curbelo.[2] He died in 1760 in La Villa de San Fernando (San Antonio) de Béxar.[1]

His son, José Curbelo, was mayor of San Antonio three times: 1746, 1751 and 1757.[2] His daughter Maria Ana married with alguacil Vicente Álvarez Travieso[1] and his granddaughter Maria Jesusita Curbelo married the future mayor of San Antonio (between the thirties and forties of the nineteenth century) John William Smith.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 bexargenealogy:Juan Curbelo
  2. 1 2 3 4 Balbuena Castellano, José Manuel. "La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana" (The odyssey of the Canarians in Texas and Louisiana). Chapter IV (Organización de los Isleños); (ed) 2007,editorial: Anroart Ediciones.
  3. ↑ Zelime Vance Gillespie II, John William Smith: Soldier, Messenger, Patriot
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