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This page has been created to preserve the legacy of the Recruit and Family members who traveled from the Canary Islands destined for Louisiana. If you would like to contribute or add additional information, please contact us at the following address.

Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society of St. Bernard

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We would be happy to add your contribution and any verified source material to this page for your family members.

Josef Bermudez  his family departed Santa Cruz, Tenerife on the Frigate San Ignacio de Loyola on October 29, 1778 destined for Louisiana.

The family arrived in the settlement of Galveztown and received supplies on March 27, 1779.

Ship: San Ignacio de Loyola

• Josef Bermudes – Listed as Bermudez on the Supply list and Master list for Galveztown.
• Maria Ramires
• Catalina (Daughter 3M – b. abt 1778)

Note: There is a note on the supply list ” A Daughter died on September 3, 1779″.

Note: In the New Orleans Archdiocese (Vol. 4 1784-1790), there is a birth record record as follows. BERMUDES (BERMUDEZ) – Catharina Antonia (Josef and Maria Ramirez, natives of the Canary Islands), b. Apr. 20, 1786, bn. Mar. 27, 1786, s. Miguel SAEZ and Ysbael VIERA, natives of the Canary Islands (SBGAL, B4, 8).

Note: Family narrative and research by Jimmy Faust and Bill Hyland.