Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (1706 - unknown) was a Spanish politician who served as mayor of
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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in 1738 and 1764. His family arrived in San Antonio from the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
in 1731 with other Canarian families in order to populate this region.
Biography
Juan Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas was born about 1706, in
San Sebastián de La Gomera
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013,[Canary Islands
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His parents were Roque Lorenzo De Armas and Teresa De Aviles.
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/ref> He had a brother, Martin Lorenzo de Armas, who was younger than him and also settled in San Antonio. In 1731, when he was 22 years old, his family arrived in San Antonio with other families from the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
to settle this unpopulated region,.[Ranchos de Texas y Lanzarote](_blank)
In 1738 and 1764 De Armas was named mayor of San Antonio, replacing mayors Juan Curbelo and Luis Antonio Menchaca respectively.[Balbuena Castellano, José Manuel. "La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana" (The odyssey of the canaries in Texas and Louisiana). Chapter IV (Organización de los Isleños); (ed) 2007,editorial: Anroart Ediciones.]
De Armas married another local Canarian, Ana Cabrera, with whom he had two children.[The Lorenzo de Armas Family](_blank)
Consulted on May 21, 2012, to 0:27 pm.
References
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Mayors of San Antonio
People from La Gomera
People of Spanish Texas
Texas Isleño people
1706 births
Year of death missing