Juan Curbelo (1680 - 1760) was a Spanish politician who served as the sixth and eighth mayor of

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in 1737 and 1739. His family arrived in San Antonio from the

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in 1731 with other Canarian families to populate the region.

Biography

Juan Curbelo was born in 1680 in

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, Canary Islands, Spain and was son of Domingo Curbelo y María Martín Enríquez. He arrived in San Fernando de Béxar, Texas (present-day San Antonio) in 1731. In 1737 and 1739, he served one-year terms as mayor of the community. He married Gracia Perdomo y Umpienres.Juan Curbelo profile
Bexargenealogy.com; accessed April 18, 2018. Juan Curbelo and his wife had five children: José, Juan Francisco (born in

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), Mariana (born in Lanzarote), Juana and María Curbelo. He died in 1760 in La Villa de San Fernando (San Antonio) de Béxar. His son José was mayor of San Antonio three times: 1746, 1751 and 1757. His daughter Maria Ana married

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Vicente Álvarez Travieso and his granddaughter Maria Jesusita Curbelo married the future mayor of San Antonio (between the 1830s and 1840s), John William Smith.

References

Mayors of San Antonio People from Lanzarote People of Spanish Texas Texas Isleño people 1680 births 1760 deaths Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Tejano politicians {{Texas-mayor-stub