A free child of color in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Born 23 May 1821, likely in New Orleans. Race is described as parda.
Baptized on 24 May 1821 at the Cathedral of St. Louis. Her mother was listed as Gertrudis Alba, a free woman of color. Gertrudis, along with her son, Adolfo, and Mariana Alba, a free woman of color who may be Gertrudis’ mother, appears in the 1820 Spanish census of Penscola. It is unclear whether Gertrudis had relocated her household from Pensacola at the time.
FAMILY:
Mother: Gertrudis Alba
Sibling: Marcelino Adolfo Alba
SOURCES:
Records of St. Michael’s Parish, Pensacola, FL, Book III: Baptisms of People of Color, 1817 – 1882. University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center. 22 SEP 2021.
Nolan, Dr. Charles E, ed. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archidiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 14: 1820-1821. New Orleans: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1999.
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis. “Census of Pensacola, 1820.” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 93-126.