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ANNOUNCING A GENEALOGICAL PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE
ST. TAMMANY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (STGS) AND THE ST. TAMMANY PARISH LIBRARY
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Hybrid Meeting: Program will be offered in-person at the
St. Tammany Parish Library’s
Slidell Branch in Slidell, LA
and as a virtual broadcast for those at home
THE ISLENOS SETTLERS OF
SAINT BERNARD PARISH, LOUISIANA
with William de Marigny Hyland
Between 1777 and 1782, colonists from Spain’s Canary Islands were recruited to settle in the vast colony of Louisiana, which extended from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. At that time, under Spanish rule, the non-indigenous inhabitants of the colony consisted of fewer than 15,000 people of western European descent, free people of color, and enslaved Africans.
The Canarians, also known as Isleños or Islanders, were settled in four strategic locations, guarding water-borne approaches from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River and the fledgling city of New Orleans. They served as a barrier to British colonial expansion to the west of the Mississippi River and helped to develop Louisiana. In this lecture, attendees will learn about the role of the Isleños in founding St. Bernard Parish and their descendants’ place in history as the last living vestige of the Spanish settlers who arrived in Louisiana during the Spanish colonial period.
William de Marigny Hyland is currently serving as the Parish Historian of St. Bernard Parish and the Site Manager and Director of the Los Isleños Museum Complex in St. Bernard Parish. In these roles and in former roles, William has spearheaded numerous community projects concerning the research and preservation of the history of the Isleños people, as well the education of the public about the historic significance of St. Bernard Parish and these early settlers in Louisiana. He is also the major force behind the establishment of the Los Isleños Museum. William is the author of several monographs and newspaper articles about St. Bernard Parish and the Canary Islanders and is regularly interviewed by national and international journalists about these subjects.
DATE: Saturday, February 8, 2025
TIME: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Central Time
TWO LIVE VIEWING OPTIONS: IN-PERSON AND
REMOTE BROADCAST
In-Person Attendance: Slidell Branch of the
St. Tammany Parish Library
ADDRESS: 555 Robert Blvd. in Slidell, LA 70458
At Home Viewing: St. Tammany Parish Library (STPL)
Live Broadcast via Zoom
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St. Tammany Genealogical Society