by the Halsema.org editors RAPHAEL BARTOLOME CAVOVA VARIOUS REPORTED LINEAGES: A reminder that his is a work in progress. None of this should be taken as correct until we’ve verified it, some information is conflicting. From:http://www.minorcanfamily.com/mf8/pafg16.htm#307 Antonio Josef Venancio Canova [Parents] was born on 1 Apr 1794 in St. Augustine, FL. He died in Aug 1869 in… Continue reading Lineage of Raphael B. Canova
by the Florida House of Representatives Political parties as a cohesive force in Florida may be said to date from the organization of the Jeffersonian Republican Democratic Party at St. Joseph on January 11, 1839. The organization of this party caused its opposition to similarly band together in a group known as the Whig Party.… Continue reading Florida’s Political Parties
by James Owen Knauss From: TERRITORIAL FLORIDA JOURNALISM, James Owen Knauss, 1926: Mr Knauss does not seem to favor the “zeal” with which Thomas T Russell put forth and defended his political position. Chapter titled “The Newspapers,”Under “the Newspapers of Saint Augustine,” Page 19 The News. At length the opposition sheet became a reality. On… Continue reading Thomas T. Russell Journalism
by the Halsema.org editors Unless Otherwise indicated, this information is from the bio files of St Augustine Historical Lib. Thomas T. Russell was elected Mayor of St Augustine in 1875 but declined to serve. (The Awakening of St Augustine, Thomas Graham, page 268.) [Perhaps this is because he served in the Florida House that same… Continue reading Thomas T. Russell Background
by: halsema.org editors with Linda Reinauer editing. The Leonardi / Leonardy family arrived in Florida in 1768 with the Andrew Turnbull Expedition. Their destination was New Smyrna, a colony south of the Spanish port city of St. Augustine. Roque Leonardi, a native of Italy, was the bearer of the surname and the first of that… Continue reading Roque Leonardi’s Surname and His Point of Origin
Translations and transcriptions for baptismal records are courtesy of Marguerite Mathews. These documents are important for the point of origin clues and vital statistics they provide. Furthermore, these documents and others demonstrate different spellings of the surname and first names. In Menorca the surname was spelled Lionardi (Roque and Esperanza’s marriage record), and Fr Camps… Continue reading Antique Documents
by: halsema.org editors Follow this link to view 1850 plat map, contemporary maps, and photos of this area. The Board of Land Commissioners was established in 1822 (3 U.S. Statute 709, May 8) to settle all outstanding Spanish land grant claims in the territory that Spain ceded to the United States in 1821. It set up… Continue reading Spanish Land Grants
by Eleanor Barnes As one of the early Menorcan researchers, Mrs. Eleanor Barnes did wonderful work. However, the work presented here is dated and has a few inaccuracies. The genealogical database on this site corrects some of the genealogical inaccuracies —-the Halsema.org Editors. St. Augustine FLJuly 11, 1960 Dear Lenora and Marie I promised when I broke… Continue reading The Leonardi Story
Philip Leonardi’s Civil War Pension Application, as submitted by his widow Mary Noda.
These documents are relatively self explanatory. The white cards are draft registration cards. The darker cards are Service Cards. If you have additional photos or information you would like to submit, please contact us. –DGH