Saturday, March 19, 2011

Jacob Osorio De Castro, Sephardic Jew and Confederate Soldier // Jacobo Osorio De Castro, Judio Sefardico y Soldado Confederado

Jacob Osorio De Castro was a Private in Company A, 1st Regiment Mobile Volunteers, Alabama (born Curacao, Dutch West Indies, approx. 1829, died 1894). He was a Sephardic Jew and an ardent supporter of the Confederacy. He arrived in the U.S in 1859 and settled with his wife in New Orleans. His only son, which he named David Jefferson De Castro was born in New Orleans in November 1861.

Jacob joined Company I, Orleans Guard Regiment, Louisiana Militia, where he served as a Private, until the fall of the city. He blamed the death of his infant son in 1862 and his daughter Clara De Castro in 1863, on the Union occupation. He refused to sign the Union Oath of Allegiance and evacuated to Mobile, Alabama.

He was the son of David de Jacob y Gomez De Castro (born Curacao, Dutch West Indies 1799, died June 24, 1841) and Gracia de Moises Aboab Osorio y Fereira (died January 19, 1869). Jacob Osorio De Castro later settled in Savannah, Georgia, where he is buried. Jacob was married Hannah Hoheb De Sola (born April 11, 1831, in St. Croix, Danish Virgin Islands, died April 15, 1897), daughter of Isaac Haim De Sola and Zipporah Hoheb.

Jacobs’ brother Isaac Osorio De Castro (born 1838, Curacao, died August 15, 1905, New Orleans, LA) served as a Private in Company A, 7th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry and is buried in New Orleans.

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Jacob Osorio De Castro era un soldado en la Compañía A, 1er Regimiento de Voluntarios de Mobile, Alabama (nacido en Curazao, Antillas Holandesas, aprox. 1829, murió 1894). Él era un Judio sefardí y un ardiente partidario de la Confederación. Llegó a los EE.UU. en 1859 y se instaló con su esposa en Nueva Orleans. Su único hijo, que llamó David Jefferson De Castro nació en Nueva Orleans en noviembre de 1861.

Jacob se unió a la Compañía I, Regimiento de la Guardia Milicia de Orleans, Louisiana, donde se desempeñó como soldado, hasta la caída de la ciudad. Culpó de la muerte de su hijo recién nacido en el año 1862 y de su hija Clara De Castro en 1863, a la ocupación de la Unión. Se negó a firmar el juramento a la bandera de la Unión y se trasladó a Mobile, Alabama.

Él era el hijo de David de Jacob y Gómez de Castro (nacido Curazao, Antillas Holandesas 1799, murió 24 de junio 1841) y Gracia de Moises Aboab Osorio y Fereira (murió 19 de enero 1869). Jacob Osorio De Castro más tarde se estableció en Savannah, Georgia, donde está enterrado. Jacob se casó con Hannah Hoheb De Sola (nacida el 11 de abril 1831, en St. Croix, Islas Vírgenes Danesas, murió 15 de abril 1897), hija de Isaac Haim De Sola y Zipporah Hoheb.

El hermano de Jacob, Isaac Osorio de Castro (nacido en 1838, Curazao, murió 15 de agosto 1905, Nueva Orleans, LA), sirvió como soldado en la Compañía A del Batallón 7 de Infantería de Louisiana y está enterrado en Nueva Orleans.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Texas declares Independence from Mexico, in 1836.

Today is Texas Independence Day, Texas declared its Independence from Mexico, on March 2, 1836.  The Republic of Texas existed as Independent Nation bordering the United States and Mexico, from 1836 to 1846.