Nicolás Estrada

Unknown - 1822

• Name	Nicolás Estrada
  Born	Unknown	Santiago de Compostela
  Gender	Male
  Died	1822	shiprecked in the coats oF South America
  Person ID	P266	Turnier Family
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family	Carmen María Manzano,   b. 1803, Vela del Coro, Venezuela ,   d. Mayagüez Puerto Rico
  Married	1816	Caracas
  Children	1. María del Carmen Estrada,   b. Nov 11, 1822, Curacao ,   d. 1876, Mayagüez Puerto Rico  (Age 54 years)  [natural]   2. Carlota Estrada,   b. Unknown, Vela del Coro, Venezuela ,   d. Unknown, Mayagüez Puero Rico  [natural]   3. Manuela Estrada,   b. Unknown, Vela del Coro, Venezuela ,   d. 22 Dec 1892, Mayagüez Puetro Rico  [natural]
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nicolás Estrada was a nephew of Manuel María Manzano-Maceiro. He was born in Santiago de Compostela and at an early age joined the Spanish navy. At the time of the battle of Carabobo he was in Venezuela visiting his wife and children. Due to unrest in the area of Argentina he was sent to defend the Spanish interests there. His ship wrecked in what is now Brazil. His cousin, Adolfo Polidura, was the lone survivor. The story that I will be telling is what Adolfo told his wife and daughters when he finally came back. He says that when the ship wrecked a large number of the survivors fell to a tribe that practiced cannibalism. He was a young boy and was captured by a non cannibalistic tribe. He was held as a slave until one day a Spanish ship entered the bay to get fresh water. While the sailors collected water they noticed a European looking man. The sailors approached him and found out he was a Spaniards and what happened to him. The Indians exchanged him for a barrel of rum. He went back to Venezuela looking for the family of his cousin. There they were told that the family had gone to Puerto Rico. He followed them there and told them the story of Nicolás and his unlikely end.