Manuela Peñalver

I represent Manuela Peñalver, a blanca girl born in Pensacola around 1812. My parents were Manuel (a native of Granada, Spain) and Juana Josepha Antonia Benites Peñalver (born in New Orleans). At the time of the 1820 census of Pensacola, I was 1 year old. I lived with my parents and six siblings; my father made his living as a sailor. In 1829, I married James Finlay in Pensacola.