Canary Islands Descendants Association-San Antonio

07/27/2025

Try to guess the topic of the next membership meeting on September 20th?

07/27/2025

Julia López will give a presentation at Mission San Jose on Thursday, September 4th at 10:00AM on her Canary Islander ancestor 6 year old Marcos Cabrera, his journey, his life after arrival and the impact of the Canary Islanders on the early Colonial era in San Antonio.

Lots of great presentations shown on the flyer below!

And don’t forget to join us for Historic Plaza Days on Fridsy, 8 August from 11:00am to 1:30pm - where else but Plaza de las Islas Canarias! 🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨

All are invited!

07/27/2025

2nd Vice President for Membership, Barbara Chavez gave a presentation on the ease of helping relatives of existing Members get their documents together for submittal. Barbara is assisted by her Membership Team consisting of Kathleen Betty, Anthony Delgado and Irene Hernandez Roberts.

The CIDA Membership Team stands ready to help with membership applications. More information on the CiDA website. https://cida-sa.org/

Thanks to ALL who serve on the CIDA Membership Team! 👏👏👏

Images courtesy of Paul Casanova Garcia

07/27/2025

A few more images from todays Membership Meeting! The CIDA Board works hard to bring together relevant programming and smart topics for our continued learning!

Kudos to all and to the support of our membership!!👏👏

Images courtesy of Paul Casanova Garcia

07/27/2025

Todays Membership Meeting included a presentation from Chaplain Toni Garza on Our Lady of Candelaria, the patron that we’ve grown to love! You will find a beautiful statue of Candelaria in the sanctuary in San Fernando Cathedral.

Toni’s presentation gave the history of the “La morenita” and what she means to Canary Islanders, especially from Tenerife where the church is dedicated in honor of her

Thank you for a great presentation, Toni!

07/27/2025

Todays Membership Meeting included several presenters on all things Canario. One of the highlights was a presentation by Anthony Delgado on wine from the Canary Islands followed by tasting of a red and white variety from Lanzarote.

Anthony’s presentation included how long wine has been made in the Canary Islands, a quote from Shakespeare on Canarian wine and how wine is grown in the Canary Islands with little rain, and the steps taken to safeguard the grapes from wind and sand.

Fascinating! Thank you, Anthony!!!!!

Images courtesy of Paul Casanova Garcia

07/26/2025

CIDA Board members doing what they do!

Shown are 3rd VP Sharon Simonick talking about upcoming Cabildo!! 👏👏👏 Comminications Manager Dr. Lindsay Fuller is reporting on communication with members and Chaplain Toni Garza gave a presentation on Our Lady of Candelaria.

Grest job, CIDA!

07/26/2025

Our CIDA Members are vital to our organizations! Everytime a new member proves their ancestry, it makes us so happy. This is the way to honor our ancestors - we repeat their names and tell their stories. Today we inducted two new members - we welcome them to our family!!

Great to gather, great to share our shared ancestry! Full house today - thank you CIDA!

07/21/2025

We’ve been waiting for the transcription of “North Americans with Roots in Lanzarote” by JJ Romero! 👏👏👏

Details to follow on where to purchase books -Bravo!!!! 🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

07/21/2025

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Working with sculptor Tony Falcone who is doing a Rochambeau bronze statue for a local area ( there is more about this if you scoll down to previous posts). A beautiful complete French uniform was made specifically for the model by the extraordinary Matt Keagle. The leggings though were a bit too loose so my sister in law is working here (Tony in front) to take them in insuring a correct snug fit . Matt wasn't able to fit them to the model in person so it's easier to make them a bit wider then take just them in. I hate loose leggings , doesn't eveyone?.

07/15/2025

Last day to purchase your tickets 😃

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07/14/2025

Cabildo Tickets! Last day tomorrow!!! Here’s 5 reasons you don’t want to miss out❤️