I represent Maria Felicita Lavalle, born in Mobile about 1763. I was listed in the 1784 Spanish census of Pensacola as a 19-year-old newlywed in the household of my husband, Luis Gagnet (also spelled Gañe). At the time of the 1820 Spanish census of Pensacola, I was 57 years old, widowed, and living in a household with my three adult children. My death notice in the Pensacola Gazette in 1844 says I was 89, and the record of my burial at St. Michael’s cemetery says I died at 90 – both of which are a bit off from previous estimates of my age.
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