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Hispanic Liverpool | People

Click on the names below to read brief biographies of some of the people from the Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking worlds who lived in or passed through Liverpool during the long nineteenth century.


NAME BORN DIED

ARRIVAL

WHO WERE THEY?
Abaitua, Eulalia de
1853, Bilbao 1943, Bilbao 1871 The Basque Country's first female photographer
Alvarez, Ysidro
1831, Asturias 1914, Liverpool 1859 Mariner, Outfitter, Cigar Importer, Interpreter
Blanco White, José 1775, Seville 1841, Liverpool 1835 Spanish Liberal exile, theologian and writer
López Jonte, Manuel
1846, Spain 1918, Liverpool 1868 Professor of Languages, translator, book dealer
Romero, José 1821, Canary Islands 1863, Liverpool 1850 Cooper, publican, interpreter, entrepreneur
Vilarelle Rey, Micaela 1877, Santiago de Compostela 1950, Liverpool 1904 Boarding-house servant, wife and mother