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The British Presence
in Southern Patagonia
The British Presence
in Southern Patagonia
+ + Region of San Julián, Santa Cruz
Province + +
Chronology: First settlers (1885-1903)
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Notice the predominance of British surnames: many were Scots coming from the Falklands [Malvinas].
| Year | Name | Location | Information |
| 1889 | Munro, Donald | Cañadón Paraguay | (group) ship from Falklands, bringing sheep; Ray and Giles departed; 1898 McCaskill died in Paraguay; 1900 Munro died |
| Ray, John M | |||
| Giles, Robert | |||
| McCaskill, John | |||
| MacLean, John | Cañadón Coronel | member of group driving sheep and horses overland from Río Negro; others (Hamilton, Saunders, Jamieson, MacGeorge) continued to Gallegos area | |
| La Colmena | sold to Hope | ||
| 1890 | Hope, William | La Colmena | (group) 2 years overland from Río Negro, driving sheep; (later) Hope founded El Rincón |
| Morrison, Alex | |||
| Mackay, John | |||
| Wilson, Simon | |||
| 1890+ | Frazer, John | La Colmena | bought from Hope |
| Wallace, George | |||
| Arnold brothers (Ernest + ?) |
Cañadón 11 de Septiembre | 3 years overland from Río Negro, driving sheep | |
| 1892 | Blake, Robert | San Julián | (from Falklands) business partner of Munro; occasional visitor |
| 1893+ | Patterson brothers (Robert + William) | La Colmena | from Falklands, vía Punta Arenas, Ea. Cañadón de las Vacas |
| Mata Grande | (later) founded estancia | ||
| 1894 | Kyle, Andrew | Darwin Station | from Falklands |
| 1897 | Reid, William | San Julián | first store, with Behm (sold 1898 to Lippert & Munro) |
| Behm, Ernest | |||
| Lippert, William | |||
| 1899 | Rivero, Juan | San Julián | first mail service to Río Gallegos |
| 1900 | Müller, Hans | San Julián | (from Hamburg) opened store |
| 1901 | Bucich, Andrés | San Julián | opened "fonda" |
| Wallace, Janet | San Julián | widow; opened Hotel Miramar | |
| No further data specified | |||
| Anderson, George | |||
| Braun, Mauricio | Orren Aike | non-resident | |
| Cap. Station | |||
| Campbell | |||
| Denholm, Thomas | |||
| Gloak, William | Malacara | ||
| Mackeprang, Hans | Cañadón Pardo | with Veley | |
| Veley | |||
| Marrin? | |||
| Orr | |||
| Scott, John | Los Machos | ||