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{{Notability|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Welsh-Chilean <br><small>''chileno-galés''</small>
| group = Welsh Chileans<br><small>''Chilel-Gymraeg''</small><br><small>''chileno-galés''</small>
| population = Unknown{{cn|date=June 2024}}
|poptime = '''more than 30,000 residents
|popplace = [[Chile]]
| popplace = {{CHI}}
|langs = [[Chilean Spanish|Spanish]]. Minority speaks [[Welsh language|Welsh]] as first language.
| langs = [[Chilean Spanish|Spanish]]. Minority speaks [[Welsh language|Welsh]] as first language.
|rels = [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Protestantism]] ([[Methodism]], [[Presbyterianism]], [[Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America|Episcopalianism]] et al.)
| rels = [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Protestantism]] ([[Methodism]], [[Presbyterianism]], [[Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America|Episcopalianism]] et al.)
|related = [[Welsh people]]
| related = [[Welsh people]]
}}
}}


'''Welsh Chileans''' are Chileans of Welsh descent whose family roots came from [[Wales]]. [[Welsh people|The Welsh]] did not settle in [[Chile]]. Generally, they were identified with the other [[British Chilean|British groups in Chile]]. About 30,000 residents of the [[Patagonia]] region have Welsh surnames. They are descendants of Welsh settlers in [[Y Wladfa]] who may have crossed the once disputed [[Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina|Argentina - Chile border]] and established farms or ranches in the late 19th century.
'''Welsh Chileans''' are Chileans of Welsh descent whose family roots came from [[Wales]]. [[Welsh people|The Welsh]] did not settle in [[Chile]]. Generally, they were identified with the other [[British Chilean|British groups in Chile]]. About 30,000 residents of [[Chile]] have Welsh surnames.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

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==Notable{{fact|date=August 2015}} Welsh Chileans==
*[[Patricio Aylwin]][http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/16/world/man-in-the-news-patricio-aylwin-a-moderate-leads-chile.html]

[[Edwards family]]


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==Notable Welsh Chileans==
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*[[George Edwards Brown]] (1780–1848), British doctor and businessman, founder of the family in Chile
*[[George Edwards Brown]] (1780–1848), British doctor and businessman, founder of the family in Chile
*[[Agustín Edwards Ossandón]] (1815–1878), businessman
*[[Agustín Edwards Ossandón]] (1815–1878), businessman
*[[Agustín Edwards Ross]] (1852–1897), businessman and politician, purchased the [[Valparaíso]], Chile edition of ''El Mercurio'' newspaper in 1880
*[[Agustín Edwards Ross]] (1852–1897), businessman and politician, purchased the [[Valparaíso]], Chile edition of ''El Mercurio'' newspaper in 1880
*[[Agustín Edwards Mac Clure]] (1878–1941), businessman, diplomat and politician, President of the [[League of Nations]] and founder of the [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] edition of ''El Mercurio'' newspaper
*[[Agustín Edwards Mac Clure]] (1878–1941), businessman, diplomat and politician, President of the [[League of Nations]] and founder of the [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] edition of ''El Mercurio'' newspaper
*[[Raul Edwards Mac Clure]] (?-1927), businessman and politician
*[[Raul Edwards Mac Clure]] (?–1927), businessman and politician
*[[Joaquín Edwards Bello]] (1887–1968), writer and journalist
*[[Joaquín Edwards Bello]] (1887–1968), writer and journalist
*[[María Edwards|María Edwards Mac Clure]] (1893–1972), [[Righteous Among the Nations]]
*[[María Edwards|María Edwards Mac Clure]] (1893–1972), [[Righteous Among the Nations]]
*[[Agustín Edwards Budge]] (1899-?), businessman
*[[Agustín Edwards Budge]] (1899–?), businessman
*[[Agustín Edwards Eastman]] (1928), businessman
*[[Agustín Edwards Eastman]] (1928–2017), businessman
*[[Jorge Edwards|Jorge Edwards Valdés]] (1931) novelist, winner of the 1999 [[Cervantes Prize]]
*[[Jorge Edwards|Jorge Edwards Valdés]] (1931–2023) novelist, winner of the 1999 [[Cervantes Prize]]
*[[Cristian Edwards|Cristian Edwards del Río]], businessman and kidnapping victim
*[[Cristian Edwards|Cristian Edwards del Río]], businessman and kidnapping victim
*[[Catalina Edwards]], journalist, news presenter
*[[Catalina Edwards]], journalist, news presenter


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==See also==
[[Watkins-Jones-Davis family]]
*[[British Chilean]]
*[[Welsh diaspora]]


==References==
*[[Watkin William Watkins]] (1856, [[Glyntawe]], Breconshire, Wales - 1890, Nueva Imperial, Chile) He was living in Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire until 1883 when he moved to the Welsh colony in Patagonia and settled in Dolavon, Chubut. Later, in 1889 he moved to Chile and obtained some lands in Nueva Imperial where he died. He left a wife (Elionor Jones) and two small children (Robert and Griffith).
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*[[Robert Watkins Jones]] (1885, Trelew, Argentine - 1962, Parral, Chile) He is the eldest son of Watkin Watkins and Elionor Jones. He worked in Sewell, Rancangua since 1914. He left three children from his marriage with Rosa Urrutia (Megan, Robert and Ellen)
*[[Robert Watkins Urrutia]] (1913, Victoria, British Colony, Chile - 1979, Santiago, Chile).
*[[Megan Watkins Urrutia]] (1912, Victoria, British Colony, Chile - 1988, Santiago, Chile), School Teacher.
*[[Florencia Barrientos Watkins]] (1947, Castro, Chile), University professor.
*[[Eugenio Chinchon Barrientos]] (1973, Calama, Chile), Electrical Engineer (Universidad de Chile) and MBA (Smurfit School of Business). He currently lives in Santiago, Chile.
*[[Ciro Calderon Watkins]] (1971, Santiago, Chile), Environmental Engineer (Universidad Catolica de Temuco). He currently lives in Temuco, Chile.

'''Map of '[[Nueva Imperial]]', Chile, Drawn 1893''' - Showing Land Plots Occupied by English (Welsh) Colony. Plots are located within the arc of the Chol-Chol river. Map Coordinates of plot 2: -38.710847,-72.949197

Plot 1 80 hectares [[Tomas Mathies]] with his sons Tomas & William
Plot 2 20 ha [[Hugo Davies]] (Davis)
Plot 3 74 ha [[Enrique Hainge]] and his sons Arturs & Heriberto
Plot 4 40 ha [[Watkins (Elionor Jones)]] widow of [[W W (Watkin Watkins)]]
Plot 5 60 ha [[Enrique Rowlands]] with his son John
Plot 6 80 ha [[Evan Ollivier]] with his son William & David
Plot 7 60 ha [[W William]] with his son Edwin
Plot 8 20 ha Hijuela fiscal (Recently fiscal?)
Plot 9 40 ha [[Tomas Davies]]
Plot 10 40 ha [[Paul Evan]]
Plot 11 80 ha John Davies with his sons Luis & Benjamin
Plot 12 20 ha [[Jones Cristmans]]
Plot 13 38 ha [[Tomas Morris]]
Plot 14 38 ha [[Edwards Richards]]
Plot 15 40 ha Chandler
Plot 16 40 ha [[Roberts Beech]]
Plot 17 40 ha [[Federico Yung]]
Plot 18 40 ha [[Harris James]]
Plot 19 20 ha Rigby
Plot 20 20 ha Hewitt
Plot 21 30 ha fiscal t.
Plot 22 32 ha fiscal
Plot 219a 80 ha [[Peter Pilkington]] with his sons Kaerhi and William
Plot 204 50 ha Neculques Reserva indígena abandonada –

Map signed by
Christian [[Sommermeier]].

Copy of map held by [[The National Library of Wales]], Aberystwyth, SY23 3BU.
Ref: PE 3327 Box 1001. ([[Ceris Gruffudd]])
Original given by the Rowlands family and believed to be in the Melbourne Museum, Australia.

[[Hugo Davis]] of plot 2 married Widow [[Elionor Watkins nee Jones]] of Plot 4, and subsequently had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Family moved to Sewell, Rancagua to work in Copper Mines and [[Hugo Davis]] became an English Lecturer in Santiago. His book ‘Metodo Davis’, for learning English from Spanish, is in [[Bangor University Archives.]] His Welsh music and poetry are in [[The National Library of Wales Aberystwyth.]]

[[James H Davis]] - Oct 2009 (Grandson of [[Hugo Davis]], Plot 2)

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==See also==
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{{Portal|Chile|Wales}}
* [[Y Wladfa]], the Welsh colony in [[Chubut Province|Chubut]], southern Argentina.


{{Welsh diaspora}}
{{British diaspora}}
{{Ethnic groups in Chile}}
{{Ethnic groups in Chile}}
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[[Category:Chilean people of Welsh descent| ]]
[[Category:Chilean people of Welsh descent| ]]

Latest revision as of 17:59, 18 June 2024

Welsh Chileans
Chilel-Gymraeg
chileno-galés
Total population
Unknown[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
 Chile
Languages
Spanish. Minority speaks Welsh as first language.
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (Methodism, Presbyterianism, Episcopalianism et al.)
Related ethnic groups
Welsh people

Welsh Chileans are Chileans of Welsh descent whose family roots came from Wales. The Welsh did not settle in Chile. Generally, they were identified with the other British groups in Chile. About 30,000 residents of Chile have Welsh surnames.[citation needed]

Notable Welsh Chileans

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See also

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References

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