In fact, some of the Portuguese surnames found in Trinidad and Tobago are generally associated with the marrano community.
The emigration continued in the 19th century; in fact, some Portuguese landed in Trinidad in 1811 while others (mainly Azoreans and later Madeirans) arrived in 1834.
[3] The historical background to the second wave, which began in 1846, was an earlier influx of Azorean and Madeiran workers in 1834[4][5] following the British abolition of slavery the previous year, along with Scottish Presbyterian evangelism in Madeira in the early 1840s.
As a result, the Madeiran community of Trinidad grew to roughly two thousand by the end of the nineteenth century.
In 1916, Henry de Nobriga was elected Mayor of Arima, the first public officer of Portuguese descent.