Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Post #50! Almost at the end of the 52 Ancestor Challenge! This post will be about my 2nd great grandfather from the town of Toa Alta, where all my ancestors seem to be from haha. Manuel de Jesús was born in Toa Alta on the 1st of January in 1855 and baptized on the 3rd …
52 Ancestors – #50 Manuel de Jesús Rivera Díaz (1855-1932) Read More »
Ana Morán Nazario, according to records is said to have been born in the town of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico around the year 1870. She would however spend most of her life in Manatí, where she would eventually pass away. Ana Morán Nazario married Agustin Calderón Meléndez around the year 1886, I haven’t been able …
52 Ancestors – #49 Ana Morán Nazario (1870-1944) Read More »
Ok, not fun being behind but hopefully I’ll be able to catch up and get these posts down before the year is over and my holidays start! Here is my 46th post about my 2nd great grandmother Francisca Orozco Santiago. When I first had started my research on my maternal side of the family, I …
52 Ancestors – #46 Francisca Orozco Santiago (1885-1945) Read More »
Today I’m going to focus on my 3rd great grandfather from my paternal side of the family. This will bring me into my November posts and only 7 posts away from finishing the 52 Ancestors Challenge! José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda was born on 6th of November 1837 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico according to his baptismal …
52 Ancestors – #45 José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda (1837-1894) Read More »
I can’t believe that there are only 10 ancestors left to complete this challenge! I’ve said it many times before, but I’ve had a great time searching and researching for these ancestors in my tree and through the records. I’ve been getting behind again with traveling around Spain but I’m going to try and catch …
I can’t believe this is Ancestor #40 already!! Boy has time flown by! I am happy to have finally caught up (yet again) and hopefully I’ll be able to continue to post on the regularly scheduled Friday like I had done before. Today’s ancestor will be Cayetano de los Santos, my 7th great grandfather. Cayetano …
Moving a little over towards the East from Patillas, we get to Yabucoa where my next ancestor entry will take place! This post is about my 3rd great grandmother María Higinia Ruiz Ramos. María Higinia according to records was originally from Maunabo, Puerto Rico which makes sense since these two towns (Yabucoa and Maunabo) are …
52 Ancestors – #39 María Higinia Ruiz Ramos (1859-1921) Read More »
Okay, finally moving our way out of Toa Alta (just for a bit, since I have some more Toa Alta ancestors in the near future to write about). On this post I want to focus on my 3rd great grandfather, Cruz Rivera Collazo – another man of much mystery! I was first introduced to Cruz’s …
52 Ancestors – #38 Cruz Rivera Collazo (1860-19??) Read More »
I’m going to keep this ball rolling and continue posting about my ancestors. So here’s post 37 about yet another ancestor from Toa Alta, my 4th great grandmother Gertrudis Román. When I first discovered Gertrudis through the Toa Alta church records I was really excited, being the wife of my 4th great grandfather, Joseph de …
Okay, finally getting into my September ancestors! I can’t believe that this is ancestor #36, so let’s get started! This will be about my 5th great grandmother Isabel de la Fuente. Isabel is also another ancestor from the town of the Toa Alta who I don’t have clear years of birth and death due to …