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From: "Eduardo Ramos" <>
Subject: [CUBA] Asturias
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 02:34:00 -0000


Hi Maria:

I read that you are researching family from Asturias. Could you give me some
direction? Where have you looked for information? I have the following
ancestors:

Diego de AVILA y ALBADIANA
b. 2nd half of 1500s in Pravia, Asturias

Rodrigo LOPEZ DE MEJIA (or MEXIA)
b. mid 1500s in Cangas de Onis, Asturias

Notes about the above people:

Diego de Avila y Albadiana married in to Elvira Lopez de Mejia y Garcia de
Holguin whose parents were the aforementioned Rodrigo and mother was Juana
Garcia de Holguin y Fernandez de Valero. Rodrigo and Juana married in 1573.
Diego's brother was Alonso de Avila y Albadiana who was the court historian
of Felipe III. His uncle was Jose de Avila who was the 5th (I think)
Governor of Cuba.

Rodrigo's uncle was Diego Lopez Sarmiento, who was the Bishop or Archbishop
of Santiago de Cuba in 1537.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Eddie


>From:
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [CUBA] Irish in Cuba, etc.
>Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:06:43 EDT
>
>Cancio,
>Thank you so much. I am going to try to start my search in Pinar del Rio.
>I
>would like to go back as far as I can. By the way, my great great great
>grandmother was Mercedes Terry. She had a son named Andres Sanchez Terry.
>And my great grandmother was Mercedes Sanchez Cruz which married my great
>grandfather
>Pablo Suarez Jorda. His father was from Asturias and the mother from
>Catalonia.
>They lived in Guane and Mantua and my great grandfather had several farms,
>such as varona, cayo redondo, pueblo nuevo and others. (Pablo Suarez
>Solis)
>his father from Asturias founded the small town of Dimas. By the way, my
>great grandfather although totally opposed to the Cuban independence made a
>deal with General Maceo in where it was decided to burn his own home and
>not
>the whole town and therefore saved the town from some misery. Maybe this
>information will help someone or ring a bell in someone memory. If you
>have
>more information, please write soon.
>Thanks >^^<
>Maria
>
>
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