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From: (by way of Ed Elizondo <>)
Subject: Re: Searching For Castellanos Family Members
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:32:31 -0500


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Leticia, we may be related.
My grandfather was Domingo Castellanos Rodríguez, of Limonar,
Matanzas. He was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, about 1874, and
migrated to Cuba as a young man. He had a brother named Esteban, and their
parents were Esteban Castellanos Marrero and Brígida Rodríguez. There
were probably other brothers and sisters, but I have no information on
them. It may be a coincidence, but one of my uncles was named Guillermo
Castellanos.
On page 110 of the book "Guamacaro, biografía de un municipio cubano"
there is a list of "los agricultores, colonos y ganaderos más conocidos"
of the Canímar area (near Limonar). The list includes Domingo Castellanos,
and Waldo Rodríguez Cartaya, among others. A Carlos Cartaya is mentioned
on the next page.
Amarillas is a town in the southeast part of Matanzas Province; it is close
to Aguada de Pasajeros, which is in Cienfuegos. A hundred years ago,
communication between this area and Limonar must have been very difficult,
so it is possible that brothers who lived "that far" just lost track of
each other.
I will be happy to exchange further information with you. Maybe working
together we can find a connection between your Castellanos and mine.



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