First let me give you some details about
my family, why my mother doesn't carry the last name
of Rodríguez, and why I decided to research
this family line.
My mother, Aurora Resto Maldonado, was born
in Bayamón, Puerto Rico in 1930. Her parents
on her birth certificate were listed as José
(Pepe) Resto and Josefina Maldonado Rivera.
Two of the six daughters of Josefina Maldonado
were daughters of José Resto and three were
daughters of Antonio Rodríguez Artau. As
customary, my abuela Fina wanted all of her
daughters to have the same last name. Neither
of the fathers were involved in raising these
daughters. In fact my abuela Fina had to
leave her daughters with other relatives
to be able to work and save money.
One of the relatives that raised my mother
Aurora was abuela Antonia Artau Díaz, otherwise
known as Fagunda. My abuela Fina scooped
up her children and went to live in New York
City in 1938. Later on my mother took me
on a visit to see her half-sister Mini in
Brooklyn, and her father, Antonio Rodríguez
Artau, was visiting from Cataño.
My grandmother Josefina
Maldonado Rivera.
This was the first time I had ever seen my
mother's father. She asked
him if he remembered
her and he said "claro
que sí"
but never left his chair
while playing dominoes.
I was told that he was
born in the Dominican
Republic and we understood
that his father
was also Dominican but
his mother Antonia
Artau was Puerto Rican.
So my mother and
her other sisters were
teased as "las
dominicanas".
I have been researching this particular family
for a while and started filling in the gaps. That would
drive me to search for the family of Antonia
Artau's husband in Puerto Rico and the Dominican
Republic. This journey will explore:
- Passenger lists,
- Census,
- Permission to reside
as an immigrant,
- Civil Records and
- Roman Catholic
Church records.
I used Ancestry.com
the World Explorer
edition
and familysearch.org
to research and I
used
AncestryDNA testing
to prove the blood
relationship
of the Rodríguez
Artau, Rodríguez
Suero and
Rodríguez Marcos
families of Puerto
Plata,
Dominican Republic.
IIn genealogy research, we don't include
information of those who are still alive.
Within this article you will see misspellings.
However the words and names are written how
I transcribed them. The information in the
records is sometimes confusing and contradictory.
Often the person giving the testimony of
the deceased is incorrect and therefore we
have to do our due diligence to determine
the true names of parents, places of birth,
etc. Furthermore, within the Passenger List
and Census records, there are quite a bit
of abbreviations in which I wrote the words
out to avoid confusion.
My mother Aurora Resto Maldonado.
So this is how I start out, not knowing much about this family until I request
Antonio Rodríguez Artau's application for
a Social Security Card.
The application lists states his mother's
name as Antonia Artau Díaz and his father's
name as Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez. Of
course, we thought that Cristóbal was Dominican
since that's where he lived. I searched and
read through the Census for 1910, 1920, 1930,
and 1940 and started seeing a pattern that
Antonia Artau was living together with her
husband's (Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez)
extended family. It gave me a perspective
into the life of this family.
Antonia Artau Díaz was married in August
8, 1901 at the age of 24 years old to Mario
Evangelista Medina Castro, age of 27 years
old, born in Cataño. Her parents were Cirilo
Artau and Rufina Díaz. The civil marriage
record states that she was born in San Juan.
This marriage didn't last very long. In the1930
Census for Ponce, Puerto Rico, we come upon
Evangelista Medina Castro the ex-husband
of Antonia. He is listed as "Jefe",
Matilde Doroliac viuda de Altau "hermana",
Matilde Altau Doroliac "sobrina",
María A. Altau Doroliac "sobrina"
and David Altau "sobrino." They
are the widow, children and grandson of Martín
Artau, brother of Antonia Artau Díaz.
Luis Ángel Rodríguez Artau.
During my investigation I came upon the baptismal record in the Roman Catholic Church of San Felipe
de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and the
Registro Civil birth record of Antonio Artau,
born to Antonia Artau Díaz. Her occupation
was "costurera, natural de San Juan,
PR." Antonio's madrina was Petronila
Rodríguez of 16 years old also "costurera,
natural de San Juan, PR." Antonio Rodríguez
Artau is my mother's biological father. Antonio's
sister Trinidad Rodríguez Artau was born
in September 3, 1905.
Censo de Cataño, 1930.
The only birth record I found for her was
in the Registro Demografico in Cataño, Puerto
Rico where I had also found one for her brother
Antonio, though he was born in Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic. Later on her brother
Maximiliano "Altao" was baptized
at the Roman Catholic Church of San Felipe
de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and was
born in November 22, 1907 to Antonia Altao.
Altao is a misspelling but the pronunciation is
similar to Artau. But now we have come upon
another brother call Luis Ángel Altao and
his birthdate supposedly is November 22,
1909. This is suspicious since Luis Ángel
never travels with his mother like his other
siblings and being the youngest his mother
would never have left him behind. His mother
Antonia Artau travels with Antonio, Trinidad
and Maximiliano but later in life there is
no record of Maximiliano but there is of
Luis Ángel.
Plaza y antigua iglesia de Cataño a inicios
del siglo XX.
In the 1930 Census for Cataño, Puerto Rico, Calle del Tren, Teresa Rodríguez de Basulto
was "Jefe", Filomena Jerez Rodríguez
"hija", Antonia Artau vda (viuda)
de Rodríguez "cuñada", Trina Artau
Rodríguez "alojada" and Petronila
Rodríguez López "alojada". Now
we start to see the family connections. If
Antonia Artau is a sister-in-law, then Teresa
Rodríguez de Basulto is the sister of Cristóbal
Rodríguez Martínez. What is questionable
is whether Cristóbal Rodríguez has passed
away according to Antonia Artau widow of
Rodríguez.
"Yo, Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez, he
sido admitido en la República Dominicana
como inmigrante y solicito la expedición
de mi Permiso de Residencia".
"Esta solicitud es correcta y ha sido
suscrita y jurada ante mí en Julio 8 de 1943...
Puerto Plata, R.D.".
In the 1910 census for Bayamón, Puerto Rico,
barrio Cataño, Calle Flores,
Eduardo Moreno
was listed as "Jefe",
his occupation
was "tabaquero, finca
de tabaco"
Petra Martínez Torres was
listed as "suegra"
her ocupation was "quehaceres
de casa"
and Petra Rodríguez y Martínez
was listed
as "cuñada",
her occupation was
"costurera, familia
particular."
The person missing is Eduardo's
wife which
would be Petra Martínez
Torres's daughter
and sister of Petra Rodríguez
Martínez.
Researching the Passenger List from Puerto
Plata, Dominican Republic to San Juan Puerto Rico
I also came upon a pattern
of this family
travelling together and
it gives me a better
understanding of the family
relationships.
Searching in Ancestry.com
within the catalogue
search for Puerto Rico is where the chapter Puerto Rico, US Arriving
Passenger and Crew list,
1901-1962 resides.
In doing so I learned that
the Details notes are very helpful and should be copied. That's
what you see before clicking on "view
the original". What I found after reviewing
the Detail notes was the actual birthdate
of one of the participants of this study
and the town and country of birth of another.
The Passenger list is not only on the first
page but also on the second page that follows.
That's how I found Cristóbal Rodríguez visiting
his mother Petrona Martínez. Also, the familysearch.org
and Ancestry.com websites on the smartphone
are not as good as the websites on a computer.
I have found entries on the computer that
didn't show up on the smartphone. Also, I
found that entering all the information that
you might have in the search bar, like first name, paternal and maternal last name, birth date, death date, place of birth are all helpful to finding your ancestors
but do not click on any
Exact button. Your findings will appear first
even if there is 1,000
returns and also the
family trees relating to
your search will
appear. After that click
on exact for Country. That is the way that I found success and
the connection to the other
Rodríguez families.
In the following passenger
list the family
of Cristóbal Rodríguez
and Antonia Artau
are returning home.
Passenger List sailing from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Saint Simon. November 18th 1904.
The following are the questions
and answers
on the manifest:
1. Petronila Martínez:
age: 50 yrs old.
Married
or single: widow,
Nationality, Country:
Puerto
Rico. Race: Spanish
American. Whether
going
to join a relative,
going home.
2. Teresa Rodríguez:
30 yrs old, widow.
Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico.
Spanish American,
going
home.
3. Antonia Rodríguez: 28 yrs old, single,
Nationality, Country: Puerto Rico, Spanish
American, going home. [Apparently she is
using her husband's last name].
4. Cristóbal Rodríguez:
20 yrs old, single.
Occupation: Journeyman.
Nationality, Country:
Puerto Rico. Spanish
American, going home.
SS Simon
5. Petronila Rodríguez:
15 yrs old, single.
Nationality. Country: Puerto
Rico. Spanish
American, going home.
6. Antonio Rodríguez: 7
months.
This time just the "Altao"
family
are going home.
Passenger List sailing
from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Montreal. May
16th 1906.
1. Antonia Altao y Díaz:
27 yrs old. Single.
Nationality. Country: Puerto
Rico. Spanish
American, going home.
2. Antonio Altao: 18 months.
Final Destination:
Puerto Plata to father
Puerto Rican mother
also.
3. Trinidad Altao: 7 months.
Apparently Cristóbal Rodriguez's
aunt came
to visit.
Passenger List sailing from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico on the SS Quebec. January 17th
1908:
1. Trinidad Martínez: 50 yrs old, widow.
Nationality, Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian. Last permanent residence: Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo. The name and address
of relative or friend in country whence alien
came: Cristóbal Rodríguez - Puerto Plata
- Calle González. Complexion: Fair. Place
of birth: Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
2. Teresa Rodríguez: 30 yrs old. Widow. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. West Indian. Last permanent
residence: Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo.
SS Quebec.
The name and address of relative or friend
in country whence alien came: Ramón Martorell
- Calle González. Complexion: Fair. Place
of birth: Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
3. Petra Rodríguez: 19
yrs old. Single. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Complexion: Fair. Place
of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
4. Juan Ramón Rodríguez: 8 months. Going
home with his mother Teresa
Rodríguez. Complexion:
Fair. Place of birth: Puerto
Plata, Santo
Domingo.
After another visit returning
home.
Passenger List sailing
from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Montreal. April
15th 1909.
1. Antonia Altao Díaz: 28 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Relative visiting: her
sister in law, Mrs.
Matorel. Puerto Plata,
Santo Domingo, Marina
Street. 2. Antonio Altao: 4 yrs. Nationality, Country:
Santo Domingo. Race: West
Indian, son of
Antonia Altao.
3. Maxi Altao: 1 yr old. Nationality, Country:
Santo Domingo. Race: West
Indian, son of
Antonia Altao.
There is a lot of questions asked of the
passengers.
Passenger List sailing
from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Montreal. April
15th 1910.
1. Petronila Rodríguez:
60 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico, Race:
West Indian.
Name of nearest relative
whence alien came:
Son, Cristóbal Rodríguez,
Marina St. Puerto
Plata. Whether going to
join a friend or
relative: friend, Eduardo
Moreno, Cataño,
Puerto Rico. Place of birth:
Bayamón, Puerto
Rico.
2. Petronila Rodríguez:
22 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Name of nearest relative
whence alien came:
brother, Cristóbal Rodríguez,
Marina St.
Puerto Plata. Whether going
to join a friend
or relative: friend, Eduardo
Moreno, Cataño,
Puerto Rico. Place of birth:
Bayamón, Puerto
Rico.
3. Lucila Rodríguez, 5
yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Santo Domingo.
Race: West Indian.
Name of nearest relative
whence alien came:
uncle, Cristóbal Rodríguez,
Puerto Plata.
Whether going to join a
friend or relative:
friend, Eduardo Moreno,
Cataño, Puerto Rico.
Place of birth: Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo.
4. Juan Ramon Rodríguez:
2 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Santo Domingo.
Race: West Indian.
Name of nearest relative
whence alien came:
uncle, Cristóbal Rodríguez,
Puerto Plata.
Whether going to join a
friend or relative:
friend, Eduardo Moreno,
Cataño, Puerto Rico.
Place of birth: Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo.
We continue to understand the family relationships.
Passenger List sailing
from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic
to San Juan Puerto
Rico
on the SS Montreal.
December 11th 1911:
1. Teresa Rodríguez:
36 yrs old. occupation:
Seamstress, Nationality,
Country: Puerto
Rican, Race: West
Indian. The name
and address
of relative or friend
in country whence
alien
came: mother, Petronila
Martínez, Tren St.
Cataño, Puerto Rico.
2. Marcelina Rodríguez:
2 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rican,
Race: West Indian.
relative, nieta,
Accompanied by Teresa
Rodríguez.
In the following
questions are the
personal
description of Age,
Nationality or Country,
Race, Complexion
and Place of birth:
Postal de la Calle del Tren en Cataño,
a inicios del siglo XX.
Passenger List sailing from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico on the SS Montreal. January
28th 1913:
1. Petronila Martínez:
60 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico, Race:
West Indian.
The name and address of
relative or friend
in country whence alien
came: friend, Antonio
Rodríguez, Tren St. Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
Complexion: Fair. Place
of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
2. Juan Ramón Rodríguez:
6 yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Accompanied by grandmother
Petronila Martínez.
Complexion: Brown. Place
of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
3. Celina Rodríguez: 3
yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico, Race:
West Indian.
Accompanied by grandmother
Petronila Martínez.
Complexion: Brown. Place
of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
4. Juana Rodríguez: 15
yrs old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Accompanied by cousin Teresa
Rodríguez. Name
of nearest relative whence
alien came: Antonio
Rodríguez, Tren St. Cataño.
Complexion: Brown.
Place of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
5. Teresa Rodríguez: 35
yrs old. Occupation:
Dressmaker. Nationality,
Country: Puerto
Rico. Race: West Indian.
Name of nearest
relative whence alien came:
Antonio Rodríguez,
Tren St. Cataño, P.R. Complexion:
White.
Place of birth: Bayamón,
Puerto Rico.
6. Antonia Altau: 30 yrs
old. Nationality,
Country: Puerto Rico. Race:
West Indian.
Occupation: Embroidery.
Name of nearest relative
whence alien came: brother,
Martín Artau,
Las Flores St. Cataño,
Puerto Rico. Complexion:
Brown. Place of birth:
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
7. Antonio Altau: 6 yrs
old. Accompanied
by mother Antonia Altau.
Complexion: Brown.
Place of birth: Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
8. Trinidad Altau: 5 yrs
old. Accompanied
by mother Antonia Altau.
Complexion: Brown.
Place of birth: Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
9. Maximiliano Altau: 2
yrs old. Accompanied
by mother Antonia Altau.
Complexion: Fair.
Place of birth: Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
Cataño: calle, terminal de lanchas y su estación
del tren en las primeras décadas del siglo
XX.
In the following questions
are the personal
description of Age, Nationality
or Country,
Race, Height, Complexion,
Color of hair,
Color of eyes and Place
of birth:
Passenger List sailing
from St. Thomas to
San Juan Puerto Rico on
the SS President.
March 6th 1913:
1. Cristóbal Rodríguez:
28 yrs old. Occupation:
Painter. Nationality: Portorican.
Race: West
Indian. Last permanent
residence: Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo. Whether
going to join
a relative: going to join
his mother Mrs.
Petonila Martínez, Cataño,
Puerto Rico. Height:
5'6". Complexion:
Fair. Color of hair:
black. Color of eyes: brown.
Place of birth:
Cataño, Puerto Rico.
In the following questions are the personal
description of Age, Complexion, Height, and Place of
birth:
Passenger List sailing
from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Caravelle. June
2nd 1915:
1. Teresa Rodríguez: 37
yrs old. Name and
address of nearest relative
whence came:
brother Cristóbal Rodríguez,
Ensanche St.
Whether going to join a
relative: Aunt, Bruna
Rodríguez, Bayamón. Complexion:
Fair. Height:
5'4". Place of birth:
Bayamón, Puerto
Rico.
In the following questions
are the personal
description of Age, Date
and Place of Birth,
Nationalization and Current
Address:
Passenger List sailing
from
Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San
Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Marina. May 12th
1917:
1. Teresa Rodríguez: Age:
39. Give date and
place of birth: Oct. 15,
1878 Bayamón, Puerto
Rico. If naturalized give
location and date
of papers: January 1917,
San Juan. Address
in the United States: Tren
St. #104, Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
In the following questions are the personal
description of Age, Place of Birth and Year, and Current
Address:
Passenger List sailing from Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic to San Juan Puerto Rico
on the SS Havana. October 4th 1926:
1. Antonia Altau: age: 40 yrs old. Place
of birth and year: Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
1886. Address in the United States: Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
2. Trinidad Altau:
age: 20 yrs old.
Place
of birth: Cataño,
Puerto Rico. June
18th
1905. Address in
the United States:
Cataño,
Puerto Rico.
SS Havana.
The following is somewhat
unique:
List or Manifest of Aliens
employed on the
vessel as members of crew.
Vessel Emilia
arriving at New York, N.Y.
June 2nd 1930
from the port of San Juan,
Puerto Rico May
28, 1930:
Lewis Altao: Position in
ship's company:
Messboy. Shipped When:
5/28/30. Shipped Where:
San Juan. Whether to be
paid off or discharged
at port of arrival: ordered
to Ellis Island
with proper Alien passport.
Age: 23. Race:
West Indian. Nationality:
Dominican. Height:
5'7". Weight: 130.
At this point during my
research I came upon
several pictures of an
immigrant in the Dominican
Republic requesting permission
to reside
named Cristóbal Rodríguez
Martínez and now
I had to prove that he
was my bisabuelo.
First I came upon the Rodríguez Suero family through civil records and public family
trees. They seem to be
the second family
of Cristóbal Rodríguez:
1. Alfonso Rodríguez Suero was baptized at
the Roman Catholic Church of San Felipe de
Puerto Plata on Abril 4,1920 and was born
in April 17, 1919. The baptism states "hijo
natural reconocido de Cristóbal Rodríguez
y Tomasa Suero."
2. La señora Tomasa
Suero vda. de Reyes
falleció
el 4 de junio de
1966 en la ciudad
de San
Felipe de Puerto
Plata, Republica
Dominicana,
domiciliada en la
localidad de Separación.
Ella era hija de
Tomasina Suero. El
compareciente
fue Cristóbal Rodríguez.
Apparently Cristóbal
Rodriguez's son.
3. En la ciudad de
San Felipe de Puerto
Plata
recibió noticias
que la señora Petronila
Rodríguez Suero falleció
el día 30 de marzo
de 1973 en la ciudad
de New York, hija
del
señor Cristóbal Rodríguez
y la señora Tomasa
Suero y que estaba
casada.
4. El señor Victor
Manuel Rodríguez
falleció
el día 25 de julio
1986 en la ciudad
de San
Felipe de Puerto
Plata, hijo del señor
Cristóbal
Rodríguez y la señora
Tomasa Suero casado
con Francisca González
de Rodríguez, domiciliado
en la Calle John
F. Kennedy y el compareciente
fue Elpidio Rodríguez
domiciliado en El
Ensanche
Duborg.
5. El señor Elpidio
Rodríguez Suero falleció
el dia 29 abril de
1997 en la ciudad
de Puerto
Plata, hijo del señor
Juan Ramón Cristóbal
Rodríguez y la señora
Tomasa Suero. Nació
el dia 26 de noviembre
de 1926.
6. El señor Cristóbal
Rodríguez Suero falleció
el dia 25 de octubre
de 1998 en la ciudad
de San Felipe de
Puerto Plata, hijo
del señor
Cristóbal Rodríguez
y la señora Tomasa
Suero.
Antonio Rodríguez Artau.
As you can see Cristóbal appears to be using
his legal name and is known as Juan, Juan Ramón and Juan
Cristóbal. Later through
Public family trees
within Ancestry.com I came
upon the Rodríguez
Marcos family.
1. Antonio Rodríguez Suero was born on February
13, 1934 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
His parents were Carmela Marcos and Juan
Cristóbal Rodríguez. He passed away on January
3, 2003 in the Bronx, New York at the age
of 68 years old. He was a citizen of the
United States and was registered with Social
Security. His father was Juan R. Rodríguez.
2. Rafael Antonio Rodríguez was born in 1933
in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. His
parents were Carmen Josefa Marcos and Juan
Ramón Rodríguez. His father Juan Ramón passed
away in 1955 and his mother Carmen Josefa
passed away in 1981.
3. Juan Román Rodríguez was born in 1877
to Petronila Martínez and Juan del Carmen
Rodríguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Rafael
Antonio Rodríguez died in 2004 in New York,
New York at the age of 71.
4. Carmen Josefa Marcos was born in 1907
in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Luis
José Marcos born in 1885 and Luisa Fernández
born in 1882. She had eight siblings and
eight children with Juan Ramón Rodríguez.
"Antonio Rodríguez [Suero].
Febrero 13, 1934
- Enero 3, 2003
Con amor de tu esposa, hijos y nietos.
Ya no estás en nuestras vidas para compartir
pero en nuestros corazones siempre estarás".
5. La señora Carmela Marcos de Rodríguez
falleció en la ciudad de
Santo Domingo, República
Dominicana a los 2 de marzo
de 1982 de nacionalidad
Dominicana y domiciliado
en Camino Oeste.
Ella tenía 73 años, era
hija de Luisa Fernández
y el nombre del cónyuge
fue Cristóbal Rodríguez.
6. El señor Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez
falleció el día 11 de octubre de 1954 en
la Ciudad Trujillo, República Dominicana
de la edad de 79 años; nació en Cataño, Puerto
Rico y estaba casado con Carmela Marquez.
Era padre del declarante y compareciente
Víctor Manuel Rodríguez (Suero) que tenía
30 años, era mecánico y estaba domiciliado
en esta ciudad.
As we can see Cristóbal was known as Cristóbal, Juan, Juan Ramón, and Juan Ramón
Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez.
There isn't
a baptism record for Cristóbal
but there
is for Juan Ramón Rodríguez
Martínez:
Iglesias parroquiales de Bayamón, Puerto Rico y de Puerto Plata, República Dominicana
a inicios del siglo XX.
"En la parroquia
de Santa Cruz de Bayamón
Diócesis y Provincia
de Puerto Rico a las
veinte y siete días
del mes de Diciembre
de mil ochocientos
setenta y nueve (December
27, 1879) Yo Don
Vicente Aquilice cura Párroco
de la misma bauticé
solemnemente puse Santo
óleo y crisma y los
nombres de Juan Ramón
a un niño que nació
el diez y nueve de Julio
pasado año (July
19, 1878): hijo legítimo
de Juan del Carmen
Rodríguez y Petrona Martínez:
abuelos paternos
Francisco y Nicolasa Soto:
maternos Valeriano
y Severiana Torres...".
Juan Ramón Rodríguez Martínez had other siblings
baptized in the Church of Santa Cruz of Bayamón.
Their names are Gregorio, José Alfredo, José
del Carmen, Juana María and María Ana Teresa
Rodríguez Martínez.
Trinidad Rodríguez Artau passed away on July
17, 1976 in Cataño, Puerto Rico. Her parents
were Cristóbal Rodríguez and Antonia Artau
Díaz. The witness was her spouse Fabián Rosado
Cabrera and she was born on August 18, 1905.
Antonia Artau Díaz passed
away on November
11, 1964. Her parents were
listed as Cirilo
Díaz and Antonia Díaz.
Her spouse was Cristóbal
Rodríguez and the witness
was her son in
law Fabian Rosado.
Luis Ángel Rodríguez was born on November
22, 1909 and passed away on July 3, 1957.
His father was Ramón Rodríguez - Puerto Rico
and his mother was Antonia Artau-Puertorico.
His occupation was a Floor man at a Night
Club. He died in Los Angeles, California,
where he lived for the last 17 years. His
birth place is listed as Puerto Rico.
Antonio Rodríguez Artau passed away on August
5, 1975. He lived in Las Vegas, Cataño, Puerto
Rico and his parents were Cristóbal Rodríguez
and Antonia Artau. He was born on June 14,
1904 in Cataño, Puerto Rico. His occupation
is listed as Mechanic. The witness was his spouse María Valle
Cruz.
This ends my research for our bisabuelo Cristóbal
Rodríguez Martínez. I would like to thank those cousins of mine
that have taken the Ancestry.com DNA test
because it is their Public family trees that
also proves definitely that "somos primos."
This article is dedicated "a mi pana
Dominicano", Adolfo González. His father's
name is Alfonso, his mother's name is Quisqueya
and his brother's name is Rafael Tejada.
They lived on Manhattan Ave. between 100st
and 101St and I lived on 100st between Central
Park West and Manhattan Ave. in Manhattan,
NYC. In the year of 2022 he would be about
68 years old.
