This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Reinier159 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.caribbean.cuba.general/980.96.3657.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello A nice surprise to read your post, i dont know if is the same but my great grandfathers name was name eusebio my father told stories about him when i was a kid , he died when my father was a kid, he was a veteran of the independence war again spain and evidently marriage my great grad mother after he was an old man, or maybe could be his father because hondares tend to give the fahter's name to the first son but i doubt it because i hear about eusebio brothers manuel agustin, my great grandmother was known by yiyo and live to 96 years old, dont remember the name by my father remember how yiyo make eusebio life miserable with comlain and in one occation treatened him with his own "sable"{officer sword) and told about eusebio in his 80s used to make trouble and complain about everything saying in others words that the new cuban were a pussy"" not like the ones that fight for the independence, my great grandma live from his pention after castro came and cut it off(amazing eh?! ) she died in Regla,Havana wre they have a midle class confortable house with a running manantial(source of water) always cold as i remember as a kid. anyway you can write to reinier@Hondares.com, I was born in 1964,my father in 1941 my grandpa died in his 70s in 1993 and i have no birth info about yiyo,eusebio's wife and my great grandfather ,but yiyo eusebio ,my father and grand father are in the same mausoleum in regla's cemtery ,one of the oldest in cuba, Best Regards Reinier 2 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.