This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Romaguera Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRC.2ACE/5635 Message Board Post: I am researching my wife's family who are Romaguera in Puerto Rico. According to family history the sons of Miguel Romaguera from Corçá, Gerona, Catalunya, España in the mid 1800s sent his sons out into the world because "the family was hard pressed." One went to Cuba, one to Puerto Rico, one to New Orleans and perhaps others to Argentina and Uruguay according to family history. I have extensive data on the Puerto Rico Romagueras and some on Miquel Romaguera including the names of three of his sons and some of the family ancestry back in Catalunya. The son who went to Puerto Rico was Luis Eusebio Pedro Romaguera. I have encountered in the US 1880 census a Romaguera who arrived from Cuba to Florida whose name was Joaquín E Romaguera. There was a son of Miguel Romaguera in Catalunya named Joaquín Esteban Basilio Romaguera, maybe he went to Cuba? Below is a tentative reconstruction from various US census of Cuban Romagueras in the US. Mike 1 Descendants of CUBAN-FLORIDA ROMAGUERA 1 CUBAN-FLORIDA ROMAGUERA 1800 - b: Aft. 1800 ..... 2 Joaquín E Romaguera 1846 - b: 1846 in Cuba: Retail grocer in Florida (1880US) d: in Living in Florida in 1880 ......... +Rosaria Unknown 1852 - b: 1852 in Cuba m: Abt. 1870 ............. 3 Santiago Joaquin Romaguera 1871 - b: 1871 d: in Still alive in 1930 ................. +Juana Fleitas 1877 - b: 1877 d: in Still alive in 1930 ..................... 4 Matilde Romaguera 1893 - b: 1893 ..................... 4 Georgina Romaguera 1898 - b: 1898 ..................... 4 Rosalie? Romaguera 1900 - b: Bet. 1900 - 1902 ..................... 4 Gracie Romaguera 1904 - b: 1904 ......................... +Willie Hilton 1903 - b: 1903 ..................... 4 Santiago Joaquin Romaguera 1905 - 1991 b: April 24, 1905 d: February 05, 1991 ......................... +Adalia Unknown 1905 - b: 1905 in Florida: Father born in FLA, Mother in ITALY ............................. 5 Giovanna Romaguera 1928 - b: 1928 in Florida ..................... 4 Frank Romaguera 1909 - b: 1909 ............. 3 José Romaguera 1871 - b: 1871 ............. 3 Andrés Romaguera 1873 - b: 1873 ............. 3 Cecelia Romaguera 1876 - b: 1876 ..... 2 P Romaguera 1850 - b: August 1850 in Cuba ......... +Wife Not In Census ............. 3 Amelia Romaguera 1876 - b: November 1876 ............. 3 Francisco Romaguera 1886 - b: October 16, 1886 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida ............. 3 Rafa? Romaguera 1872 - b: September 1872 ..... 2 Joseph G Romaguera 1871 - b: June 1871 in Cuba (1900US); Father b.US, Mother b.FLA (1930US) ......... +Helen J Unknown 1875 - b: 1875 ............. 3 Helen A Romaguera 1895 - b: May 1895 ............. 3 J R Romaguera 1897 - b: January 1897 ............. 3 Edward Romaguera 1903 - b: 1903 ................. +Minnie Unknown 1904 - b: 1904 ..................... 4 Alfred C Romaguera 1922 - b: 1922 ..................... 4 Delores Romaguera 1923 - b: 1923 ..................... 4 Nellie Romaguera 1927 - b: 1927 ............. 3 Pete Romaguera ..... 2 Baron Romaguera 1850 - b: August 1850 ......... +Unknown Alfizar ............. 3 Amelisa Romaguera 1876 - b: November 1876 ............. 3 Francisco Romaguera 1883 - b: August 1883 ............. 3 Rafa? Romaguera 1892 - b: September 1892 ..... 2 Joaquín Romaguera 1871 - b: June 1871 in Cuba ......... +Juana Unknown b: in Cuba ............. 3 Matilda Romaguera 1892 - b: December 1892 in Florida ............. 3 Herhina Romaguera 1896 - b: April 1896 in Florida ............. 3 María Romaguera 1899 - b: March 1899 in Florida ..... 2 Amalia Romaguera 1853 - b: February 1853 in Aunt of J G Romaguera in 1900US