This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Estrada Palma Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRC.2ACE/5374.3 Message Board Post: Charles, I`m cuban and I can tell you that I don`t know if the information on the Internet abour TEP dropping his surname DUQUE for political reasons is true! It looks unreal to me for a man of his political believes and caliber ! But I can tell you there was a Tomas Duque de Estrada Borrero , born about 1765 in Puerto Principe , what is Camagüey. Can it be that they are related? Maybe, but I haven`t found any connection yet. Our President was born in Bayamo, in the Oriente province. The one from Pto. Principe married Juana de Dios Varona Varona on may 16 1831 at the Parroquia de la Soledad , Pto. Principe. Tomas ( the President ) was born on july 9th, 1835 in Bayamo. He dies on november 4 th. 1908. Parents names: Andres Maria Estrada y Candelaria Palma Tamayo . He married in Honduras Genoveva Guardiola, the daughter of the President of Honduras, Santos Guardiola Arbizu. They had 6 children: Manuel Jose , Tomas Andres, Carlos Joaquin, Maria de la Candelaria and a set of twins: Mariana de la Luz & Rafael....... After he resigned to the Presidency of Cuba , he retired to Bayamo where he died. He rests in Santiago de Cuba. I`m including a link to the best information you can get..lots of pictures, documents, etc. from the University of Miami. Enjoy! http://digital.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc0460/chc0460_find.shtml