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I am relatively new to this hobby of mine which started a few years ago. My father Santos Cintron Silva was from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. I never knew his parents and do not know much about them at all. What I do know is that they had 7 children whose names are Santos, Higinio,Antonia,Prudencio,Altagracia,Manuel and Martin. Unfortunately all are deceased except for my Aunt in Ponce. I have limited information on my aunts and uncles as I visited regularly with 3 uncles in New York while I was growing up. I only found out about my other Aunt whose name was Altagracia from conversations with my brother who was also trying to find out information. I do know my grandfather was Juan Cintron Matos and grandmother was Gabriela Silva. They lived in the barrio "La Tuna" in the early 1900's. I was able to get some information from the 1920 Census at the New York City Public Library at 42nd St.
My mothers name is Lucidenia Hernandez Nieves . Her family Hernandez comes from el barrio "Cerro Gordo" in Anasco. She had 8 brothers and sisters whose names are Dominga(Minguita), Vido, Ceasar(Tuto),Doris,Franklyn,Frank, Efrain(Tato) and Antonia (Tonita). I have had luck in tracing her grandparents names Justo Hernandez Alvarez and Felica Borrero Ramos from the census at the 42nd St library. It was exciting to see the names of their children and to find my grandfathers date of birth. His name was Domingo.
I am not sure where the Nieves are from although I have been told that my grandmother Tomasa Nieves was born in Las Marias. I have been told that her parents were Pedro Nieves and Angela Arcelay. I checked the 1920 census and found no information on them so I must go back and check the 1910 census and see what I find. My next step is to write the churches in Anasco, Las Marias and Cabo Rojo and to see what luck I have in finding out further information on my descendants. If I have no luck with them I will write for information from the "Departamento de Salud" in Puerto Rico to see what I can find.
In my case I have found that not many of my relatives know much about their descendancy, which is amazing. So I have taken the torch to find out as much as I can about my roots. In this endeavor I have also taken the initiative to investigate my wife's family whose surname is Moyano Sielfliesch.
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