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108. José Francisco BESTEIRO GUIZA²³⁶ was born on 15 Dec 1819 in Sta. Mª de Franqueán, Lugo, Spain. He was baptized on 15 Dec 1819 in Sta. Mª de Franqueán, Lugo, Spain.²³⁷ From source, «Nació y se bautizo en quince de Diciembre de mil ocho cientos diez y nueve, le bautizó D. Francisco Aldegunde vecino que fué de la Riveira.» He served in the army between 1845 and 1850 in Spain.²³⁸ According to Juan Antonio DE LA RICA he served in the second Carlist war (c. 1847-1849). . He opened a food store before 1850 in Madrid, Spain.²³⁹ José, tras años de ir y venir, adquirió un buen local en la mejor zona de Madrid . . . Estaba en la esquina de la Costanilla [de Santiago] con la calle de Milaneses. (Aquired a location in the best part of Madrid . . . ) He died about 1879 in Madrid, Spain?.^{72,167,236,240} From Josefa BESTEIRO GRACCIANI's 1884 birth certificate we know he was dead at the time of her birth. LAMO DE ESPINOSA claims that José died when his son Julián was about 8 or 9 years old. Urbano MELENDO (generally very accurate in his calculations) claims José died in 1879. Juan DE LA RICA CASTEDO claims that Juana married Domingo CASTEDO around 1878, after Jose's death. (Según Juan DE LA RICA CASTEDO, después de la muerte de José, Juana casó con el viudo de su hermana, Domingo CASTEDO.) José Francisco BESTEIRO GUIZA and Juana Peregrina FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA were married before 1851. They lived at Costanilla de Santiago, 15, in Madrid, Spain between 1851 and 1873.¹⁶⁷ Vivía [José] en Costanilla de Santiago, 15 con su esposa Juana, la madre Guiza y cuatro criados, cuyos nombres menciona. . . En esa misma casa, ocupando además el 2o piso, viven en 1873 José, Juana, Carmen, Julián, María y esposo Julián López y Herminia y ocho sirvientes. En 1874 no figuran en "S. Ginés."
They lived at C / Mayor, 85, in Madrid, Spain in 1877.¹⁶⁷ Los mismos que en 1874 [sic, ¿1873?], excepto Herminia; si Honorio y Amalia y ocho sirvientes.

109. Juana Peregrina FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA^77,240 was born about 1830 in San Ildefonso, Madrid, Spain.^236,240 Per de la Rica, Juana was about 12 years younger than José. She died about 1886 in Madrid, Spain.^72,236 Josefa BESTEIRO GRACCIANI's birth certificate states that Juana was a widow at the time of Josefa's birth in 1884. Lama de Espinosa claims that Juana died when her son Julián was about 16. (Emilio's note: I assume this means that if Juana had married Domingo CASTEDO, that he would have died by 1884 . . . or? . . . The entire second marriage of Juana is still surrounded by mystery . . . )
Children were:

i.
María BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ¹⁶⁷ was born about Nov 1851 in Madrid, Spain.^72,236,241 Full name: Facunda María Froilana She was baptized on 28 Nov 1851 in Madrid, Spain.^167,241 Baptized at San Ginés. She died on 16 Nov 1920 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴² Posiblemente 1921.
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ii.
Ricardo Julián BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ.
iii.
Severo BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was baptized on 7 Nov 1856 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴³ Baptized at San Ginés. He was born about Nov 1856 in Madrid, Spain. He died on 23 May 1857 in Madrid, Spain.
iv.
Florentina Mª BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **^167,244 was born about Jun 1859 in Madrid, Spain. She was baptized on 22 Jun 1859 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁵ She died on 6 Dec 1859 in Madrid, Spain.
v.
José María (1) BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was baptized on 6 Jan 1861 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁶ Baptized at San Ginés. He was born about Jan 1861 in Madrid, Spain. He died on 25 Feb 1862 in Madrid, Spain.
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Carmen BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ *¹⁶⁷ was baptized on 13 Jan 1862 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁷ She was born about Jan 1862 in Madrid, Spain.^236,247 Full name: María Carmen Gonzala de A. Guillerma Dominga She was living in 1940 in Carpio de Tajo, Toledo, Spain. She died after 1940.²⁴⁸
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Froilán Lázaro BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was born about Dec 1863 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁹ Full name: Froilán Lázar. He was baptized on 20 Dec 1863 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁹ Baptized at San Ginés. He died on 23 Oct 1865 in Madrid, Spain.
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José María (2) BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was born about Oct 1865 in Madrid, Spain. He was baptized on 25 Oct 1865 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵⁰ Baptized at San Ginés. He died on 18 May 1866 in Madrid, Spain.
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Silverio Julián BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was born about Jun 1867 in Madrid, Spain. He was baptized on 24 Jun 1867 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵¹ Baptized at San Ginés. He died on 4 Oct 1868 in Madrid, Spain.
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Julián BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **²⁴⁸ was born on 21 Sep 1870 in Madrid, Spain.^{167,236,252,253} Full name: Julián José María. Born at la Costanilla de Santiago, 15. Although LAMO DE ESPINOSA puts the address at «la Costanilla de Santiago, 16, 4º principal, viviendo en la próxima calle de Milaneses, 2, en un piso propiedad de su padre», Don Urbano MELENDO's research putting the family address at 15 is certainly correct. Nevertheless, despite the general assumption that he was born in Madrid, there has been a case made for his birth in Galicia, as reported in the Enciclopedia gallega: «M. da Rivas Reija en un trabajo inédito del que hay publicado un resumen (La Voz de Galicia, 30-IX-1973), intenta demostrar que nació en la casa solar de su padre, en la parroquia de Franqueán (O Corgo-Lugo), el día 15, fue trasladado a Madrid y registrado como nacido allí el día 21. Su familia pertenecía a la pequeña burguesía mercantil acomodada.» He was baptized on 24 Sep 1870 in Madrid, Spain.^253,254

He was educated at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza from 1879 in Madrid, Spain.²³⁶ «La influencia que la Institución Libre de Enseñanza había de ejercer en Besteiro es incalculable.» He was educated «en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Madrid» from 1888 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵² He was educated at the Sorbonne in 1895/96 in Paris (also in Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig at that time). He was a professor of Psychology, Logic and Ethics at the Institute of Orense in Orense, Spain between 1897 and 1900.

He sent to prison for his beliefs, «por los conceptos vertidos contra el ejército» in 1911 in Madrid, Spain. He was elected as City Councilman between 1914 and 1918 in Madrid, Spain. He active participant in national strike, sentenced to jail but saved by general amnesty in 1917 in Madrid, Spain. He was elected as member of parliament [Cortes] from Madrid in 1918 in Madrid, Spain. He was elected as President of Parliament, immediately following the proclamation of the Republic in 1931 in Madrid, Spain.

He signed a will in 1933 in Madrid, Spain.²⁴⁸ "Deseo que mi mujer disfrute libremente de cuantos bienes podamos ambos estar en posesión, por considerar que estos bienes nos corresponden a ella y a mi indistintamente . . . La única limitación que establezco a esta propiedad ilimitada . . . es el ruego . . . de que, mientras viva mi hermana Carmen, la siga atendiendo, por lo menos, en la forma en que la atendemos a presente . . . "
He was elected as member of the prestigious «Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas» in 1935 in Madrid, Spain. He author of book «Marxismo y Antimarxismo» in 1935 in Madrid, Spain.

He was elected as member of parliament in the general elections with the highest vote total in Feb 1936 in Madrid, Spain. He one of the "Council of Defense" that surrendered Madrid to Franco in Mar 1939 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵² "En todo momento, y enfermo, rechaza la salida de Madrid y prefiere «Quedarse con su pueblo, corriendo la misma suerte.»"

He arrested, brought to trial and condemned to prison on 28 Mar 1939 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵⁵ "El 28 de marzo, en los Sótanos del Ministerio de Hacienda, donde se constituye el Juzgado, se le toma declaración indagatoria y se decreta su prisión, que comienza en las primeras horas de aquella noche por su traslado a la "Cárcel de Porlier." He was moved among 4 different prisons between 28 Mar 1939 and 28 Aug 1939.²⁵⁵ El 12 de junio pasa a la prisión del Paseo del Cisne. El 8 de julio se celebró el Consejo de Guerra de Oficiales Generales. El 3 de agosto . . . es trasladado a la prisión habilitada en el monasterio de Dueñas. El 28 es conducido a la de Carmona. He died on 27 Sep 1940 in Carmona, Sevilla, Spain.²⁵⁶ His death certificate reads «falleció en la carcel el dia 27 del actual a las trece a consecuencia de fiebres parotideas según resulta de la certificación facultativa y reconocimiento practicado, su cadáver habrá de recibir sepultura en el Cementerio de esta Ciudad». He allowed to die of undiagnosed blood poisoning in Carmona Prison.²⁵⁵

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Juana BESTEIRO FERNÁNDEZ **¹⁶⁷ was born about Jan 1877 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵⁷ Full name: Juana Fabiana Sebastiana. She was baptized on 27 Jan 1877 in Madrid, Spain.²⁵⁷ Baptized at San Ginés.