Third Generation

4. José («El abuelo») SIGNES GARCÍA was born on 21 Aug 1864 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.¹⁷ He died on 25 Sep 1941 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.¹⁷ Murió a consecuencia de apoplejía. He was a peasant in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. Played the guitar; composed some music. José («El abuelo») SIGNES GARCÍA and Josefa (Pepa) MONFORT DIEGO were married in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.

5. Josefa (Pepa) MONFORT DIEGO⁴ was born about 1867 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.¹⁸ Carmen Lagos de Signes data had 1868 as birth year. She died on 27 Nov 1953 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.¹⁸ Per Carmen LAGOS BESTEIRO [Signes], her special interests were keeping family records and embroidering. Children were:

	i.	José (Tio Pepe) SIGNES MONFORT19 was born on 30 Jan 1891 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. He served in the military about 1912 in Ceuta, Spain.20 Fue cabo en el regimiento de telégrafos. He immigrated about 1917 to USA.1,21 He lived a brief period of time in Mishawaka, Indiana. Sent a postcard to his father on 15 April 1917 from Washington, DC: "Padre, si quiere ganar dos duros y medio cada día venga aqui Si no tiene dinero y quiere para el viaje se le enviaré. Verá mucho." He was a «Guardía Civil» in Spain between 1919 and 1938.22 De Madrid fue a Cataluña, entonces Castellón. He was in a Republican prison about 1938 in Morella, Castellón, Spain.19 Según su hijo Julián, en 1937 Pepe fue con una columna [repúblicana] de la Guardia Civil de Morella a Teruel, controlado por Franco. Había en esta columna varios conspiradores franquistas, y fusilaron a varios de los líderes y todos los chicos izquierdistas. No tenían idea sobre lo politico de Pepe y no le mataron. Cuando Pepe oyó por casualidad a uno decir "No le vimos al Guardia Signes matar a nadie, huyó. Escapó, pero le encarcelaron los comunistas. Cuando se dieron cuenta de que no era un "Guardia Civil malo" lo pusieron en libertad. Marchó a Gata donde se quedó hasta acabar la Guerra. (Pepe was in a column of the Civil Guard on its way to the Front, when several officers revolted, shot the leaders and many of the young [leftist] men accompanying the column. They spared Pepe but wondered why he hadn't fired. He fled, but was later captured in one of the Republican towns and jailed for being a member of the rebel column. When the town found out he had no part in it, he was freed and returned to Gata for the rest of the war.) He was in Franco's prison between 1939 and 1941 in Alicante, Spain.19,23 Después de la Guerra, los franquistas le condenaron a la cárcel por haber desertado la Guardia Civil. Según Julián, "Los comunistas querian matarle, y los de Franco también." Después fue encarcelado en Portaceli, Valencia. (After the war, the Nationalists imprisoned Pepe for desertion. Per his son Julian, "the communists wanted to kill him, and the Franco government too.") Pepe's travails are summarized in "Tio Pepe y la columna rebelde," edited by Emil SIGNES based on an interview with Julián SIGNES QUEROL. He was imprisoned for nearly two years. He died on 27 Apr 1976 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.24 He was buried after 27 Apr 1976 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.25 Nicho nº 1332.
	ii.	Ana (Anita) SIGNES MONFORT was born on 7 May 1895 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. She died in Jul 1957 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.26
	iii.	Pascual SIGNES MONFORT ** was born on 20 Dec 1897 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. He died in Mar 1976 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.
2	iv.	Emilio SIGNES MONFORT.
	v.	Antonio SIGNES MONFORT was born on 16 Jan 1910 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. He died on 4 Jun 1981 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.