Fourth Generation

25. Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACIANI was born on 9 Jan 1883 in Madrid, Spain.^4,28,54 Full name: Domingo José Julián. He was baptized on 31 Jan 1883 in Madrid, Spain.⁴ Baptized at San Ginés.

He appeared in the census in 1895 in Madrid, Spain.²³ He was educated at the Boarding School "Pias de Getafe" in 1895 in Getafe, Madrid, Spain.²³ "Los niños Domingo y Emilio, están internos en el Colegio - Escuelas Pias de Getafe."
He lived at Plaza de la Cebada, 10, entresuelo derecha in Madrid, Spain on 1 Dec 1895.²³ He immigrated in 1905 to Havana, Cuba.⁵⁵ He was a Profesor en el Colegio-Academia Melitón in Havana, Cuba between 1905 and 1908.⁵⁵ He was an educator for about 50 years beginning in Havana, Cuba in 1905. He was educated at the Escuela de Comercio de Cuba (Anexa al Instituto de la Habana) in 1905 in Havana, Cuba. Licenciado en Ciencias Exactas (.....), Título Profesor Merfcantil, Parto Taquigrafo y Mecanógrafo . . . He founded the Colegio Franco-Hispano America in 1908 in Havana, Cuba.⁵⁶ A 1908 advertisement in Diario de la Marina reads "Colegio 'Franco-Hispano-Americano'De Primera y Segunda Enseñanza / Directores Propietarios: Besteiro y Piquer. San Lázaro 250. Este Plantel de educación ofrece á la distinguidas familias de esta capital la garantía en el éxito de la enseñanza por contar con excelente profesorado perteneciente a la Universidades de Paris, Washington y Madrid. . . "

He was naturalized on 12 Jun 1913 in Havana, Cuba.⁵⁵ He was a Director del Colegio "Cervantes", sito en San Lázaro 198 in Havana, Cuba in 1921.⁵⁷ He was named Redactor del Fígaro in 1922 in Havana, Cuba. He founded what would be named the Colegio Académico Besteiro in 1926 in Havana, Cuba.⁵⁵ Fue nombrado Profesor de la Escuela de Arte y . . . de la Habana y ocupó el cargo de Profesor y Director de la Escuela Cervantes del Centro Castellano de la Habana. He «doctor en Filosofía y Letras». He was president of the Club Madrileño in Havana, Cuba. He died on 24 Oct 1958 in Havana, Cuba.

He was also known as GRACCIANI. Isabel BESTEIRO GRACCIANI escribe que cambió oficialmente su apellido segundo a GRACIANI. Sin embargo en la noticia de su muerte en el periódico en la Habana, ponen BESTEIRO GRACCIANI. (Although his sister Isabel wrote that he officially changed his name to GRACIANI, on his death notice in the newspaper, it was spelled "BESTEIRO GRACCIANI.") In fact he was one of three siblings (Josefa and Emilio) were the others, whose surnames were spelled GRACIANI on their birth certificates. Jorge and Isabel's surnames were GRACCIANI. Both spellings can be found throughout the lifetimes of the five siblings.

Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACIANI and Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT were married on 17 Nov 1915 in Havana, Cuba.⁵⁸ "Como los españoles mataron toda la familia LORET DE MOLA menos el padre de Mercedes y su hermano había problemas que Mercedes casara con un español.» (The Spaniards had killed the entire LORET DE MOLA family except for Mercedes' father and brother, and so there were problems with her marrying a Spaniard.)

Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT (daughter of Miguel Ángel LORET DE MOLA and Raquel BETANCOURT LAVASTIDA) was born on 13 Jan 1895 in Camaguey, Cuba. She visited in 1920 in New York, NY, USA.³⁹ She came with her mother Victorina GRACIANI LORENZO and her children Ricardo & Miguel Ángel BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA, to visit the family of her sister-in-law Pepita BESTEIRO GRACIANI and her family, then living at 526 E. 83rd Street..

She died on 13 Oct 1936 in Havana, Cuba.^58,59 Murió de parto. Died in childbirth, with her 18th child. (She and Domingo had RH incompatibility.) Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACIANI and Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT had the following children:

+38	i.	Ricardo BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA.
+39	ii.	Miguel Ángel BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA.
+40	iii.	Isabel (Bellita) BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA.
+41	iv.	Raquel (Raquelita) BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA.
42	v.	Alejandro BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA **59 was born about 1930 in Havana, Cuba. He died about 1930 in Havana, Cuba. Según Raquel BESTEIRO, Alejandro tuvo más o menos 6 meses cuando murió.
43	vi.	13 hijos más BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA **.59 According to Raquel BESTEIRO, Domingo BESTEIRO and Mercedes LORET DE MOLA had incompatible RH factors and of their approximately 18 children, only 5 survived more than a few hours (a few were stillborn), and only 4 survived into adulthood. Mercedes died iduring the childbirth of her 18th child.