Fourth Generation

27. Emilio BESTEIRO GRACIANI was born on 29 Jun 1886 in Madrid, Spain.²⁹

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 died on 10 Aug 1936 in Madrid, Spain.^99,100 He was executed during the first month of the Spanish Civil War; he was taken from his house at night and killed. Per a mass card printed to commemorate his death, he was "killed by "the red horde" on km 10 on the road from Madrid to Andalucia." It reads "Don Emilio Besteiro Gracciani, Jefe de los Archivos de la Compañía de F.F.C.C. de M.Z.A. que murió vilmente asesinado por la horda roja, el día 10 de Agosto de 1936, en el K. 10 de la carretera de Andalucía . . . ")

Según la acta de defunción, "falleció a consecuencia de lesiones por disparo de arma de fuego, según resulta del informe facultativo y reconocimiento practicado y su cadaver habrá de recibir sepultura en el cementerio de esta Villa[verde]." His death certificate states that he died of gunfire.

He was also known as GRACCIANI. On his birth certificate he is listed - as are Domingo and Josefa - as BESTEIRO GRACIANI. Jorge and Isabel, however, are listed as BESTEIRO GRACCIANI, and GRACCIANI was the spelling that was more common among all the siblings - as well as their mother and uncle Joaquín - from Jorge's birth until their deaths.


Según José Manuel LANCHA MARTÍ, "Mi padre [Teodoro LANCHA, hijo adoptado de Emilio] adoraba a su padre. El abuelo Emilio fue en casa un mito. Un hombre querido, admirado y venerado por su bondad, no sólo por mi padre sino por todo el mundo. Era una bellísima persona y mi padre nos hizo apreciarle y conservar su memoria a pesar de haber muerto . . . seis años antes de que naciera el mayor de mis hermanos." (My father [Teodoro Lancha, Emilio's adopted son] adored his father. Grandfather Emilio was a legend in our house. A man beloved, admired and venerated for his goodness, not just by my father but by everyone. He was a beautiful person and my father made us regard him highly and keep his memory despite his having died six years before my oldest brother was born.)

Emilio BESTEIRO GRACIANI and Dolores (Lola) VERA SANZ were married in Madrid, Spain. Emilio BESTEIRO GRACIANI and Dolores (Lola) VERA SANZ had the following children:

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Teodoro LANCHA RODRÍGUEZ.