Sixth Generation

42. Manuel LAGOS TOLEDO was born on 3 Jan 1878 in Periana, Málaga, Spain.^39,76,77 Nació en la casa de sus padres, Calle de las Monjas nº 3. He was living between 1885 and 1905 in Madrid, Spain.⁴¹ He appeared in the census in 1890 in Madrid, Spain.⁴¹ He lived at Calle del Toro núm. 5 - principal in Madrid, Spain on 1 Dec 1890. He was educated at the Instituto de Cardenal Cisneros and received «el Título de Bachiller» on 18 Dec 1893 in Madrid, Spain.⁷⁸ He immigrated on 18 Apr 1905 to Havana, Cuba.^79,80 He sailed on the Manuel Calvo, which departed Barcelona on 26 March. He arrived at Ellis Island, New York, on 11 April, and got to Havana on 18 April. He lived at Consulado 104-106 in Havana, Cuba in 1908.⁸¹ This is where his son Francisco LAGOS GRACIANI was born in October 1908. He lived at San Nicolás, 1 in Havana, Cuba in Dec 1909.⁸² This is where he was living when his son Paquito died on 12 Dec. 1909. He lived at San Nicolás, 1 in Havana, Cuba in 1912.⁸³ He visited on 12 Nov 1914 in New York, NY, USA.⁸⁴ Arrived from Barcelona with his wife and her youngest daughter Isabel to visit his brother and his family, living at 344 E. 85th Street.

He was a «contador» (accountant) at the Compañía Eléctrica Santiago in Santiago, Cuba in 1918.⁸⁵ We know he was at this position in 1918 because of a 21 September newsclipping brought back by Gregorio LAGOS ESCALONA, who visited Cuba at that time. This occupation appears to have lasted several years.

He arrived in the US with his nephew Manuel LAGOS BESTEIRO in Oct 1919 in Baltimore, MD, USA.⁸⁶ He visited on 4 Oct 1922 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA. He was living in 1924 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA.⁸⁷ This, according to the ship manifest of his and Victorina's trip from Havana on 7 April 1924. He lived in 1927/28 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA. Manuel and Victorina lived first at Oak Street, then Madison Street. (This was while the Lagos family was living at 922 22nd Street.) He shot himself in an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide about Aug 1934 in Havana, Cuba.⁸⁸ His brother Antonio, who visited him shortly afterwards, noted that the cause of this misfortune "looked like Betty Boop." He lived with his brother Antonio and family for a time between 1936 and 1939 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA.⁸⁸ The exact time period is not clear, but the total time was probably about a year or so. This was when the family was living at 129 Lenox Avenue.

He was a «juez de carrera caballo en el Hipódromo de Marianao» in Havana, Cuba about 1950.⁸⁹ He was a judge at the Marianao race track in Havana. 1950 is an estimate of one of the many years that he was employed there. He lived in the Hotel New York for several years between 1950 and 1960 in Havana, Cuba.⁸⁹ He was living here when he died. He died on 26 Jul 1960 in Havana, Cuba.⁹⁰ He was buried on 27 Jul 1960 in Havana, Cuba.⁹¹ Buried in Colón Cemetery. He was exhumed and placed in an ossuary on 17 Jan 1964 in Havana, Cuba^92,93 A description of this curious Cuban tradition may be found in "Your Man in Havana", written by Emil SIGNES in 1999. He. He was recorded as resident with a Dr. Muin in Santiago, Cuba.

Manuel LAGOS TOLEDO and Victorina GRACIANI LORENZO were married on 4 Jan 1904 in Madrid, Spain.

Victorina GRACIANI LORENZO⁷⁹ (daughter of Francisco (Frasquito) GRACIANI PASTOR and Joaquina LORENZO BLAS) was born on 23 Mar 1862 in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.⁹⁴ She was baptized after 23 Mar 1862 in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. She was educated at the Escuela Nacional de Música y Declamación and graduated on 1 Jul 1880 in Madrid, Spain.⁹⁵ "Primer premio en la enseñanza de declamación." She was an actress in Madrid, Spain in 1881/82.^79,96 Isabel BESTEIRO GRACCIANI wrote «Mamá ganó como sabías el 1er premio por oposición después de graduada pero se casó enseguida, abandonando la carrera.»

Issue Number 71 of the "Gaceta de Madrid, " 12 March 1881, carried the following article: "En breve se presentará en la escena del teatro Español la señorita Graciani, primer premio de declamación en el Conservatorio. Un aplaudido escritor ha escrito para la salida de la señorita Graciani un apropósito, en el cual interpretará la debutante cuatro papeles distintos." (Shortly Miss Graciani, first prize in declamation in the Conservatory, will debut on the stage at the Theatre Español. An acclaimed writer has writen a work for her appearance, in which the debutane will interpret four distinct roles.")

She lived at Calle de Milaneses núm. seis cuarto bajo in Madrid, Spain in Jan 1883.⁹⁷ She lived at Principe de Anglona núm. uno, piso primero in Madrid, Spain between 1884 and 1886.^98,99 She lived Plaza de la Cebada tercero derecha in Madrid, Spain between Jun 1889 and Dec 1890.^100,101 She appeared in the census in 1890 in Madrid, Spain.¹⁰⁰ She appeared in the census in 1895 in Madrid, Spain.⁹⁴ She lived at Plaza de la Cebada, 10, entresuelo derecha in Madrid, Spain between 1895 and 1906.^94,102 She lived Calle Madera Alta, 28 tercero derecha in Madrid, Spain in Nov 1906.¹⁰³ She immigrated on 2 Apr 1907 to Havana, Cuba.^79,104 It is almost certain she first came to Cuba on this date, nearly 2 years after her husband Manuel (who may, however, have returned to Spain in the meantime). According to Isabel BESTEIRO GRACCIANI, she came with her children Pepita, Jorge and Isabel, and this is verified by an entry in the 2 April 1907 edition of El Diario de la Marina, which lists "Victoria Gración y tres hijos."

She lived at Consulado 104-106 in Havana, Cuba in 1908.⁸¹ This is where her son Francisco LAGOS GRACIANI was born in October 1908.

She visited Spain about 1914.^84,105 She travelled with her husband Manuel and youngest daughter Isabel, as indicated on their arrival together in New York. It´s not known when they travelled to Spain (only their arrival in New York on their return was noted), but Victorina BESTEIRO ASENSIO, in 2006 recollected that she was told that her grandmother Victorina came to Spain from Cuba to visit and see the first of her grandchildren to be born in Spain (Victorina, that grandchild, was born in March 1913).

She visited on 12 Nov 1914 in New York, NY, USA.⁸⁴ This was on their return trip from Spain. The ship's manifest notes hat they were going to visit Antonio LAGOS and Josefa BESTEIRO and their family in New York City. She visited on 18 Aug 1915 in New York, NY, USA.¹⁰⁶ She was visiting her daughter and her family, then living at 344 E. 85th Street. She visited on 24 Apr 1920 in New York, NY, USA.¹⁰⁷ Together with her husband Manuel, her daughter-in-law Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT, and her grandchildren Ricardo and Miguel Ángel BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA, visited her daughter Pepita and her family, then living at 526 E. 83rd Street. She visited on 21 Nov 1922 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA. She went to visit her daughter Pepita and her family, living on 307 Park Avenue. Curiously, although she was living in Havana (at San Lázaro 143), her husband Manuel was living in Santiago, and she was listed on the passenger manifest as "single." (It is known that they had a turbulent marriage.)

She was living in 1924 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA.⁸⁷ On the 1924 passenger manifest of their trip from Cuba (arrived 7 April 1924), Victorina and her husband Manuel were listed as US residents.

She was living about 1927/28 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA. Manuel and Victorina lived first at Oak Street, then Madison Street. (This was while the Lagos family was living at 922 22nd Street.) She left Paterson - possibly for the last time - to help her daughter Isabel when Isabel's son Pepe was born in October 1928.

She died on 14 Jul 1931 in Havana, Cuba.⁹² From cemetery documentation at home of Arturo VÁLDES DENIS: Cuartel Noroeste Cuadro 10 Campo Com. Bóved 21 . . . Milicia Josefina 8163. / 10 julio 1931 Joaquín / 15 julio 1931 Victorina She was exhumed and placed in an ossuary on 31 May 1944 in Havana, Cuba⁹² She was also known as GRAZZIANI and GRACCIANI (& Antonia?).^99,108 Her funeral card says "GRACCIANI LORENZO", and her children used the second apellido "GRACCIANI". In addition in the birth certificate of her son Emilio, she is referred to as ¨Doña (Antonia) Victorina Graciani Lorenzo.¨ She was the original Maina. This was a mispronunciation of "Mama Victorina" by her granddaughter Carmen LAGOS BESTEIRO and became the name - for an additional 2 generations - by which Lagos family grandmothers in the US were to be known. Manuel LAGOS TOLEDO and Victorina GRACIANI LORENZO had the following children:

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Francisco (Paquito) LAGOS GRACIANI ** was born on 13 Oct 1908 in Havana, Cuba.81,109 Born at "la casa núms. 104 y 106 de la calle Consulado". Full name on birth certificate: "Francisco de Asís Antonio Manuela Victorina Eduardo Lagos Graciani." He was baptized on 13 Nov 1908 in Havana, Cuba.81 His birth & baptism announcement reads: "Yó Francisco Lagos Graciani vine al mundo en 13 y Martes, dos días que dicen ser fatídicos pero yo no lo creo. Hecha ya mi presentación quiero decirles á ustedes: Que nací en la casa núms. 104 y 106 de la calle Consulado; Que son mis papas Manuel Lagos Toledo y Victorina Lagos Graciani y Lorenzo; Que mi bautizo hecho hoy 13 Noviembre; debió verificarse en la Iglesia de Montserrate pero al capricho de mi tío y padrino se debe el haber recibido las aguas de Jordan en mi propia casa; Que son mis padrinos Antonio Lagos Toledo é Isabel Besteiro Graciani; Y nada más ..... Paquito" (I . . . came into the world on the 13th and a Tuesday, two days which they claim are ominous, but I don't believe it . . . I was baptized today the 13th of November. It should have taken place at the Church of Montserrate but at the whim of my uncle and godfather I received the waters of the Jordan at my own house . . . My godparents are Antonio Lagos Toledo and Isabel Besteiro Graciani. And nothing else. . . . Paquito). He died on 12 Dec 1909 in Havana, Cuba.82 The news paper Diario de la Marina referenced a December 12 entry in the Registro Civil: "Francisco Lagos, 3 meses, San Nicolas, 1." The age was off by a year, but the address was correct and the family oral history always stated that he was a bit over a year old when he died.