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Fourth Generation
11.
Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACCIANI was born on 9
Jan 1883 in Madrid, Spain.32,51 Full name: Domingo José
Julián. He was baptized on 31 Jan 1883 in Madrid, Spain.32 Baptized at San Ginés.
He immigrated in 1905 to Havana, Cuba.52
He was a Profesor en el Colegio-Academia Melitón in Havana, Cuba between
1905 and 1908.52 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.53 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.52 He was a Director del Colegio "Cervantes", sito en
San Lázaro 198 in Havana, Cuba in 1921.54
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.52 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 GRACIANI. 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.")
I suspect that, legally, it was always GRACIANI.
Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACCIANI and Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT
were married on 17 Nov 1915 in Havana, Cuba.43
"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.27
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.43,55 Murió de parto. Died in
childbirth, with her 18th child. (She and Domingo had RH incompatibility.)
Domingo (Uncle Dominic) BESTEIRO GRACCIANI and Mercedes LORET DE MOLA BETANCOURT
had the following children:
+24 | i. | Ricardo BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA. |
+25 | ii. | Miguel Ángel BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA. |
+26 | iii. | Isabel (Bellita) BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA. |
+27 | iv. | Raquel (Raquelita) BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA. |
28 | v. | Alejandro BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA **55 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. |
29 | vi. | 13 hijos más BESTEIRO LORET DE MOLA **.55 |