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ENDNOTES
1
Archives of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Book of Mar-
riages, year 1811, folio 51. The officiating priest was José Ruiz and
the witnesses Juan Antonio Mariscote, Juan Morales. The groom
appears with the last name “Bollino.”
2
Archives of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Book of Mar-
riages, year 1820, folios 117-118. The officiating priest was
Agustín Tabares and the witnesses Martín Hernández-Cuello,
Ramón López, María de los Dolores Hernández. The groom
was a widower, and his last name appears as Villin. Ana Joaquina
Hernández-Cuello was born in Bayamo, Cuba, where her father
Martín Hernández-Cuello Fernández had sought refuge due to
the Haitian invasions.
3
The Dominican Republic had secured its independence from
Spain in 1821, but in the following year it was annexed by Haiti.
It regained its independence in 1844 after a war of independence.
4
Information obtained from his descendant, genealogist Olga
Gómez Cuesta.
5
National Archives, 703400, Notarial Registers of José María
Pérez, year 1844, record 37 (108).
6
National Archives 701753, Notarial Registers of Bernardo de
Jesús González, year 1864, volume I, record 41.
7
La Nación
detailed his projects on December 24, 1949.
8
Iglesia de la Santa Cruz, Seibo, Marriage Register, year 1840,
folio 231.
9
Iglesia de La Concepción (Cathedral) de La Vega, Marriage
Register, year 1840, record 250, folio 57.
10
Toponimia y Genealogía: Ensanche Piantini, https://www.
idg.org.do/capsulas/abril2007/abril200714.htm11
Ramón Remigio Mazara Arjona married María de la Cruz
Reyes Gil in Santa Cruz del Seibo on November 28, 1835 (Iglesia
de la Santa Cruz, El Seibo, Marriage Register, year 1835, record
538, folio 153).
12
Domingo Mazara Arjona married El Seibo native Victoria
Vidal Vidal in Santa Cruz del Seibo on May 30, 1840 (Iglesia de
la Santa Cruz, El Seibo, Marriage Register, year 1840, record 668,
folio 234).
13
Act by which José and Remigio Mazara granted usage rights
to two pieces of property to Victoriano Ramírez in the regions of
La Yeguada del Sur and Mata de la Palma for the amount of 50
pesos (National Archives, Royal Archive from El Seibo.
14
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1812,
folio 84. The officiating priest was Agustín Tabares.
15
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Burial Register record for José
Campillo dated April 4, 1858, record 40. The officiating priest was
Calixto María Pina.
16
Last name Bitine, Carlos Larrazábal Blanco, “Familias Domin-
icanas, vol. 9 (Santo Domingo: Archivo General de la Nacion,
1980), 303 –304.
17
Vetilio Valera Valdez
, Baní, Raíces Históricas, Genealogías de Fa-
milias Banilejas
(Santo Domingo: Editora Taller, 1998), 475-476.
18
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1808,
folio 21. The officiating priest was Priest Pedro de Prado and the
witnesses, Francisco Aubert and María Olalla de la Torre.
19
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1820,
folio 103; the officiating priest was Pedro Ml. de Tellería. The
parents of Patricio Francisco del Rosario Sánchez were married
on that same date and place.
20
Vetilio Valera Valdez,
Baní, Raíces Históricas, Genealogías de Fa-
milias Banilejas
(Santo Domingo: Editora Taller, 1998), 374.
21
On June 19, 1856, María del Carmen Bonetti and her husband
Juan Bautista Pellerano were authorized by General Carmine
Cervette, a native and resident of Genoa, to use his name in their
claim to assets and properties belonging to the late Juan Bonetti,
a native of San Remo, Genoa, Italy. In this claim, there were also
involved: José María Bonetti, Julia Ernest widow of Bonetti and her
minor children José Ramón and Clara Bonetti (Notarial Registers
of José María Pérez and Bernardo de Jesús González, year 1856,
book 1-1, record 71, file from the National Archives 701649).
22
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1848,
folio 148.
23
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1862,
record 66, folio 86. The officiating priest was Fernando Arturo de
Meriño. Their marriage license was dated November 25, 1860,
National Archives, Marriage Licenses, 1851-1889, Santo Domin-
go, record No. 85.
24
A civil marriage took place in the presence of the registrar Ale-
jandro Bonilla on March 8, 1879 with Juan Nepomuceno Tejera
and Julia Ernest de Bonetti as witnesses, and José María Bonet-
ti, Enrique Bonetti, José R. Bonetti, uncles and brothers of the
bride in attendance (National Archives, Marriage Register, Parish
of the Cathedral or 1st Circuit of Santo Domingo, E-157, years
1874-1880, No. 18).
25
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Registers, year 1852,
folio 188. A civil marriage took place in the presence of the mu-
nicipal mayor and the registrar José María Reynoso with José Ma-
teo Perdomo, Felipe Perdomo, and Pedro Rotellini as witnesses
(National Archives, Marriage Register, 1848-1852, E/419-1, book
2=44, page 46).
26
National Archives, Book of Marriage Pledges, year 1851-1889,
Santo Domingo, record No. 76. The witnesses included D. León
Hijo, Fernando Pou, Andrea de Peña, Silveria M. Guerrero, M.
Santamaría, Apolinar de Castro H., Manuel de Heredia, E. Per-
domo, M. Guerrero, and Ramírez.
27
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Register of Deaths, 1880, folio
295, record 13. His death and burial were reported in
El Eco de la
Opinión
newspaper on November 19, 1886 (No. 379).
28
Mercedes Rosa Maggiolo Núñez was the mother of the scien-
tist Marcio Enrique Veloz Maggiolo.
29
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register, 1859, folio
24, record 27. The officiating priest was Carlos M. Piñeyro, and
the witnesses Diego Hernández and Petronila Vidal. See also
National Archives, Book of Marriage Pledges, 1851-1889, Santo
Domingo, record No. 63.
30
Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Burial Register, December 11,
1858, record 118, folio 100. The officiating priest was Calixto
María Pina.
31
On March 18, 1845, in the presence of the notary Benito Ale-
jandro Pérez, appeared: Manuela Díez, widow of Duarte; Gen-
eral Felipe Alfau from Santo Domingo, attorney for Vicente Ce-
lestino, Rosa, Filomena and Francisca Duarte; the former (Rosa)
on behalf of her brother Juan Pablo Duarte and Manuel Du-
arte, an emancipated minor accompanied by his guardian Juan
Nepomuceno Ravelo, commander and aide to General Manuel
Jimenes, who sold a house with low walls partially covered by
tiles and by shingles, built on their own land to Juan Batista Cam-
biaso, Colonel of the Navy, Squadron Chief. The house in ques-
tion was purchased fromMr. Francisco Pou in the presence of the
notary José Troncoso on February 1, 1837. (Notarial Protocols
of the notary Bernardo de Jesús González, file from the National
Archives-703332, book B433, year 1845, folio 82).
32
Death record No. 71: “General Juan Bautista Cambiaso, age
65, a native of Genoa, Italy, died on June 23, 1886, at 9 p.m. He