GENEALOGY
Spanish
used by semi-literates in 99% of PR 1493-1950
Timeline of DOCUMENTED genealogical conclusion IN SUM
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Before
1400s QUERINDONGO means MALE clandestine “lover” in archaic (medieval) Spanish
QUIRINDONGO IN WORLD HISTORY
Timeline - Curacao Racial mixture and QUIRINDONGO PR threads
1499: Spanish discover CURACAO
1634 Dutch arrive and take Curacao.
Jews in early History of Curacao (some later go to New Amsterdam (NYC) and Newport, RI) www.eyesofglory.com/jewhist.htm www.us-Israel.org/jsource/vjw/Curacao.html
www.davidsconsultants.com/jewishhistory/history.php?startyear=1650&endyear=1659 www.davidsconsultants.com/jewishhistory/history.php?search=curacao
1654
Twenty-three Jewish traders and merchants arrive in New Amsterdam (NYC) from
West Indies. Petr Stuyvesant opposes request to be allowed to stay. Formal
permission granted by company directors in Amsterdam. Coney Island purchased
from the Canarsies by the Dutch West India Company on May 7. www.emanuelnyc.org/ www.uhb.fr/faulkner/ny/chronology.htm
1796 Pedro Quirindongo, son of Nicolas and Catalina. from the Archivo General de P.R. listed as 28 years old, moreno, and living in Tallaboa, Penuelas children, Juan Pedro, Leocadia, Alexandro, Miguel, Francisco, Juan Tomas, Ysabel Maria, Maria del Rosario, Maria Maubrisia and Eugenio - submitted by Jorge Chinea Phd.
abt. 1730 “Sabina DIAS born in Curacao. LDS IGI (possible error)
abt. 1730 (1763?) Pedro QUIRINDONGO born. LDS IGI --- (possible Petr Quirijn DONCKER)
ENTRY MAY NOT BE RELEVANT Sep 20 1742 - neger Juan Pedro (no surname given or requested) door Nathanael Ellis sr, voor 200 peso. Met kwitantie van 2 juli 1738 en verzoek van 2 juli 1739 om pro forma een vrijbrief te verlenen “om te mogen navigeeren”. N.B. Hiervan is een “dubbelt verleent aan de Heer N. Ellis ter versen-ding buytenlands den 14 December 1745”.
translation
Manumission for Negro Juan Pedro (no surname given
or requested) by Nathaneal Ellis Sr for 200 peso with a receipt of 2-7-1738 and
request of 2-7-1739 to issue a passport to travel abroad N.B. a second copy is
granted to Mr. Nathaneal Ellis for renewal on 14 December 1745. May be father
or husband to Maria Magdalena KIRING DONGO ENTRY MAY NOT BE RELEVANT
abt. 1730 “Sabina DIAS” born in Curacao. LDS IGI
abt.1730 (1763?) Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao. LDS IGI --- (possible Quirijn DONCKER or KIRING DONGO)
1732. Abraham DIAS - Gender: M Christening: 1732 Curacao, LDS IGI
1758: timeline leading to the MANUMISSION of 1758 for “negerin” MARIA MAGDALENA and daughter Andrea Genia OFFICIALLY freed and given or requested the surname KIRING DONGO ostensibly Papiamento for QUIRIJN DONCKER
1760 - 1763? Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao.
1763 Maria Sabina DIAS born in Curacao.
1770 Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO appears as being born abt.1770 (most likely 1790?) in “Curazao” LDS IGI. Therefore the timeline would put him at abt. 24 y.o. which seems wrong (most likely 4.y.o. in 1794) when he arrived in PR. Alexandro (Alejandro) his brother was abt. 8 y.o. in 1794. LDS archive. Pedro QUIRINDONGO was abt.64? (most likely 29?) yrs old in 1794.
1776 “In 1776 the British philosopher and economist Adam Smith declared in his classic economic study, The Wealth of Nations, that slavery was uneconomical because the plantation system was a wasteful use of land and because slaves cost more to maintain than free laborers.” Smith inferred that the Slave countries and Slave areas will remain poor while the “free laborers” areas would prosper. It was a prediction that has held true and continues till today. The NORTH “free laborers” grew at a rapid rate when they accepted the European immigrant in a little over fifty (50) yrs and was 9x larger in GDP than the SOUTH “slave countries”” during the Civil War. And today reducing the cost of labor through high technology or “exporting jobs” to countries that can produce similar quality cheaply with “free laborers” is the key to success in a WORLD ECONOMY for the consumer country and the “free laborers” worker country. saxakali.com/caribbean/shamil.htm
“It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves. It is found to do so even at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, where the wages of common labour are so very high.” www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html search “THE WEALTH OF NATIONS” then “slaves”
1778 Curacao prohibits importation and exportation of Black slaves and their numbers increased in Curacao steadily, the births being in excess of the deaths although a small Black market continued to exist for a few yrs. - Emmanuel, Isaac S. and Suzanne A. JEWS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Before
1780 (when the first documentation appears in PR,) in Curacao the documentation
about the surname QUIRINDONGO is difficult, dubious, conflicting and sometimes unbelievable
due to a delay in implementing a comprehensive bureaucracy. Papiamento was the
vernacular in Curacao - a spoken language only - the written words were never
standardized being always a distortion, a version or a variation of European
words (OVERWHELMINGLY spoken Spanish, and to a much lesser extent Portuguese,
and Dutch - in that order) in “pidgin” and the written Papiamento varied in
spelling. i.e. Spanish juego = wego, wegu, wegi; Spanish calle = kaye, kay,
kaya; Spanish abajo = abao, abou. This happened because of a very low level of
schooling and/or literacy and because the Dutch in Curacao were adapting to a
melange of Spanish and Portuguese. The Papiamento of today may have words that
have changed since 1634-1794 over time with the addition of OFFICIAL Dutch in
schools and especially since 1900 with the American influence and a higher
level of literacy and education. African languages in Africa number in the
thousand then and now according to Compton Encyclopedia. Their influence on the
languages of the NEW WORLD and West Indies in general and Papiamento in
particular contrary to oral opinion has always been minimal in Papiamento from
the 1500s thru the 1700s and non-existent since the 1700s limited only in large
part to music, religious cult and again minimally to food.
1760 - 1763? Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao.
1763 true birth date of Maria Sabina DIAS de QUIRINDONGO - LDS archive
1776
Pedro QUIRINDONGO born of Nicolas and Catalina born in Curacao (see 1824)
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White PR woman gives Texas tribute to PR folkloric dance, Dr. Ana Maria Maynard, Director, Email: dance@prfdance.org www.prfdance.org/
Black New World religious cult, Santeria, in PR, Dominican Republic and Cuba, Voodoo in Haiti, Macumba in Brazil and Candomble in the Northern coasts of South America, with Batuque and Umbando or Umbanda. w3.iac.net/~moonweb/Santeria/Intro.html www.seanet.com/~efunmoyiwa/ www.calastrology.com/ www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/6157/ www.swagga.com/voodoo.htm www.lasculturas.com/lib/libUmbanda.php and food i.e. Some African words are found in food names FUFU (soup dumplings), QUIMBOMBO (guingumbo) or gumbo (okra), YAMS, (not sweet potato) etc.. Food from Europe, cheese, butter, cabbage, pork, cucumber, oats, oatmeal, garlic, onions, bread, olives, wheat, rice, wine, beer, whiskey, sugar, oysters etc.. The variety of food from Africa in particular and Europe in general before 1492 was very limited and meager. The flow of NEW food from the NEW WORLD was vast and important. Chief among the new food was MAIZ (corn), the TOMATO (tomate), green and red PEPPERS, CHOCOLATE, the sweet potato (batata), rum, www.cocktailtimes.com/history/rum , a wide variety of (FRIJOLES) beans and the PAPA or PATATA (potato) that spread worldwide to feed a hungry world. Mondongo is Spanish for tripe stew www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=mondongo and MOFONGO education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entries/64/m0366450.html is Amerindian in PR for mashed plantain with pig’s skin cracklings in gravy. CUCHIFRITO education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entries/21/c0792100.html is a curruption of Spanish to form a new word. GAZPACHO (Spanish cucumber soup) becomes false cognate GAZPACHO, boiled root vegetables with salt codfish, onions, tomato and avocado in PR. Amerindian words also crept into universal usage in the food names of the Caribbean as FUNCHE (cornmeal mush with fish stock), CASSAVA or YUCA (Root vegetable), the PEANUT (mani), PINEAPPLE (pina), and clams and oysters. “The various species of MALANGA or YAUTIA include some of the oldest root crops in the world. It was first cultivated in tropical America and it spread to Africa in the mid 1800s, and is also grown in the Philippines.” www.foodreference.com/html/fyautia.html www.nass.usda.gov/pr/span_eng.htm www.leschefs.com/general/products.htm orbita.starmedia.com/~venezuela10/frutas.html
June 1758 - MANUMISSION for “negerin MARIA MAGDALENA” and daughter “Andrea Genia” OFFICIALLY freed by “Nathaneal ELLIS” and OFFICIALLY given or requested (at her request?) the very unusual SPLIT surname “KIRING DONGO” which seems to be Dutch Papiamento for QUIRIJN DONCKER. KIRING DONGO appears only in Curacao very early—now extinct.
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THE PUERTO RICAN ODYSSEY
1780 Pedro QUIRINDONGO (free Black Negro or Mulatto) arrives in PR as a carpenter (age ?abt. 17 - 24 y.o.?) - pg.255 Jorge Chinea RACIAL POLITICS AND COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE.
Pedro QUIRINDONGO’s relationship to Maria Magdalena KIRING DONGO not clear.
ENTRY MAY NOT BE RELEVANT 1786, maart 28 - - mulattenmeisje Andrea Sabina (no surname given or requested) en de mulattenjongen Juan Thomas kinderen (no surname given or requested) van haar overleden negerin Nora (no surname given or requested) op 3 januari 1766 door de vrije mulattin Maria Magdalena Levy (overleden), wegens trouwe dienst van hun moeder, die de min was van haar dochter Clara Maria en haar heeft grootgebracht. Met verklaring van 3 januari 1766 over de vrijgeving. De verklaring is opgesteld door Jan Hendrik Brugman en door Maria Magdalena Levy in zijn bijzijn als getuige getekend.
Translation
MANUMISSION was granted to Mulatta Andrea Sabina (no surname given or requested) and the Mulatto boy Juan Thomas (no surname given or requested) children of Negress Nora who passed away on 3-1-1766 by the free-Mulatta Maria Magdalena Levy now deceased for the loyal service of their mother, the nanny of her daughter Clara Maria. Declared on this date 3-1-1766. The release was made-up and signed by Jan Hendrik Brugman while Maria Magdalena Levy was in his presence as a witness. ENTRY MAY NOT BE RELEVANT
1786 Alexandro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao. (lives 103 yrs.) LDS archive
1790, Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao (most likely 4.y.o. in 1794) when he arrived in PR. Alexandro (Alejandro) his brother was abt. 8 y.o. in 1794. LDS archive. Pedro QUIRINDONGO (most likely 29?) yrs old
1791,
a successful slave revolt was initiated against the French in Haiti.
1794: The CEDULA de GRACIAS land grant 1815-1816 was a major effort to Europeanize and introduce foreign investment in PR to avoid a Haitian type Black revolution. Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO Quadroon who must have had a White phenotype, it is written in Spanish “lived in PR from 1794” was given or requested PR citizenship. We may never know the SPELLING of the original surname in Papiamento in Curacao and/or Juan Pedro’s surname at birth if he had been given or requested a surname at birth. It may have been KIRING DONGO or QUIRIJN DONCKER. We also know his father Pedro was a “negro olandes” Mulatto. The REASON Juan Pedro abt. 4 - 7 y.o. rather than Pedro abt.27 - 31 y.o. applied for the land grant in 1794 is unclear unless the White phenotype was essential.
Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO appears as being born abt.1770 (most likely 1790?) in “Curazao” LDS IGI. Therefore the timeline would put him at abt. 4.y.o. in 1794 when he arrived in PR.
Alexandro (Alejandro) his brother was 8 y.o. in 1794. LDS archive. Pedro QUIRINDONGO was abt. 29? yrs old in
1795 Brigadier Don Ramón de Castro had assumed the position of Governor of the island on March 21, 1795 and would remain in office until November 12, 1804. De Castro’s military experience and the preventive measures he took in advance of the invasion may have been decisive factors in his eventual victory against the British.
1795 Slave rebellion in Curacao in oral history and poetry. www.cca7.org/workshopspages/watamula.html members.aol.com/curacao2/heroes.htm
1796 Pedro Quirindongo, son of Nicolas and Catalina. from the Archivo General de P.R. listed as 28 years old, moreno, and living in Tallaboa, Penuelas - submitted by Jorge Chinea Phd.
1797 British make a strong unsuccessful attack on San Juan 1797
Felipa CHAVARRIA Sex: F Event: Birth: Abt. 1797 Penuelas, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Father: Pedro CHAVARRIA Mother: Marcelina ORTIZ
1794 - Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO arrived in PR (at age 4-11?) Estranjeros en PR - Estela CIFRE de LOUBRIEL
1795 Slave rebellion fails in Curacao.
1800 thru’ 1863 - Some free Black KIRINDONGO women who don’t appear on the manumission slave registry buy property in KIRINDONGO ABOU. - Abstracts of purchases in Curacao do NOT show QUIRINDONGO purchases at any time.
1804, the whole island of Hispaniola conquered, Haiti becomes the first black independent nation, with General Dessalines declaring himself emperor.
April 1816 - QUIRINDONGO is a Spanish version of QUERINDONGO, KIRINDONGO or KIRING DONGO imposed by a Spanish government clerk in PR for Juan Pedro citizenship by authority of the CEDULA de GRACIAS land grant.
WILL
and TESTAMENT of Maria Sabina DIAS (died 1818 in PR) may have many answers.
Perhaps there were real estate holdings in Curacao.
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1818 - Maria Sabina DIAS de QUIRINDONGO dies in PR and leaves a WILL with Pedro QUIRINDONGO as executor. What was a WILL needed for? Did she have land in Curacao in the WILL mentioned in LDS archive? ABSTRACTS exist for real estate purchased by KIRINDONGO surnamed FREE Black women AFTER 1800 in KIRINDONGO abou, Bonam and in nearby town Santa Rosa. This may be the result of the WILL of 1818 of Maria Sabina DIAS de QUIRINDONGO probated either in PR or Curacao .
1824 Pedro Quirindongo, living in Penuelas and married to 2nd wife Andrea de Mathos (Matos), who have listed 10 of Pedro’s children: Juan Pedro, Eugenio, Miguel, Alejandro, Maria del Rosario, Maria Manniesa, Lacadia, Thomas, Ysabel, Francisco, and Jose. He is listed as naturalizado, which means that he had lived in Puerto Rico for at least 10 years - submitted by Jorge Chinea Phd
1844, the island of Hispaniola splits into two countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The tiny country of Haiti was in a state of anarchy, poverty was rampant and there was no one with the support or ability to rule and govern fairly. The class system was ever present with the wealthy at one extreme and the poor at the other.
1863 - Slavery abolished in Curacao. KIRINDONGO surname taken by MANY Black slaves upon abolition in Curacao. The REASON so many Black Slaves took the village-surname KIRINDONGO is unclear. KIRINDONGO ABOU is an old locality in present day Curacao—when named? Unclear.
1800 thru’ 1863 - Some free Black KIRINDONGO women who don’t appear on the pre-abolition slave manumission registry buy property in KIRINDONGO ABOU. - Abstracts of purchases in Curacao do NOT show QUIRINDONGO purchases at any time.
The white-pages in yr 2002
There are 150 QUIRINDONGO families in the USA & PR.....
There are 23 QUIRINDONGO families Curacao.
There are 2 QUIRINDONGO recent arrival families in Holland.
There are 11 KRINGDON families in the USA. All related to USA Quirindongo.
There are NO Kringdon in PR, Holland nor Curacao.
There are 86 KIRINDONGO families in Curacao.
There are 8 KIRINDONGO recent arrival families in Holland.
There are 2 KIRINDONGO recent arrival families in the USA
There are no KIRINDONGO families in PR.
Other variations exist in Holland and Curacao
KIRINDOONGO
KIERINDONGO
KIERINDOONGO
KERINDONGO
Curacao telephone search
PR USA seach www.bigfoot.com/RUN?FN=searchform&locale=hotmailw&from=http%3a
All Europe search www.infospace.com/_1_27N3TU403R6GJHM__info.anstry/wp/intl/index.htm
All Europe and Netherlands search for KIRINDONGO
All Europe and Netherlands search for QUIRINDONGO
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Timelines in World History as it influenced PR. welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml
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The Puerto Rican Odyssey www.mapzones.com/world/caribbean/puerto_rico/introindex.php www.greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/puerto_rico/index.html www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html
The transition from Curacao to PR must have been smooth in a mostly illiterate Caribbean as Papiamento was and still is very close to spoken Spanish.
1780 Pedro QUIRINDONGO (A FREE BLACK or MULATTO) arrives in PR as a carpenter (age abt.17 - 24 y.o.) - pg.255 Jorge Chinea RACIAL POLITICS AND COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE. Pedro’s relationship to Maria Magdalena KIRING DONGO not clear.
QUIRINDONGO is a Spanish version of QUERINDONGO, KIRINDONGO or KIRING DONGO imposed by a Spanish government clerk in Mayoral archives in PR for Pedro.
1785 The beginning of a MASS exodus of (free) people (with some money) from Curacao due to Slave Revolt, Politics, Economic downturn, Disease and weather. ---- “Chaos” Pg 277 and “Emigration” Pg 301 JEWS of the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Emmanuel, Isaac S. and Suzanne A.
1789 - A marriage abt. 1789 in Curacao of Pedro QUIRINDONGO and (Maria) Sabina DIAS (LDS IGI) meshes with the timeline in PR and issued (2) or more children including the said Juan Pedro. Some returned to Curacao as the surname QUIRINDONGO (a Spanish spelling) survived in Curacao.
(1) Alexandro (later Alejandro) 1785? - Sep 1889 dies in PR at the age of 103 LDS Birthplace Curacao
(2) Juan Pedro Birthplace Curacao 1770 (1790?) LDS IGI arrives PR 1794 (Estranjeros en PR)
No entries before 1780 on this Web page come from Curacao except the Maria Magdalena 1758 slave registry. All Curacao entries on this Web page seem to be made at the same time by the same person and made with a certain amount of error perhaps taken orally by Spanish speakers from illiterate Curacaon with no documentation and written in a WILL of Maria Sabina DIAS and probated circa 1818 about land? in Curacao. There are too many “abt.” ostensibly because of illiteracy and because the WILL was probably written and/or probated in PR in Spanish by a Spanish scribe.
abt. 1703-05 Maria SABINA no country mentioned LDS IGI
abt. 1730 (1763?)(Maria) Sabina DIAS born in Curacao LDS IGI
abt. 1730 (1763?) Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao LDS IGI
abt. 1730 (1763?) Pedro CHAVARRIA no country mentioned LDS IGI
abt. 1730 (1763?) Marcelina ORTIZ no country mentioned LDS IGI
abt. 1770 (1790?)Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao LDS IGI
GENERATIONS
Amerindian city KIRING (oasis)?.
Husband? or mate of Maria Magdalena born 1730? Maria Magdalena Black Slave born 1730?
Maria Magdalena buys freedom and requests surname KIRING DONGO 1758 (few slaves buying their freedom request a surname annotated in slave registry before 1863.)
1. Pedro (negro olandes) QUIRINDONGO (KIRING DONGO?) - born (1763?) in Curacao (Pedro arrives in PR as a CARPENTER in 1780.)
1786 Alexandro QUIRINDONGO born in Curacao. (lives 103 yrs.) LDS archive
(father Pedro marries mother Maria Sabina DIAS in 1789 both born abt. 1763.)
2. Juan Pedro - born (1790?) in Curacao arrives PR 1794 father 30? y.o. 1 of 2
3. Alejandro -(El Olandes?) born 1818 in PR father 24 y.o. 1 of 2
*****All above NOT VERIFIED in the matter of lineage******
4. Alejandro (el olandes) - born 1850 in PR father 29 y.o. 1 of 2
5. Jose Monserrate - born 1863-1925 in PR father 14 y.o. 1 of 6
6. Carmelo - born 1888-1968 in PR father 20 y.o. 1 of 7
7. Me...John Henry - born 1933 in NYC father 44 y.o. 1 of 4
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1800 England occupies Curacao
1800 thru’ 1863 - Some free Black KIRINDONGO women who don’t appear on the slave registry buy property in KIRINDONGO ABOU. - Abstracts of purchases in Curacao do NOT show QUIRINDONGO purchases at any time.
1804, the whole island of Hispaniola conquered, Haiti becomes the first black independent nation, with General Dessalines declaring himself emperor.
1812 Public lighting with olive oil lamps was established in the streets of San Juan.
1813 The Puerto Rico Lottery was founded.
1814 England leaves Curacao.
1816 The second QUIRINDONGO validly documented and spelled in Spanish was in the CEDULA de GRACIAS land grant 1815-1816 a Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO o Gurindongo where it is written came to PR from CURACAO in 1794.
1816 The end of the MASS exodus of (free) people (with some money) from Curacao due to Slave Revolt, Politics, Economic downturn, Disease and weather. ---- “Chaos” Pg 277 and “Emigration” Pg 301 Jews of the Netherlands Antilles, Emmanuel, Isaac S. and Suzanne A.
1817: Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO married on 13 Jan 1817 in Penuelas PR LDS IGI at abt.48 (most likely 28?) y.o. to Felipa CHAVARRIA 20 y.o. born 1797 LDS IGI. His mother Maria Sabina DIAS would die a yr later.
1818: Maria Sabina DIAS (please note PORTUGUESE spelling of maiden surname DIAS possibly Sephardic Jewish also that SABINA may be surname of her father) dies 7 Jan 1818 in PR and she leaves a WILL. Her age is stated as 55 (born 1763?) The LDS IGI is in error saying she was abt. 88 y.o. and Pedro QUIRINDONGO being abt. the same age ... making them abt.64 when Juan Pedro arrived in PR. Maria gave birth to Juan Pedro QUIRINDONGO in Curacao abt. the age of abt.40 y.o. (most likely 20 y.o.) and to Alexandro at 57 (most likely 37 y.o.?) This is an unlikely scenario. The 1763 birth date makes more sense and Pedro could be the son of Maria Magdalena KIRING DONGO and a White European man.
Pedro QUIRINDONGO is described in the LDS archive as a Mulatto “negro olandes” not as pure Black i.e. “un negro libre natural de Curacao.”
1800 thru’ 1863 - Some free Black KIRINDONGO women who don’t appear on the slave registry buy property in KIRINDONGO ABOU. - Abstracts of purchases in Curacao do NOT show QUIRINDONGO purchases at any time.
1821 KIRINDONGO oost divisie rebels against the government - historical publication of J. Hartog; Curaçao, van kolonie tot autonomie, Deel II., 1961. (Curaçao, from colonial dependence to autonomy). On page 286
1824 Pedro Quirindongo, living in Penuelas and married to Andrea de Mathos (Matos), who together have 10 children: Juan Pedro, Eugenio, Miguel, Alejandro, Maria del Rosario, Maria Manniesa, Lacadia, Thomas, Ysabel, Francisco, and Jose. He is listed as naturalizado, which means that he had lived in Puerto Rico for at least 10 years - submitted by Jorge Chinea Phd
1825 March 28 - Roberto COFRESI the pirate executed in PR
1830, the alcalde of Peñuelas wrote to the Spanish authorities in San Juan to complain that Pedro (land owner and citizen in his 40s) Quirindongo was “altanero” (arrogant.) Altanero was the term typically used by ruling whites to label farmers and free blacks who resisted being subordinate colonists. 1821-1830 Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Fondo de los Gobernadores Españoles de Puerto Rico, Emigrados, 1821-1837, caja 54, entrada 21. “Relacion de Extranjeros...de color...de Penuelas,” August 2, 1821, which can be found in: Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Fondo de los Gobernadores Españoles de Puerto Rico, Emigrados, 1821-1837, caja 54, entrada 21
1862 The Anti-Coolie act of CALIFORNIA April 26, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/1870/anticoolieact.htm
1863 CURACAO ABOLISHES SLAVERY Kwidama and Kirindongo requested for surname by Black slaves.
1863 The Pilgrimage of Bayoán by Eugenio Maria de Hostos was published, reveals on a fiction tone restrictions of the Spanish Colonial regime. The book was suppressed by the Spanish Government.
1867 Puerto Rico reach a population of 656,328; its population recorded as 346,437 whites and 309,891 “of color” (this category included blacks, mulattos and mestizos).
The majority of Puerto Ricans lived in extreme poverty. Agriculture, the main source of income, was limited by lack of roads, rudimentary tools and equipment, and natural disasters, such as hurricanes and periods of drought. While illiteracy was 83.7 percent, the intellectual minority remained active within limitations imposed by local Spanish authorities.
1868 On September 23, several hundred women and men revolted against Spain for Puerto Rican independence, the event took place in Lares and is better known as the Cry of Lares (“Grito de Lares”). The most important figures in the uprising were Manuel Rojas, Mathias Bruckman, Joaquín Parilla, and Francisco Ramírez. The main leader was Ramón Emeterio Betances but he was not given permission to enter the island. Manuel Rojas plantation in the town of Lares became the headquarters for like-minded revolutionaries who would push for a split from Spain. The rebellion is planned by a group, led by Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis, who in January 6, 1868 founded the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico (“Comité Revolucionario de Puerto Rico”) from their exile in the Dominican Republic.
1868 Monsu (Jose Monserrate) QUIRINDONGO 17 Aug 1868 - 1925 married Carmen ARROYO 1868? - 1952 (My Gparents)
1870 On June 4, as a result of Roman Baldorioty de Castro, Luis Padial and Julio Vizcarrondo efforts, the Moret Law is approved, with this law liberty was given to slaves born after September 17, 1868 and to slaves over 60 years old.
1873 PUERTO RICO ABOLISHES SLAVERY On March 22, the Spanish National Assembly finally abolished slavery in Puerto Rico. The owners were compensated with 35 million pesetas per slave, and slaves were required to continue working for three more years.
1873 Isabel “La Negra” Luberza (Louwerse) OPPENHEIMER sets up largest Whore House in Ponce PR.
Su nombre fue Isabel Luberza OPPENHEIMER. Su familia fueron esclavos de una familia de ascendencia alemana, los OPPENHEIMER. Al ellos obtener la libertad luego de la abolicion de la esclavitud en Puerto Rico adoptaron el nombre OPPENHEIMER como segundo apellido. Esto es de acuerdo a lo que me conto Palmira OPPENHEIMER, hija de esta familia alemana y sus hijos, Ramon Reyes-OPPENHEIMER, Ramon Luis y Ramon Federico Reyes-OPPENHEIMER. Ella (Isabel) tenia un hermano que era de oficio plomero
1876 Spain proclaims “El Yunque” a Forest Reserve, making it one of the oldest reserves in the Western Hemisphere.
1885 The coffee from Adjuntas is considered to be one of the best coffees in the world.
1888 November 5, Carmelo QUIRINDONGO, first son of Jose Monserrate QUIRINDONGO and Carmen ARROYO born.
1889 Alejandro QUIRINDONGO dies in Penuelas PR lived 103 yrs
1892
Rafael Hernandez, PR songwriter born.
No me quieras tanto
Lyrics… Don’t love me so much
Campanitas de cristal Lyrics…
crystal air chimes
Capullito de aleli
Lyrics… pretty wallflower cocoon
Lamento Borincano Lyrics…
The tragedy and grief of a native son Jibaro
Yo
tengo ya la Casita
Lyrics… I finally have the house I promised you
Cumbanchero Lyrics… The afro-cuban
bongo aficionado
Preciosa Lyrics…
The precious island called PR
Buche y pluma Lyrics… you are just a lightweight!
Esos no son de aqui… Those people are not from here
Rafael Hernandez Bio with music www.solboricua.com/history2.htm
Lyrics www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/lyrics_author_al.html
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1893 On August 16, Hurricane Saint Roque strikes the island.
Electrical lighting was established in San Juan.
On October 5, the “Banco Popular de Puerto Rico” was founded. It is the largest bank on the island.
1895 The Puerto Rican flag is first used on 22 December and adopted as a national symbol.
1897 On November 25, the Autonomic Charter (“Carta Autonómica”) is approved in which Spain concedes political and administrative autonomy to the island. It allowed the island to retain its representation in the Spanish Cortes, and provided for a bicameral legislature. This legislature consisted of a Council of Administration with eight (8) elected and seven (7) appointed members, and a Chamber of Representatives with one (1) member for every 25,000 inhabitants.
The telephone service was inaugurated in San Juan.
The Orthodox Autonomist Party (“Partido Autonomista Ortodoxo” was founded, led by José Celso Barbosa and Manuel Fernández Juncos.
1898 On February 9, the new government officially opened for business in the spring of 1898. Governor General Manuel Macías inaugurated the new government of Puerto Rico under the Autonomous Charter which gave town councils complete autonomy in local matters. Subsequently, the governor had no authority to intervene in civil and political matters unless authorized to do so by the Cabinet.
On March 10, Dr. Julio J. Henna and Robert H. Todd, prominent leaders of the Puerto Rican section of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, began to correspond with United States President McKinley and Senate in hopes that they would consider including Puerto Rico in whatever intervention is planned for Cuba. Henna and Todd also provided the U.S. government with information about the Spanish military presence on the island.
On April 24, Spanish Minister of Defense Segismundo Bermejo sent instructions to Spanish Admiral Cervera to proceed with his fleet from Cape Verde to the Caribbean, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
On May, Lt. Henry H. Whitney of the Fourth Artillery is sent to Puerto Rico on a reconnaissance mission, sponsored by the Army’s Bureau of Military Intelligence. He provided maps and information on the Spanish military forces to the U.S. government prior to the invasion.
On May 10, Spanish forces in the fortress of San Cristóbal in San Juan exchanged fire with the U.S.S. Yale under the command of Capt. William Clinton Wise.
On May 12, A squadron of 12 U.S. ships commanded by Rear Adm. William T. Sampson bombarded San Juan.
On June 25, the U.S.S. Yosemite arrived off San Juan harbor, Puerto Rico, to blockade the port.
On July 18, General Nelson A. Miles, commander of the invading forces, received orders to sail for Puerto Rico.
On July 21, convoy of 3,300 soldiers and nine transports escorted by the U.S.S. Massachusetts sailed for Puerto Rico from Guantánamo, Cuba.
On July, 25 General Nelson Miles came ashore with the first contingent of 16,000 American troops, landed unopposed at the town of Guánica in the South of Puerto Rico. Upon arrival, the ship met with Spanish resistance the morning of August 26. By August, the whole island was practically invaded.
On August 8, the Spanish-American War, conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin American. www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/ www.smplanet.com/imperialism/splendid.html www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htmHYPERLINK “www.ancestry.com/landing/historicnewspapers/hnpmainfree.htm?SourceCode=6658&o_iid=6658%3A+14%2DDay+Nespaper+Free+Trial+%2D+Affiliates
On August 12, peace protocols were signed in Washington, D.C.
On September 9, U.S. and Spanish Commissions met in San Juan, Puerto Rico to discuss the details of the withdrawal of Spanish troops and the cession of the island to the United States.
On September 29, Governor Macías officially announced that Puerto Rico had been ceded to the United States.
On October 1, the Spanish and United States commissioners held their initial meeting in Paris to draft the Peace Treaty.
On October 18, the Spanish withdrawal from Puerto Rico was completed as the final troops left San Juan for Spain. General John R. Brooke became military governor. On December 10, Treaty of Paris is signed (ratified by the U.S. Senate Feb. 6, 1899), treaty concluding the Spanish-American War. The American peace commission consisted of William R. Day, Sen. Cushman K. Davis, Sen. William P. Frye, Sen. George Gray, and the Honorable Whitelaw Reid. The Spanish commission is headed by Don Eugenio Montero Rios, the President of the Senate. Jules Cambon, a French diplomat, also negotiated on Spain’s behalf. Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Phillipines to the United States for $20,000,000.
1899 On January 15, the first boxing match was held in Puerto Rico.
The federal military forces changed the name of the island to Porto Rico. Currency was exchanged, Puerto Rican “peso” to the dollar.
On June, the Socialist Working Party was founded, led by Santiago Iglesias Pantín.
On August 8, Hurricane Saint Ciriaco strikes the island.
It rained for 28 days straight and the winds reached speeds of 100 miles per hour. The loss of life and property damage were immense. Approximately 3,400 people died in the floods and thousands were left without shelter, food, or work. The sugar and coffee industry was devastated.
Luis Muñoz Rivera founded the newspaper “El Territorio”.
On October, the American Federal Party (“Partido Federal Americano”) was founded, led by Luis Muñoz Rivera. www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/2857/historia.htm (in Spanish)
1900 The island was surrendered to the United States military authority. (My father Carmelo was 11 - 12 y.o.)
On March 19, President McKinley asserts the need for free trade with Puerto Rico.
On April 12, the Foraker Law (Organic Act of 1900) is approved, establishing civil government and free commerce between the island and United States. The law was impulsed into Congress by senator Joseph B. Foraker. Puerto Rico became U.S. first unincorporated territory. The first civil governor (Charles H. Allen) of the island under the Foraker Act was inaugurated on May 1, in San Juan.
welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/foraker.shtml lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/foraker.html
On June 5, President McKinley named an Executive Cabinet under Gov. Charles H. Allen that included five Puerto Rican members—José Celso Barbosa, Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón, José de Diego, Manuel Camuñas and Andrés Crosas, and six U.S members—William H. Hunt, Secretary; J.H. Hollander, Treasurer; J.R. Garrison, Auditor; W.B. Eliot, Interiors; James A. Harlan, Attorney General; and Dr. M.G. Brumbaugh, Secretary of Education.
On November 6, the first elections under Foraker Act were celebrated (registered voters 123,140).
The first company of native born Puerto Ricans is organized as part of the American Colonial Army.
1901 The Hollander Law was approved, giving Puerto Rico a Resident Commissioner in Washington. lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronpr.html (Cuban problems leading to the Hollander law)
On March 4, Federico Degetau takes office in Washington as the first Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
1902 The Porto Rico Telephone Company was inaugurated. Cuba declares independence; United States declares Puerto Rico a territory.
On November 4, the second elections under Foraker Act were celebrated (registered voters 158,924).
1903 On March 9, University of Puerto Rico was founded. Roosevelt signed an executive order to surrender the Culebra to Navy Control. U.S. officially designates Luquillo Forest Reserve the only tropical rain forest in the National Forest System.
1904 Luis Muñoz Rivera and José de Diego founded the Unionist Party of Puerto Rico to fight against the colonial government established under the Foraker Act.
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/munozrivera.html
On July 4, Beeckman Winthrop became the governor of Puerto Rico and served until 1907. First universal suffrage was established, men over 21 years old were allowed to participate.
1906 On November 6, President Theodore Roosevelt leaves Washington D.C. for a 17 day trip to Panama and Puerto Rico, becoming the first president to make an official visit outside of the U.S.
On December 11, during a visit to Puerto Rico, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the Puerto Rican Congress and recommended that Puerto Ricans become United States citizens.
1908 Driving licenses began to be issued. The first motion picture projector was brought to the island. It is used in a tent theater called “Cine Puerto Rico”.
1909 The Olmsted Amendment to the Foraker Act was passed by both houses of Congress, this act placed the supervision of Puerto Rican affairs in the jurisdiction of an executive department to be designated by the president. The legislation was a response to a governmental crisis in Puerto Rico in early 1909. www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/olmsted.html
1912 On June 29, The Inter American University was established by the United Presbyterian Church. The IAU is a private, nonprofit institution. The system includes schools of law and optometry. Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón, Manuel Zeno Gandía, Luis Llorens Torres, Eugenio Benítez Castaño, and Pedro Franceschi founded the Independence Party which was the first party in the history of the island to exclusively want Puerto Rican independence. Though short-lived, it established a precedent for future organizations with similar ideologies.
1914 The first Puerto Rican officers are assigned to the Executive Cabinet, allowing islanders a majority. The officers were Martin Travieso, Secretary, and Manuel V. Domenech, Commissioner of Interiors.
1914 Germans attack Luxemburg and Belgium on August 4th and WW I begins..www.richthofen.com/ww1sum/
1915 A delegation from Puerto Rico, accompanied by the Gov. Arthur Yager, traveled to Washington in order to ask Congress to grant the island more autonomy.
May 7th, The LUSITANIA sunk. US declares war. www.occultopedia.com/l/lusitania.htm
1916 On December 5, the Jones Act is approved, with this law:
Puerto Rico becomes U.S. territory (“organized but unincorporated,”) U.S. nationalizes all Puerto Ricans as a citizens and allows Puerto Ricans to elect their legislature. As citizens, they were now allowed to join the army, only 300 rejected the citizenship and many others refused to join the army. During World War I, over 18,000 Puerto Ricans served. Separated the three governmental powers: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. A bill of rights was created. Arranged that elections were to be celebrated every four years.
commdocs.house.gov/committees/resources/hii40445.000/hii40445_0.HTM www.u-s-history.com/pages/h827.html
1917 On March 2, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act. Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States “organized but unincorporated,” a bill of rights and also established a locally elected Senate and House of Representatives. In addition, it granted Puerto Ricans U.S. statutory citizenship, which means that Puerto Ricans were granted citizenship by act of Congress, not by the Constitution and citizenship is therefore not guaranteed by it. On the other hand, the Foraker Act still determined economic and fiscal aspects of government.
Raimundo and Carmelo QUIRINDONGO volunteer in the US Army, 65th, Regiment.
On May, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs compulsory military service act into law. 20,000 islanders are drafted into World War I. On July 6, the first elections under Jones Act were celebrated. The Organic Act was approved. This gave the island a legislature (19 senators, 39 representatives) elected freely by the Puerto Rican people. www.macmeekin.com/Library/Jurisds/Puerto%20Rico.htm
1918
“El Imparcial” newspaper was founded.
Puerto
Ricans die of flu in South Carolina www.rootsweb.com/~prhgs/Beaufort_intro.htm
November 11, the Great War ends www.detnews.com/history/veterans/veterans.htm www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/index.html www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/WW I/WW I.html
1919 “El Mundo” newspaper was founded.
1920 Severe economic depression hits PR.
January 16 Prohibition Amendment ratified. www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/4399/
August 26 Women gain RIGHT TO VOTE in the USA www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/hgv3n5.htm
1921 Emmet Montgomery Reilly was appointed governor of Puerto Rico. (1921-1923) Montgomery is one of the most hated governors.
www.prdream.com/patria/timelines/timeline1-1920.html
1922 In the case of Balzac v. Porto Rico (258 U.S. 308) the U.S. Supreme Court declared that Puerto Rico was a territory rather than a part of the Union. The decision stated that the U.S. constitution did not apply in Puerto Rico. www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/balzac.html
On September 17, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party was founded. www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/018.html
On December 2, the first radio station WKAQ in PR was inaugurated. www.srh.noaa.gov/sju/history.html
1924
Juan QUIRINDONGO Morell born and becimes famous schoolteacher.
home.mindspring.com/~johnqu/Juan%20Quirindongo%20Morell%20english.htm
home.mindspring.com/~johnqu/juanQuirindongoMorell.htm
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The AMERICAN odyssey
1924 Carmelo QUIRINDONGO U.S. ARMY veteran arrives NYC at age 35 to escape severe PR ECONOMIC DEPRESSION.
1929 Stock Market crash www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=stock_market_crash_of_1929&OFFID=se2
1930 World-wide economic depression memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1545/
1933 I was born in Bellevue clinic on 221 E. 26th St in NYC
FDR and Hitler assume power. www.artukraine.com/famineart/ newdeal.feri.org/timeline/1933e.htm www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ww2era.htm
www.yad-vashem.org.il/about_holocaust/chronology/1933-1938/1933/chronology_1933_2.html www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler
1953-54
My grandmother’s grave with my Uncle Fernando in the Bronx www.rootsweb.com/~prwgw/tombstone_8292.htm
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YONKERS from the Dutch Van der Donck near NYC is a similar sounding Dutch word
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false cognate found in CHILE.
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