La formación del pueblo puertorriqueño. La contribución de los catalanes, baleáricos y valencianos. by Cifre de Loubriel, Estela.Call Number: F1983 .C38 C57
Published/Created: 1975
Lists 5,574 brief biographies with genealogical information about 19th-century immigrants to Puerto Rico from Lérida, Gerona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia, Alicante, and the Balearic Islands. Tables show the number of immigrants from each town in Spain and the number of residents in Puerto Rican towns from each of the above provinces. Three maps of Puerto Rico show towns having ten or more residents in the 19th century from Catalonia, Valencia, or the Balearics. Lists of immigrant men who: married Puerto Rican women, achieved public office or acclaim, engaged in civic activities, or served in the military. There is a 30-page list of names by profession. Biographical entries name parents, place of birth, and spouse, tells year of emigration and the reason for it, place of residence in Puerto Rico, and date of death. For those who served in the military their regiment, date of enlistment, and battles in which participated.