My mother Emilia
Marrero Canas was born in Aguada de Pasajeros. My grandmother's name was Yluminada
Canas Perez.
My grandmother's brother was Aguedo
Canas Perez and he owned
a fonda in Central Cobadonga. One of my grandmother's sisters was named Julia
Canas Perez and lived in
Cardenas.
My maternal grandfather was Anacleto
Marrero born in Calimete. He was the son of a woman from the
Canary Islands and a Chinese immigrant surnamed Lee. He did not carry the Lee surname because he was illegitimate and supposedly not
acknowledged by his father. If anyone has heard of these last names and knows the families or the origins of the
Canas surname, please let me know. The name
Canas has a line
over the "n", my keyboard does not have that key.