My great-grandmother was Venturosa
GRAVE DE
PERALTA y
AGUILERA, daughter of Antonio
GRAVE de
PERALTA and
Amelia AGUILERA. According to my information, this family was from Holguín, but Venturosa lived in Guantánamo with her husband Andrés MARTIN (pronounced MARTÉN in Cuba) y DE
CASTRO. Andrés Martin (Martén) de
CASTRO was murdered in Campechuela, near Manzanillo, in 1902, because of a series of articles critical of the
Guardia Rural that he had published in the newspaper "
La Tribuna". Venturosa remained a widow after that. She and Andrés had two children: Andrés and Maria Luisa Martin y
GRAVE de
PERALTA. Andrés jr. became a doctor and moved to
Palma Soriano where he married Blanca
PICAZO y
RIVAS. Maria Luisa remained in Guantánamo until exile in the US; she was married to Luis
DEVILLE from Guantánamo. I always heard that my grandfather was related to a
GRAVE de
PERALTA from
Santiago de Cuba who was a dentist (in the 1940's and 50's).
If anyone finds a connection and knows anything about this history, please, let me know. I would be most grateful. I can also share more information about this branch of the
GRAVE de Peraltas.
Margarita Martin