Any info on the connection of these names would mean alot to me and my family.. thank you

Ashley

I will need more information as to timeframe (what year(s) are you talking about) of the potential connection and city within Cuba before I can respond with any concise data. Who was Lozano

To the best of my knowledge, the first time in history that the name Lozano is mentioned, is when El Cid kills the father of his future wife, Dona Ximena, in a duel or fight. The father of Dona Ximena was the Conde (Count) of Casa Lozano. One of my maternal great-grandfathers was Jose Geronimo Lozano y Gonzalez. He was killed in a duel that took place in Havana in the late 1800s. He belonged to a sort of elitist social group, whose members used to duel every once in a while. This group was known as the "Jovenes de la Acera del Louvre." I personally had never heard of the connection mentioned by this person.

Oswaldo F. Hernandez-Campos
Dahlonega, Georgia

Oswaldo,

I had forgot about El Cid. Yes, and Dona Ximena moved to live with the monks of San Pedro de Cardena. The campeador then made his pilgrimage from Burgos to Cardena to promise Ximena that he would oversee the marriage of the two young girls. "Apriessa cantan los gallos e quieren crebar albores, quando llego a San Pedro el buen Campeador" if you studied pre-Castillian Spanish and read "Poema Del Cid".

El Poema del Cid....hadn't read it since the 8th grade.

The Cuban duel story is very interesting. Geneaology is a fascinating subject for study.

Although Lozano is not as common name as Hernandez and Campos (my maternal grandmother was a Hernandez) there have been numerous contacts between the 2 surnames, including at least one reported matrimony in South Carolina noted in the Lozano family Geneaology forum. The Lesesnes are primarily a transplanted PR and USVI French Huguenot family, there were definite possibilities of Cuban contact that Ashley may cast light upon for us. Cuba is such a crossroads of surnames. Even a name like Irvin Wladawsky-Berger is that of a native Cubano who emigrated to the United States and became a well known part of the information technology community.

I'm a Lesesne. And do not know much about the connection. But i did know of my grandmother Josephine (Lozano) Lesesne.

Ashley

The Lesesne tree in the US is extremely well documented, although there are (as usual) some lose ends. A number of Lesesne branches moved to South America (mostly Brazil) and the Caribbean.

The book "Our Southern Heritage" by Mary Jean McMichael Pierson, published in 1997 has a tie with Lozano on page 668, position 100 in the family tree.

George Icely(6) Lesesne (Charles Frederick II (5), William (4), Charles Frederick(3), Frances(2), Isaac(1)) Married Christina Lozano, daughter of Manuel Lozano and Josephine Ortiz.

Children: George Lee Lesesne, Sr (7) b 25 Jan 1920, d. 6 Mar 1975 m Anne Donny, Children: George Lee Lesesne Jr.(8)

Hope this helps you.

My personal query was that my uncle, Edward Blake Le Sesne, Jr. lived in Cuba in the late 40's for a short period of time, but I think he is not related since he returned from Cuba as a bachelor, but you never know!

Ashley, your grandmother's maiden name (SS records) was Josphine (Josephine) Lozano Lesesne