Charlene,
My GGGF was in Cuba, Province of Oriente, in 1819. I have not been able to find out where he xame from but have great suspition to beleive they came from Dominican Republic, In the XVIII th. century there was a great inmigration from Dominica to Orinte in Cuba. So far I have not been able to locate my ancestors. Please keep in touch it might be that we came from Italy. I was in Italy in 2004 and brought back a bottle of driking water with the Lora name on it. It was bottled in Milan, italy. My email is
lorabet@comcast.net