My maternal grandparents were from Catalonia, Ramiro Monfort and Caridad Mir, and lived in Regla, Cuba. My paternal grandparents were from Asturias and Islas Canarias, Jose Maria Hernandez Llerena and Maria Josefa Suarez Cabrera, who also lived in Regla and Havana. My maternal grandmother's parents were Francisco Suarez Alvarez and Juana Cabrera Pereira.

El apellido Mir significa paz en eslavo.Se supone que los que lleven ese apellido tienen raices eslavas,si alguna persona tiene conocimiento de esto con mucho gusto recibiria la informacion que me ayuden a aclarar las dudas que tengo al respecto.Se lo agradeceria infinitamente.

Gerardo Mir (soy Cubano)

Mi familia conosia una familia en San Jose California
del apellido Mir.
La senora se llamava Maria,Su hijo billudo Luis,y el hijo de
Luis...Luisito... Todos con ojos azules. Heran como nuestra familia. Gente buenas.
Si son familiares de ustedes diganles que Maria la hija de
Pura Virginia les mandan saludos y los recuerdan mucho.
Si no...buscenlos, seguros que son familiares.

Estimado Sr Mir:
En lo que yo te puedo informar el apellido "Mir" es de origen Catalan segun el libro "Els Llinatages Catalans". En el lenguage catalan, "Mir" significa "famoso o ilustre". Segun mis investigaciones hubo unos cuantos de apellido "Mir" que migraron de España a Puerto Rico. Por ejemplo: Esteban Mir, natural de Blanes, Gerona (1834); Salvador Mir, natural de Vilasa, Cataluña (1836); Jose Mir Eloy, natural de Lerida, Lerida (1881); Pablo Mir Palet, natural de Terrasa, Barcelona (1835); y tres hermanos Mir Pasaperas natural de Blanes, Gerona (1834). Tambien hay otros que son naturales de Mallorca. Espero que esta informacion le sea de utilidad y que no estoy confundiendo su investigaciones.

Bon sort,
J. Mayol

I HAVE INFORMATION ON MY FAMILY NAME[ MIR ]AND [PUPO]
IF ANY ONE WANT'S TO SHARE I WILL BE HAPPY TOO.PUPO IS A ITALIAN NAME AND MIR IS A BASQUE NAME I WAS BORN IN BANES,ORIENTE CUBA IN 1949 MY FATHER IS DELIO EMMANUEL MIR-SERRANO AND MY MOTHER IS HAYDEE VERONICA PUPO-REYES BOTH BORN IN CUBA.IN 1955 WE CAME TO THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD U.S.A.WHERE I WAS RAISED IN PHILADELPHIA PENN.AT THIS TIME I HAVE 12-CHILDREN .

I WANT TO THANK NICOLOS de CORDENAS FOR THE RESPONSE OF MY INQUIRY OF MY FAMILY NAME [MATERNAL] PUPO.



DELIO EMMANUEL MIR-PUPO

There was a Pupo family in Oriente, that were descended from Miguel Jerónimo Ponce de León y Góngora and María del Rosario González de Rivera y Leiva, who were married in 1731, probably in Bayamo. The name Pupo was a corruption of Ponce de León. See Historia de familias cubanas, volume IX, p. 201.

Sincerely,

Nicolás de Cárdenas.

My great-grandmother was Rosa Pupo, born in Mallorca, Spain and later moved to Cuba where my grandmother, Maria Julia Pupo was born in Gibara in September 1886 and later married Manuel Sanchez before immigrating to the United States in the early 1900s. I am researching the Pupo surname. I have not been able to find any of the male lineage so far.

No quiero confundir a nadie pero decidí compartir lo que encontré de casualidad. En búsqueda de un pariente en el censo de 1810 Louisiana, encontré a Henry W. (?) Mir y a Paul Mir. Los dos vivian en la parroquia de St. James. La familia de Henry consistía de un varón menos de 10 años, un hombre de 26 a 45 años, una hembra menos de 10 años, 2 hembras de 10 a 16 años, una mujer de 26 a 45 años y 3 esclavos. La familia de Paul consistía de 4 varones menos de 10 años, un hombre de 16 a 26 años, un hombre de 26 a 45 años, 2 mujeres de 16 a 26 años y 4 esclavos. Espero que esta información les ayude. Si desean más información sobre el censo, me pueden escribir directamente.

I don't wish to confuse anyone but I decided to share some information I found by chance. While searching for a relative in the 1810 Louisiana census I found an Henry W. (?) Mir and a Paul Mir. They both lived in St. James Parish. Henry's family consisted of a male less than 10 years old, a male 26 to 45, a female less than 10, 2 females from 10 to 16, a female 26 to 45 and 3 slaves. Paul's family consisted of 4 males less than 10 years old, a male 16 to 26, a male 26 to 45, 2 females 16 to 26 and 4 slaves. I hope this information helps someone. If anyone wishes more information on the census they may write to me directly.

My great-great-great-grandmother was Maria del Pilar MIR Acosta. She was born in Regla, Havana, Cuba in about 1776 and died in Regla about 1863. She married Thomas Clark, from Nottingham, England in 1799. They had 15 children, all of them were born in Regla and some moved out to some other parts of Cuba.

My great-great-grandfather, Diego Andres Clark MIR was born in Regla in 1802 and died in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba in 1883. He married in Regla to Antonia Gregoria Dominguez Nicolich, who was born in San Agustin, Florida, USA in 1805 and died in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba in 1842. They had 9 children.

One of the childre, Diego Gonzalo Clark Dominguez was born in Regla in 1826 and died in Cienfuegos, La Villas, Cuba in 1914. All the other children were born in Cardenas

i need the information on the three brothers mir.one of them
is my gt.gt.grandfather luis ? mir? married to a women by the name of ? garcel i need to know about her ,is very important to us.thank you for that information .delio mir

los tres hermanos (mir)uno es mi familia

My grandfather's name was Raul Ruiz Pupo from Banes, Oriente.His father was from Spain, but his mother was born in Cuba. I don't know anything else about my great grandmother.

will like more info on the garcel family in oriente.

I would love to share the information I have. I made a mistake, though, I am the 2nd great grandson or Tatara nieto of Luis Mir (I think). Until the revolution, our family was still working the land in and around Mir. I recently came from there and have pictures, although I don't think you will agree it is a big, bustling town. My uncle, Ediberto Mir was the last to own any land before the revolution. His father (also Ediberto Mir) had a brother name Belarmino (spelling?) who still has relatives in Mir today. I have pictures of both. My cousin, Hector Jose Mir, may have pictures of Luis Mir. If all this is rings true to you then we are "parientes". I heard of another Mir who was a printer in San German where Don Berlarmino would get his stationary printed(He, Don B., had an almecen or general store). I visited Don Berlarmino's daughter, Amalia, in Havana. She is in her eighties. I visited a lot of relatives and, along with my cousin Hector Jose, we are trying to come up with a family tree of the Mirs. Again I would love the opportunity to share any and all information at my disposal, share with you my trip to Cuba to find out more about my / our family and any pictures I took while traveling there.

Su muy sincero servidor,

Michael Palma Mir

Dear Michael
Our great grandfather, Louis Mir, gave the land so the railroad could have a place for a depot and station under one condition that the station be called Mir. From that the town developed as we know the town of Mir which I heard is quite large now. I have much more information which I would love to share with you pertaining to our great grandfather who came from Gerona, Spain. He married a French woman of noble birth and they moved to Holguin, Oriente, Cuba. circa 1848 Please feel free to write to me. mirfamily1@msn.com

I am the great grandson of the Mir's in Cuba for which the town of Mir (between Holguin and Buenaventura) is named. I am looking for information about my ancestory and would be will to share the sparse information I have.

Dear Delio Mir II,

I spoke with my mother, who grew up in Mir and Holguin, and she seems to remember that her father's uncle, Don Berlarmino Mir, donated the land to the rail road company and not Luis. She remembers that it was more out of gratitude, than by condition, that the station was called Mir. Don Berlarmino also lived at Martí 27 in Holguin, one block away from the Galixto Garcia Central Park. My mother can't recall if Luis was Don Berlarmino's brother or cousin, but she seems pretty sure that it wasn't Luis who donated the land. Because many of our relatives names repeat (Ediberto, Belarmino, Luis, Jose etc.) generation after generation, your assistance would be a lot of help to clarify the exact relationships. Thanks.

Small world--my nobia in Cuba has the last name Pupo

IAM LOUIS C. MIR Y DIAZ SON OF JORGE E. MIR Y SERRANO OF BANES,CUBA. I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN,N.Y.AND TO THE MIR FROM PHILLY! WRITE BACK.

I found out that Don Berlarmino Mir was the brother of Don Luis Mir.Lets keep in touch about our family .bon sort

Delio Mir

Busco informacion sobre Diego Clark, quien casó en Matanzas con Graziella Amézaga Beracierto.

I received your last two messages, and I am sorry I could not respond sooner. I would like to show you my pictures and I am exploring ways to post it on the web for your review.

I just received news that my uncle Edilberto Mir, broke his hip. Edilberto (or Nene) was one of the last Mir who owned property, the farm, in Mir (the town). I may visit him this May. I would like to talk to you because if I go, I would like to coordinate our info and make any connections there that may connect our families. I'll keep you posted.

We are making copies of infomation about our family to send to you soon,we will love to see the pictures of your trip to cuba very much. Please keep in touch. Delio Mir

I have an Edilberto Pupo Reyes married to Francisca Moreira (born in Las Bocas). COntact me if you think you can use this info.
Martha

Gill,The name of Rojas was a friend of my great-uncle that I know as (tio) Chito PUPO. In New York City.please keep in touch because I think there are some pictures too.

Delio Mir-Pupo

My father who was born in Banes in 1906 lived in New York in the 30's and 40's. He had close friends that had the name Pupo

Thank you for the informacion in reference to the "Pupo" family. I just heard today, from a cousin, that the Pupos' name comes from the last name "Ponce de Leon". Your information just made it more correct.
My paternal grandfather was name "Raul Ruiz Pupo" my maternal grandmother was name "Adolfina Proenza Pupo" from Banes, Oriente, Cuba. They were distant cousins.

The last name of my mother is mir, her father was Jaime Mir.
Her grandfather Amado Mir who died in Battle Gibara in Oriente Cuba and his name is in a plaque in the regiment of leoncio vidal in Santa Clara Cuba ( wether it is still there or not i don't know.

My mother believes that there was family with the name Mir in Central Vertiente Camaguey any info please write.

The origin of the name, for families of Hispanic origin living in Cuba, may be as you say.

However, Cuba, or even Spain, hardly have exclusive ownership over the name of Pupo.

It is a common surname of Pedace, Cosenza, province of Calabria, Italy. That is in the boot, southern Italy. It likely exists as well, in other parts of Italy, but that's beyond the scope of my immediate research.

Sr. Michael Palma Mir
Soy Melquiades Reyes Pupo, y aunque no tengo el honor de
ser su pariente, conoci muy bien su familia Mir, empezando
por: Edilberto y su esposa Ismaela, su hijo Ector (Nene) sus
hijas Lourdes y Silvita, y su esposa Silvia, tambien conoci al
difunto Belarmino y a su esposa Pepa, a su hija Amalia y a
Don Luis, tambien a Eddy etc. Conosco muy bien de la finca
El Limonar propiedad de Don Edilberto y que despues de su
murte pasara a ser de su hijo Nenito o (Nene).Conoci la tienda
almacen de Don Belarmino y Pepa en Mir, en mi infancia jugaba en su trastienda y disfrutaba de las chucherias
(caramelos) del amable y siempre bondadoso Don Belarmino.
De usted no recuerdo nada, pero aseguro que si en algun momento visito mir en su infancia tengo que haberlo visto.
Me gustaria que cuando viaje nuevamente a Mir y visite su
primo Hector (Nenito) le mensione mi nombre, le dice que soy el hijo de Francico Reyes Dominguez (Gallego) y despues me gustaria tambien ver las fotos que trajo de Mir.
Mi saludo fraternal para Nenito y familia y usted ya tiene mi
E-mail addres para cuando guste comunicarse conmigo, ha sido un verdadero placer oir de viejas amistades,

Su amigo Melquiades.

I will like also information , my father is garcel from olguin, I am trying to find out more details, where can we check??

My grandfather's name was Ernesto Fajardo Pupo; he was born in Holguín, Oriente CUBA in 1860 and his mother's name was Caridad Pupo, also from Holguín, Oriente, CUBA.

Thank you Carmela for posting this information

Yes is true that our Pupo side of the Family comes from

Pedace,Calabria ITALY

We did investigations to that effect!

Then you also know there is a good possibility that you and I are related, if not distantly. I show a gg aunt, Filemena Staine born abt 1852, who married Angelo Michele Pupo or Pupe. She was the descendent of Guiseppe Staine and Agate Oliverio.

Do you know or have any theories on why such close knit families would sometimes end on different continents when they immigrated? How fortunate that some (or many?) could read and write from Pedace. They enabled us to stay in touch with living relatives.

Hi cousin Carmela
It would be nice and fortunate if some (or many?) could read and write to us from Pedace Italy enabling us to stay in touch with living relatives
I think is a good idea for our twelve children to know their
ancestry
I was born in Banes,Oriente Cuba 1949
came to Philadelphia PA. in 1955 were I was raised
Yes! I'm fathered twelve children :)
seven daughters and five sons
presently raising six children in Key West , Florida U.S.A
On My Fathers side "Mir" our old family surname comes from Gerona, Catalonia Spain to Cuba approx.in the 1840's
My wife's people are from Scotland,Norway,England and from Pennsylvania Dutch,,with surnames,,Gunning,,Campbell,,
Brett,,Given and Astor
Interesting finding our ancestry
ciao for now
Delio

Hello cousin Louie
I found this information on our ancestor Arnau Mir de Tost
Llordà Castle
Located at the top of a hill to the north of the Llordà village. This fortress dates from the 11th century. It is one of the most important examples of non strictly religious but residential architecture from the High Middle Ages which have been preserved in Catalonia. This building was constructed by Arnau Mir de Tost, one of the most significant characters related with the feudal expansion.
Take care,,nice to write to you
Delio Mir

Our History…Pupo side of our family

The most remote times…
By Delio Emmanuel Mir Pupo precious research and contribution of Antonio Pupo , from Francica, Italy
Our origin is italian and, as far as we can trace it, belongs to the first century before Christ, at the end of the republican period of the Roman History, with information about the existence of a certain Marcus Pisone Calpurnianus Pupius , who had been been one of the two consuls (a kind of prime-minister) in 61 b.C. Marcus Pisone Calpurnianus Pupius had belonged originally to a gens (a clan) called Calpurnia and passed, trough adoption, to the gens Pupia.

At that time, Rome was in an extreme social, political and military agitation period: most of its population (the plebeians) had empoverished; its lands were lost due to debts with the agricultural aristocracy (the patricians or optimates ) and due to slavery there were jobs neither in the country, nor in the city; with no access to the politic power and having no part of the wealth that came from military conquests, the poor ones joined a faction called Popular Party where a few plebeians enriched due to war or commerce was trying to breach the political monopoly of optimates by force (many military heads were originary men of the common people, what gave them a reasonable power to maneuver the people and the army). These things were happening since the beginning of the second century before Christ, but started to be really serious on 133 b.C., when Tiberius Gracus presented the Senate (the main political Roman agency) a species of agrarian reform. This resulted in a civil war between the partisans of Tiberius Graco (leant on the Popular Party) and the optimates (representing the senatorial interests in the Aristocratic Party). Tiberius was killed in this civil war and, ten years later, his brother Caius Gracus tried to do the same thing, rushing in another war against optimates and commiting suicide at the end of it. The land trouble kept still problematic.

After all of this, Rome passed trough a short and uncertain period of relative stability till a plebeian general called Marius became consul , opposing the optimate's will, on 107 b.C.: for the first time a plebeian assumed that rank. Marius, illegally, remained consul for lots of years, re-elected many times by military force, until optimates initiate a reaction promoting and fortifying another general, Syllas, from 95 b.C. ahead, trying to take the power away from the hands of the Popular Party. Once more a civil war began, and the violence lasted up to 86 b.C., when Marius died. His son (Marius the Young), however, continued to fight against Syllas up to 82 b.C., when, defeated, committed suicide. Syllas became then absolute master of politics and military power and controlled Rome until his death in 78 b.C., protecting the optimates interests and trying to fortify them.
The civil wars, however, had fortified the army; the control of the optimates in Rome was precarious and they knew that. The death of Syllas had created a blank which had to be fulfilled according to the will of Senate, there should be no chance for another remained member of the Popular Party. So, the optimates decided to support another general called Pompeu, who was a member of aristocracy, distinguished when suffocating, in 72 b.C., a revolt in Hispania (current Spain) against the Roman domain. Pompeu became consul in 70 b.C. and made an alliance with Crasso, the other consul and general, too. For this time, Marcus Pisone Calpurnianus Pupius , who probably had participated in Pompeu's military operations in Hispania, was a governor of that province and was received in triumph (a commemoration that represented the public recognition of the Senate to the benefactors of Rome) in 69 year b.C. Some time later, he was the legacy of Pompeu in the war against king Mitríade, who in the East had stood up against Rome since 74 b.C. The victory of Pompeu on Mitríade in 62 b.C. extended his power even more: Pompeu commemorated a triumph "over entire world" in 61 b.C., when the Senate , represented by Cicero, declared that he " extended the roman empire until the limits of the world " . This year of 61 b.C. is considered as being the apogee of political and military influence of Pompeu in Rome, and that's the year which Marcus Pisone Calpurnianus Pupius occupied the consul position, appointed by Pompeu; it's reasonable to admit, therefore, that he was a representative of the aristocracy of optimates .
The next consulate occupant (whose mandate time was officially of two years) was Julius Cesar (59 to 57 b.C.), who controlled Rome as a master until being assassinated on March, 15, 44 b.C.

Hello Jaime

I think is nice that your great grandfather
Amado Mir who died in Battle Gibara in Oriente Cuba and his name is in a plaque in the regiment of leoncio vidal in Santa Clara Cuba
My great great Grandfather don Luis Mir Garcell was chief
in Gibara against Spain

Nice talking with you

In reply to Delio Emmanuel Mir- Pupo,

Your posted a messgae on 12/08/00, saying you have information regarding the family name of Mir. You said it is a Basque name. I would be most obliged if you could forward me this information, please.

Kind Regards,
Sair Mir
sair_mir@hotmail.com

My name is Tammy Jo Pupo, granddaughter of Santa Joseph Pupo, daughter of Timothy Santa Joseph Pupo. I am beginning to research family history and would appreciate any information you may have to foward me concerning the Pupo family name from Italy. My email address is teamviperlicious@yahoo.com. I look foward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Tammy Pupo

my father is from cuba, and i would like to get as much possible info on my family's history her name is margarita. if anyone one can help im sure its you. help from anyone is greatly appreciated.

What would you like to know?

Hi
I've found a source book my Dad left me ....Is in Spanish

Yes I believe I have this info
please wait for the translation

You can send me the notes or book in english, that qill be OK, Thanks. GF

dejame saber en que te podria ayudar relacionado con graciela...ella era mi abuela

En mi genealogía tengo a varios Diego Clark, pués era muy común en la familia. Uno de ellos nació en Cárdenas, Matanzas en 1909. La esposa que tengo en mis datos no se llama Graciela Amézaga Beracierto. No sé si abrá tenido otras nupcias.
Por favor dame algunos datos más para ver si te puedo ayudar.
Ulises

I believe the Amado Mir you guys are talking about is my great grandfather, my Grandfather is Amado Mir Jr. I know my Great Grandfather died in some battle somewhere but I don't know much about him as my grandfather is kind of mysterious and close mouthed about the subject. If anyone knows anything about Amado Mir sr. I would greatly appreciate anything on him, you can reply to this post or if you want e-mail it to dmir123@yahoo.com

thanks!

I am also Mir from Cuba. My grandfather was Antonio Mir and I believe my Great Grandfather was named Belarmino. I am going to ask my Dad more about our family. I now that my Great Grandfather was the one that gave the land to build the railroad through the town in Cuba and that's why the town is now known as Mir, the town in in the Holguin province.

Michael -

My wife is a dedicated researcher of her own family's history, and has a very complete picture going back to the 1600s, so she has taken on the task of getting mine together. While we are able to make good progress on the maternal side, very little is known on the paternal side because my father and his parents all passed away many years ago, and my aunt is somewhat...free-spirited...and difficult to extract information from.

What I do know is this -- thanks to my mother who knew a bit about my father's family:

My maternal grandmother's name was Maria Josepha Mir Rodriguez (Pepa we called her).
She was born c. 1910 and grew up on a ranch in Holguin.
She married Mario Oscar Gutierrez (maternal surname unknown) and they lived in Holguin.
Her children were Mario Hermes Gutierrez Mir (my father) and Nancy (my free-spirited aunt).
Her grandmother (my great great grandmother) was a French woman of noble birth (my mother says she always looked very haughty in pictures :-) ).

This French woman who married Luis Mir seems to jibe perfectly with the little my mother knows and seems an unlikely coincidence! I am hoping you may be able to shed additional light -- anything at all that may help us would be greatly appreciated. Maybe you know the names of Louis Mir's children? Any Mir boys marry someone named Rodriguez? That would help us work on the connection...

Just read your email and would like to discuss with you directly if possible or at least by my direct email address, which is mpalma@nyc.rr.com.

Our Mir family is from the town of Mir, just outside of Holguin. My great great grandfather donated the land for the train station that soon after became the town of Mir.

The farms or "fincas" known to me back then, were named Flores and Limonar (spelling?).

Do you think we are of the same family Mir?

Please let me know

Saludos,

Michael Palma Mir