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Note: Alternate Spellings: Ribera TI M E L I N E
1857 -- BIRTH/BAPTISM: In the parish of Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion de Juncos on 12 Sep 1857, the child Isabel Aurelia Falero was baptised. She was born 21June (1857) in Gurabo Abajo, the legitimate daughter of Dn.Estevan (Falero) and Da. Maria de la Concepcion Rivera. Paternal grandparents were Dn. Rafael Falero and Da. Mariana Machin, Maternal grandparents were Dn. Anselmo (Rivera) and Da. _____ _____ Pena, both deceased. Godparents were Dn. Julian and Da. Maria del Carmen Rivera. SOURCE: www.familysearch.org, Catalog, Microfilm 1389073, Item 5, Pg ???, #1557. [Accessed 3 Mar 2016]. Digital film Img 1055 of 2828. [Accessed 25 Sep 2017] _______________________________________________________________ 1863 -- Named as the daughter of Maria Concepcion de Rivera & Esteban Falero in Maria's death record. Age about 6.
1866 -- CENSUS: Isabel Falero, age 6, is living in her grandmother Marianna Machin's household along with her uncle, Francisco Falero, age 39, and the following siblings: Abalina Falero, Female (M), age 17, Cruz Falero, female, age 15, Juliana Falero, female, age 12; Sinforosa Falero, female, age 10; Wenceslao Falero, male, age 8. Parents are not listed and may be deceased. SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order film # 1511645; Juncos Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 85, 1860-1866. [Accessed Mar 2014] NOTE: Estevan, missing here, appears in 1868 with children but no wife then disappears again
1868 Dec -- CENSUS: Isabel Aurelia, age 9, is living with her father and siblings in the barrio of Valenciano Abajo, Juncos, Puerto Rico, in the household of Pedro Rodriguez of the Canary Islands. Her mother is not listed leading the the assumption that her mother is deceased. SOURCE: FamilySearch.org; Family History Library Catalogue order, International Film #1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo,Caja 86, 1868-1875. {Accessed 13 Mar 2014] ________________________________________________________________ 1871 -- CENSUS: Age 13, Living in the household of her grandmother, Mariana Machin, in Valenciano Abajo, Juncos, Puerto Rico, along with her siblings. No parents listed. SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Library Catalogue order, film # 1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 86, 1868-1875. [Accessed Mar 2014]
1877 -- MARRIAGE: On 8 Apr 1877, in the parish of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, San Lorenzo, Hato Grande, PR, D. Anselmo Montanez wed Da. Isabel Falero. He was a native of Caguas now living in Hato Grande, the legitimate son of D. Jose Montanez and of Da. Belen Munoz. She was a native of Juncos, the legitimate daughter of D. Estaban Falero and of Da. Concepcion Rivera.
SOURCE: Family History Library, Registros parroquiales, 1812-1931 / Iglesia Catolica. Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, San Lorenzo, Film # 1389061, Item 8, Matrimonio, #453. [Accessed 23 Jul 2014] _________________________________________________________________
1886 -- Named as godmother in the baptismal record of Domitila Falero y Falero, daughter of sister Sinforosa and her husband Vicente Falero which occurred 31 Jan . _________________________________________________________________
1909 -- ESTATE FEUD
Oh, those Faleros!!! Here is a case that went to the Supreme Court in appeal and was published in a law journal. It is hard to understand all the legal style of writing but this is what I got out of it. It seems that when Esteban Falero y Machin died, he left a piece of property to his daughter Isabel Aurelia (or Amelia) Falero Rivera. Evidently, brother Tomas Falero y Machin was her guardian at the time and he managed her property, and actually appropriated the land and used it for his own benefit. Well, Tomas must have had a bout with his conscience and he gave Isabel 100 acres of land in Ceiba Sur to compensate her for her losses.
Then Tomas died leaving all his possessions to his children which included, they thought, that 100 acres of land. Evidently, Tomas's son Rafael moved onto the land as he is described as a tenant at will. Well Isabel sold the land to Jose Casildo Reyes, who then sold it back to her brother Avelino Falero. This must have all happened quickly. Then Avelino registered the land in his name and evicted Rafael.
So Tomas's children, filed a suit to reclaim the land saying that Isabel did not have title to the land at the time of Tomas's death, had no right to sell it, and the land was still apart of Tomas's estate. But the court ruled in favor of Avelino since he had a valid purchase agreement. Then the two families must have fought this back and forth until it came before the Supreme Court. Rafael Falero Rodriguez represented the rest of the family and filed suit against Avelino Falero Rivera claiming that Avelino lied and connived to get the property transferred to him and registered before they new what was going on. They wanted the court to not only declare the previous case Null & Void but to grant them $11,000 in damages.
Well they lost the case at the Supreme Court level, too. It sounds like they lost it because the lawyer wasn't all that good and missed a few details, plus there wasn't enough evidence to prove their claim that Isabel didn't have the right to sell.
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