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Note: Alternate Spellings: Rodrigues TI M E L I N E
1871 -- Jose E. Falero y Rodriguez, age 6, is the son of Tomas Falero y Machin and is living in Valenciano Abajo, Juncos, PR., with his father and two brothers, Rafael, age 8 and Ramon age 4. SOURCE: FamilySearch.org, Family HIstory Library Catalogue order, film #1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 86, 1868-1875. _________________________________________________________________ 1877 - 1878 -- Eloy Falero y Rodriguez, age 11, is living in Ceib Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico in the household of his father, Tomas Falero y Machin, age 35, a widower and a farmer by profession. Eloy was born in Juncos, is of the Roman Catholic faith, and can read and write. Also in the household are two brothers, Rafael, 13, and Ramon, 9, as well as two cousins who are brothers, Avelino 24, and Wenceslao Falero y Rivera, 20.
SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 89, 1877-1878. [Accessed 22 Apr 2014] _________________________________________________________________ 1883 -- Living Juncos Puerto Rico when he was named as Godfather to Regina Caiz and to Beltran Mulero _________________________________________________________________ 1898 -- Listed in the death record of his father as living in his father's house in Ceiba Sur
_________________________________________________________________ 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 three sons, which included, they thought, that 100 acres of land. Evidently, Tomas's son Rafael was living 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. Then Avelino registered the land in his name and evicted Rafael.
So Tomas's children, Rafael, Eloy, and Ramon, 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 part 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. SOURCE: "Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Porto Rico, " by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, pgs 111-119 ________________________________________________________________
1910 -- Listed in the household of his brother, Ramon Falero y Rodriguez, in Ceiba Sur, PR, as 48 years old, single.
SOURCE: Year: 1910; Census Place: Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico; Roll: T624_1769; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0860; FHL microfilm: 1375782
1915 --DEATH: On 3 Dec 1915, at 4 pm, before Narciso Varona y Suarez, in charge of the Civil Registry, came Rafael Falero y Rodriguez, of legal age, married, laborer by profession, a native of Juncos and presently residing in the barrio of Buena Vista in Gurabo, who declared that Eloy Falero y Rodriguez, age 50, single, native of Juncos, white, and living in the barrio of Gurabo Abajo, Juncos, a day laborer by profession, died at 6 am today, 3 dec1915, as a consequence of Nefritis for which certification was presented. At time of death he was the legitimate son of Tomas Falero and Paula Rodriguez, natives of Juncos and San Lorenzo, respectively, both white, both deceased. The cemetery where the body will be buried is in this pueblo. The witness to this declaration is Francisco Lopez Pena. _________________________________________________________________ Relationships: Father: Tomas Falero of Juncos, white, deceased Mother: Paula Rodriguez of San Lorenzo, white deceased Paternal Grandfather: Rafael Falero, white, deceased Paternal Grandmother: Mariana Machin, white, deceased Maternal Grandfather: Jose Ma. Rodriguez, white, deceased Maternal Grandmother: Maria Denis, white, deceased
SOURCE: FamilySearch.org; Historical Records Collections, Puerto Rico Civil Registstraions 1805-2001, Juncos, Defunciones 1914-1924, image 487 of 2718
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