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Note: Alternate Spellings: Rodrigues TI M E L I N E
1870 -- Appears in the census as the son of Don Tomas Falero y Machin, age 5 years
SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 86, 1868-1875. [Accessed Mar 2014] _________________________________________________________________
1877-1878 -- Rafael Falero y Rodriguez is 13 years old, living with his family in Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico. He is of the Roman Catholic faith and can read and write. His family includes his widowed father, Tomas Falero y Machin, age 35, and brothers, Eloy Falero y Rodriguez, 13, and Ramon Falero y Rodriguez, 11. Also in the household are cousins, Avelino Falero y Rivera, 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] _________________________________________________________________ 1895 -- Rafael Falero and Sotera Flores are listed as godparents to Rupert Flores y Malave who was baptised at the Blessed Church of the Immacualte Concepcion of Our Lady of Juncos on 19 May 1895. SOURCE: FAmilySearch.org, Catalog, Microfilm 1389070, Item 7 Bautismos, Pg 126, #438.
1895 -- Rafael Falero became a father when his son Rafael Aldon Falero y Flores was born in Juncos, Puerto Rico on 30 Jul 1895. The mother was Sotera Flores y Pagan and they were obviously in a relationship, most likely a consensual contract. SOURCE: Family Search Historical Records Collection; "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1836-2001," index and images, Juncos > Nacimientos 1894-1905, image 199 of 2543
1896 -- Rafael Falero and Sotera Flores named as Godparents to Petrona Reyes y Flores, daughter of Francisco Reyes and Paula Flores. 1897 -- Appears as Head of Household in this census, age 30, single, born in Juncos, farmer by profession, able to read and write. Living with him is Esteban Flores y Pagan, 12. SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511663; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 96, 1897. __________________________________________________________________ 1898 -- Puerto Rico Ceded to the USA. On 10 Dec, in Paris, France, the Treaty of Paris was signed formally ending the Spanish-American War and ceding Puerto Rico to the USA _________________________________________________________________ 1902 --MARRIAGE: On 30 Jun 1902, D. Rafael Falero Rodriguez, age 33, was joined in marriage to Da. Sotera Flores y Pagan, age 30, in a civil ceremony in the barrio of Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico. He was born and residing in Juncos, the legitimate son of D. Tomas Falero y Machin and Da. Paula Rodrigues y Denis, and a laborer by profession. She was born and residing in Juncos, the legitimate daughter of D. Valentin Flores and Da Moncerrate Pagan.
SOURCE: Family Search Historical Records Collection; "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1836-2001," index and images, Juncos > Defunciones y matrimonios Caja B-C 1902-1910 Nacimientos, defunciones y matrimonios Caja D 1911-1913 > image 260 of 3209. [Accessed 12 Apr 2014] SOURCE: FamilySearch.org; Historical Records Collection, Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1836-2001," index and images, Juncos > Nacimientos 1930-1931 -- Matrimonios 1885-1923 > image 920 of 2315. [Accessed 20 Apr 2014] _________________________________________________________________ 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 knew 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 -- Rafael was living in the barrio of Hato Nuevo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico. So it appears that he left Juncos after loosing the lawsuit. He was 45, Married for 16 years which places the marriage about 1896. This marriage was most likely a consensual contract which was a form of marriage used in Puerto Rico without the benefit of any religious or civil ceremony, and therefore not considered a legal marriage by US standards. Rafael and wife Sotera were eventually married in a civil ceremony as stated above after Puerto Rico became a US territory. His wife Sotera was 40 years of age and together they had 4 children: Rafael, 14; Juana, 12; Margarita, 10; and Dionicio, 2. SOURCE: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Hato Nuevo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico; Roll: T624_1766; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0883; FHL microfilm: 1375779
_________________________________________________ 1917 Mar 2 -- Became a US Citizen by an act of Congress, the Jones-Shafroth Act, signed by US President Woodrow Wilson.
1920 -- Living in Rural Bairoa, Caguas, PR, when enumerated on 12 Jan in the 1920 census. Rafael was 57 years old, born in Puerto Rico as were both of his parents. He could read and write Spanish but could not speak English. He was employed as a merchant. His wife was Sotera Flores de Falero, age 49, born in Puerto Rico as were both of her parents. She could not read or write in Spanish, nor could she speak English. Their children listed in the household were Rafael, age 24, single; Juana, age 22, divorced; and Rafaela, age 2, all born Puerto Rico. Also in the household was Angel Falero, nephew, age 28, farm laborer.
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census, Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico; Roll: T625_2049; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 925; Image: 987 ________________________________________________________________
1924 -- Married and living in Caguas, age 60, according to marriage record of his son Rafael Falero y Flores
SOURCE: Family Search Historical Records Collection; "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration,1836-2001," index and images, Trujillo Alto > Matrimonios 1921-1931 > image 101 of 326. [Accessed 17 Mar 2014]
1925 -- Named as the maternal Grandfather of Ramona Diaz y Falero, natural daughter of Margarita Falero and Lorenzo Diaz who are living in Trujillo Alto. _________________________________________________________________ 1935 -- On 23 Dec. Rafael Falero, age 80 (73), was enumerated as living in the City of Caguas, barrio Bairoa, Municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico along with his wife Sotera, age 70 (63). Neither of them were employed. Living with them was there son Rafael Falero, Jr., 35 (40), single, working as a mediator at a Tobacco Farm, and daughter Marguerita Falero, age 27 (35), her husband, Lorenzo Diaz, 48, and the couple's son Bernardo Diaz y Falero, age 13
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. Puerto Rico, Social and Population Schedules, 1935-1936, Year: 1935; Census Place: Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico; Roll: 14; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 56-6. [Accessed 31 Mar 2014]
1937 -- DEATH: Rafael Falero y Rodriguez, age 76, born 1860 in Juncos Puerto Rico, died at 7 AM on 06 Jul 1937 in the barrio of Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico, where he was a resident. He was the legitimate son of Tomas Falero and Paula Rodriguez and the husband of Sotera Flores. SOURCE: FamilySearch.org, "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images,
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