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Note: Alternate Spellings: Rodrigues T I M E L I N E
1870 -- Appears in the census as the son of Don Tomas Falero y Machin, age 4 years
SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511645; Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 86, 1868-1875. [Accessed Apr 2014]
1877-1878 -- Ramon Falero y Rodriguez is 11 years old and living in Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico in the household of his father, Tomas Falero y Machin, 35, widower, and farmer by profession. Ramon was born in Juncos, is of the Roman Catholic faith, and can read but does not yet write. Also in the household are his two brothers, Rafael, 13, and Eloy, 11. Additional family in the household are two cousins, both 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] _________________________________________________________________ 1886 -- MARRIAGE: Ramon Falero, 20 years old, legitimate son of Don Tomas (Falero) and Dona Paula Rodriguez was married on 06 Jan 1886 in the Blessed Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Concepcion of Juncos to Maria del Carmen Cuna, age 21, natural daughter of Dona Maria (Cuna) _________________________________________________________________ 1893 -- Ramon Falero y Rodriguez, age 27, born in Juncos is living in Valenciana Abajo with Carmen Cruz (Cuna), 25, also of Juncos. Relationship is assumed to be husband and wife. No children listed.
SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511657 Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 92 1893-1894 [Accessed Apr 2014]
1895 -- Ramon Falero y Rodriguez is head of a family group listed in Ceiba Sur, Juncos, which includes Carmen Falero y Cuna and Angel Falero y Falero. No further info included. Must have had something to do with age.
SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511657 Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 93 1880-1896. [Accessed Apr 2014]
1897 Dec 31 -- Ramon Falero Rodriguez, age 32; born in Juncos, PR; living in Valenciano Abajo, Juncos, PR, can read and write, farmer by profession, is married to Carmen Falero, age 32, born Juncos, can read and write. Children of Ramon and Carmen are: Angel, age 16; Juana, age 12; Maria, age 8; Cristina, age 4; Ramon, age 2; Diego, age 1. All children last name of Falero y Falero, born in Juncos, cannot read or write. SOURCE: Family Search.org, Family History Libary Catalogue order, film # 1511663 Juncos, Puerto Rico Censo, Caja 96 Item 2, 1897. [Accessed 17 Jun 2014]
________________________________________________________________ 1902 -- Witness to several marriages 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 -- Ramón Falero y Rodríguez, age 44, was born Puerto Rico as were both parents. He lives on a farm in rural Ceiba Sur which he owns free and clear of mortgage and for which he is boss. He has been married for 27 years to Carmen Falero y Falero and together they had 8 children of which 7 are living and all currently in his household. They are Angel, 23; Juana, 19; María, 15; Cristina, 13; Ramón, 11; Paula, 9; and Tomás, 7. Also in the household are brothers Diego, 24; and Eloy, 48. All are single and all born Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ceiba Sur, Juncos, Puerto Rico; Roll: T624_1769; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0860; FHL microfilm: 1375782. [Accessed 31 Mar 2014]
NOTE: Census says married for 27 years, however, birth records for children indicate they are not married. Also, his mother, Paula Rodríguez was deceased before the birth of brother Diego Falero y Rodríguez so that relationship to Ramón is in question. It is known that Ramón's father, Tomás Falero y Machín as a widower fathered a daughter with Angela Robles. Perhaps, Diego is also a child of this relationship. _________________________________________________________________
1913 May-- Named as father in the marriage record of (Juana) María Falero y Falero (de la Cuna). Living in barrio of Gurabo Abajo in Juncos.
1916 -- Living in Gurabo Abajo according to the birth record of grandson Tomás Cruz y Falero
1917 Mar 2 -- Became a US Citizen by an act of Congress, the Jones-Shafroth Act, signed by US President Woodrow Wilson.
1922 -- Ramon was the declarant in the death record of his daughter Juana Falero Falero in Sep 1922. Living in the barrio of Rincon, Gurabo, Puerto Rico at the time.
1923 -- Listed as 58 years old, a widower of Carmen Falero and living in Caguas, in the marriage of his son Ramon.
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