Luis del Carmen de Echevarria(Chavarria) Murillo was born in Zafra, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain in approximately 1781 to Ysidoro Chavarria and Teresa Delgado Murillo.Prior to 1808, he lived in the Ciudad de Puerto Rico now known as San Juan, Puerto Rico.In Caguas, PR, in December of 1808 he married Petrona Diaz de Avila Maldonado of Caguas.In 1812, he was elected to establish Gurabo which he founded in 1815.Luis del Carmen died in Gurabo on 30 November 1852.I am interested in learning more about Luis del Carmen's life and what drew him to Puerto Rico. There are 10 children of Luis del Carmen and Petrona that I know of currently.My goal is to catalog all their descendants.Many of the descendants are already in my files.I descend from Policarpo Echevarria Diaz. Thank you to the many genealogist who have helped me with my research! I also keep a database of all Echevarria names that I find to assist fellow Echevarria genealogists.Currently there are over 1,500 Echevarria names in my files.Email me to see if I can assist you in your Echevarria research and to share your Echevarria names with me. I am also researching the following families of Puerto Rico, please contact me to share information on: ALVARADO (Coamo, Juana Diaz 1700s); ALVARADO ORTIZ DE MATOS (Juana Diaz 1788);BARNES (Barcelona, Venezuela, Ponce 1700s); BLASINI (Corsica, Yauco, Guayanilla); CANDOSA (Coamo 1700s); DIAZ (Caguas 1700);MAYORAL (Segovia, Yauco, Ponce 1700s);MAYORAL BARNES (Ponce 1855);MAYORAL BETANCOURT (1823 Yauco);ORTIZ DE MATOS de RIVERA (1755, Juana Diaz);PLAJA (Spain, Ponce 1850); RIVERA;RODRIGUEZ;SANTIAGO;SUBIRA;TORRES-FIGUEROA RODRIGUEZ (Guayanilla 1810);& VALLENILLA.
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