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The Reinosa Quiñones Family from Puerto Rico

Updated March 14, 2007

Alexandra Reinosa

, Virgnia

United States

areinosa@hotmail.com


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I have always been interested in history, especially my own family. I began to research earnestly when I found a list of killed Mariners from World War II. On that list I saw my grandfather's name, Ignacio Reinosa. He was a Merchant Marine, who died while working on the USAT Dorchester. The ship had been torpedoed by a German U-boat, U-223, on February 3, 1943 off the coast of Greenland. My father was born a few months after his death.

I am researching the following surnames: Reinosa, Cedeño, Quiñones, Velazco, Hernandez, Navedo, Laureano, Rosario.
My family came from the following towns in Puerto Rico: San Juan, Yauco, Utuado, Aguas Buenas, Guaynabo, Vega Baja, Juncos, and San Lorenzo.

I have received a lot of information from several distant cousins I've had the luck to find through the internet. Thank you all for sharing. If any names seem familiar to anyone or if the information I have listed is incorrect, please feel free to send me an email.

My Family History

 

Family Photos

  • Rosario Navedo-Marrero (217 KB)
    This is a copy of a photo of Sarito Navedo. As you can see, it was probably taken in the early 1900's. I haven't come across an original picture yet so that I can make a copy of it. This copy was sent to me by my newfound cousin, Wendy Hulick. After admiring the picture, I realized that I inherited my great-grandmother's hands.
  • My grandfather, Ignacio Reinosa-Cedeño (6 KB)
    This is the only photograph that we have of our grandfather. It was found among my grandmother possessions after she passed away in 2003. circa 1942
  • Jose Dolores Hernandez-Soto (197 KB)
    This is a copy of a photo of my great-grandfather, Jose Dolores. This copy was also sent to me from Wendy Hulick. I realized from seeing this photo is that my oldest brother, inherited his eyes.
  • My Great-Great Granparents from Utuado, PR (460 KB)
    This photo is of my great-great grandparents, Tomas Aquino Quiñones and Rafaela Rios. I believe it was probably taken in the early 1900's.
  • My grandfather, Isaac Quiñones-Velazco (278 KB)
    This is my grandfather, Isaac. I don't know when the photo was taken.
  • My great-grandmother, Serafina Velazco-Martinez (368 KB)
    This photo is of Maria Serfafina Velazco Martinez. c. 1930's
  • Familia Quiñones (300 KB)
    This photo is of Ede Quiñones, her father, Jose Rafael Quiñones and Ofelia Quiñones. c. 1940's
  • Isaac Quiñones & Esther Hernandez (40 KB)
    These are my grandparents in 1943. They are holding my mother. I think they looked like movie stars in this picture.
  • Graveyard site in Greenland (47 KB)
    In this photo, sent to us by a museum in Greenland, there are white crosses on the right of the picture. Those white crosses are the graves of the men that died on the USAT Dorchester. My grandfather was buried there but when the base was closed his remains were transferred to Puerto Rico. We don't know where he was buried in Puerto Rico.
  • Esther Hernandez Navedo (21 KB)
    This is the earliest photo I have found of my grandmother. It's obvious she was in her teens when the photo was taken.
  • My great-grandmother, Serafina Velazco-Martinez (53 KB)
    This photo was taken on her 100th birthday in Carolina, Puerto Rico. All of her family was there. The boy sitting next to her is my older brother, Jorge.
 

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  • Reinosa Flores Branch (21 KB)
    This is the Reinosa Flores family. I still haven't been able to find the link between my family, Reinosa-Diaz, and this one.
 

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