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RUMBAUT - RIERA FAMILY TREE AND BRANCHES

1901 – 1940

 

Consuelo Rumbaut Yanes

Born Ana Consuelo Micaela in Santa Clara, Cuba May 8, 1900 of Vicente Rumbaut
and Manuela Yanes.


Consuelo married Carlos Gilí de la Peña and had three children:

 

 

Consuelo died in Cuba August 3, 1979.

 

María Agustina Capote Yanes

Born in the Paraderos neighborhood of Camarones in 1894 of Antonio Capote and María Cristina Yanes.

Married Luis Manuel Laosa Ortega (b. 1894 in Santa Clara) and had the following:

 

  • Ovidio, born December 28, 1913 in Cruces. He was a skin specialist physician. He married Evora Vázquez Rosales and had three children, including:

o   Maria de Lourdes Loasa Vázquez, born October 18, 1957

Ovidio died in Havana in 1972.

 

 

  • Esther, born June 17, 1921 in Cruces. Lived in Miami and worked as a pharmacist. Married Emelino Consuegra and had:

o   Luis Consuegra Laosa

 

María died in Havana at age 72.

 

María Riera Almirall

 

Born after the turn of the century of Miguel Riera y Vidal and Rosa Almirall.

 

She married José Sariol and had:

 

  • Josep Sariol, born 1935; killed in Sitges in 1983 (viciously stabbed by an 18-year old).

 

 

  • Juan Sariol, born around 1940; lived in Tenerife, Canary Islands.  His first wife, Nenita, died of leukemia. He then married Margarita “Pochi”.

 

 

Rosa Riera Almirall

 

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Born in the early 1900's of Miguel Riera y Vidal and Rosa Almirall.

 

She married José Planas and had:

 

  • Rosa María Planas, who had polio as a child, which affected her walk.  She designed purses in Barcelona. She is the godmother of Joan, the son of her cousin María Vinyet Sariol.

 

María Albertí Riera

Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1902 of Sr. Albertí and Salvadora Riera y Vidal.

Died in June, 1990 in Barcelona, Spain.

Married Narciso Gotarra and had:

 

  • María Nieves Gotarra, who lived on Calle Mallorca in Barcelona.
  • Hortensia Gotarra, also lived on Calle Mallorca; professor of Catalan language; divorced.

 

The father of Narciso was José Gotarra, a ship captain that often sailed to Cuba. Narciso had an older brother who died in Cuba.

 

Lino Tienda Pedraza

Born after 1900 in Mexico of Anastasio Tienda and Francisca Pedraza.

Married Leocadia Sánchez and had:

 

  

Josefa Eloina Rosa Suco López

 

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Aka Fita.

 

Born 1903 in San Fernando de Camarones, Las Villas, Cuba of Basilio Suco González and
Perseveranda López Fundora.

Married Miguel Murciano and had six children:

 

  • Miguel Lázaro Alberto Ramón de la Caridad, born in 1923, married Emilia Clotilde Ventosa and had three boys.

 

  • Raúl, born in 1926, married Ruth Martinez and had two children.

 

  • Carlos Miguel, born in 1929, married Mariana Elena de Castro Bray and had four children. He died in a plane crash in Peru in 1980.

 

  • Carlos Ramón, born in 1929 (twin to Carlos Miguel), married Corina Gil and had three children.

 

  • Clara Rosa, born in 1933, married Delbert Foreman (one child) and later married Raúl Castro (three children).

 

 

Several in the family became aviators. Clara lives in Savannah, Georgia.

Died 1998 in Miami, Fl.

 

Inocencia Candida Rosa Mallo López

Aka Cuca.

 

Born 1906 in Cuba of Francisco Mallo and Carlina López.

Married Amado A. Jiménez
and had the following children:

 

 

Died 1965 in Cuba.

 

Ricardo Rumbaut Yanes


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with wife and children

Born Ricardo Juan on March 27, 1907 in Cienfuegos of Vicente Rumbaut and Manuela Yanes.

Lived in Cienfuegos his whole life, where he had a very long career in banking.  He died there in December 1997, never having published his book on 100 years of sports in Cienfuegos.

He married Nené Lindenmeyer
and had four children:

 

  

Short Bio: English / Español

 

Francisco Mallo López (II)

Aka Paquito.


Born 1908 in Cuba of Francisco Mallo and Carlina López.

Had several marriages but no children.

 

Died 1948 in Costa Rica.
  

Mariita Díaz Reyes

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Aka May.

 

Born María Mercedes in Cuba in 190_ of Federico Díaz and Agueda Reyes.

Died in Havana, Cuba in the 1960's.

She was the godmother of Carlos Alberto Rumbaut.

She had an apartment across the street from Zoila Rosa's house in Havana.

 

Antonio Mallo López

Born Manuel Antonio Fernando Mallo y Lopez on May 30, 1911 at Nueva Gerona, Isla de Pinos, Cuba of Francisco Mallo and Carlina López. Aka Toñito.

Married Amelia Maria Perez y Medina in 1936 and had the following children:

 

  • Antonio Victor born March 10, 1941 at Vedado, La Habana. Aka Tony.

 

  • Nelson Rolando born Aug. 27, 1943 at La Vibora, La Habana.

 

  • Celia Lourdes born May 18, 1961 at Miramar, Marianao, La Habana, Cuba. Aka Celita. She married two times, but had no children. Changed her name to Bianca M. Arditi after she married Gils Arditi. Bianca Mallo y Perez died April 18, 1986 at Coral Gables, Fla.

 

Antonio Fernando Mallo y Lopez died in Miami on Aug.30, 2002. He was a retired Comandante (Capitan de Navio) Merito Militar y Naval of the Cuban Navy and Captain of the Army Corps of Engineers.

His wife Amelia M. Perez y Medina, aka Amelita, was born Nov. 27, 1912 at Mariel, Pinar del Rio, Cuba and died June 6, 1991 in Miami, Florida.

 

María Vinyet Ballester

Born in 191_ of Jose María Ballester and Antonieta Houtench.

She became a nun but later left the order.

She was a secretary at a hospital in Catalonia.

 

Last given residence: Catalonia.
   

Monserrat Ballester

Born in 191_ of Jose María Ballester and Antonieta Houtench.

Lived in Sitges, Spain.

Never married. Was living with her aged mother in 1990 at Calle San Bartolomé.

  

Nené Lindenmeyer Alvarez

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Born Antonia Bertha in January, 1910 of Alfonso Lindenmeyer and ___ Alvarez.

Married Ricardo Rumbaut Yanes
and had:

 

 

Had severe arthritis. Died in Cienfuegos in June, 1992 of complications after a hip fracture.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

 

Gustavo Riera Villafuerte

 

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 with sisters

 

Aka Tavito.


Gustavo Eugenio was born in Havana, Cuba on June 2, 1914 of Gustavo Riera y Vidal
and Josefa Villafuerte.

Married and divorced Mercy Grau.

Married Rosario Sierra
in 1951 in Havana. They had the following children:

 

 

Businessman and owner of a furniture supply factory in Cuba, Compañía Nacional de Huatas, S.A. Gustavo and family left Cuba in October, 1960.

 

Died of a cerebral hemorrhage on February 9, 1963 in Statesville, NC.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

 

Alicia Rumbaut Toledo

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Born Alicia de la Caridad Fidela in Cuba April 24, 1914 of Vicente Rumbaut Yanes
and María Toledo de la Rosa.

Married Oscar LaBadie Martinez (who already had a child named Oscarito) and had no children.

She held three doctorates and taught mathematics at the University of Havana.

Died in Havana in 2013. Oscar died in 2006.

  

Montserrat Jansá y Riera

Born 1915 in Catalonia of Pedro Jansá and Concha Riera y Vidal.

 

Lived in Galicia, Spain.

She had two children:

  • Jaime, a hotel manager in Andorra in the Pyrenees
  • María Vinyet

 

Died a widow in 1990 in Galicia.

 

Vicente Rumbaut Toledo

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Vicente is at upper right.

 

Standing, L to R: Tavito Riera, Ana María, Merci Grau, Marrita Díaz, Pepita Riera, Laura Rumbaut, Vicente’s wife, Héctor Rumbaut and Vicente.

 

Seated, L to R: Carucha Rumbaut, Zoila Rosa López, Rubén Darío Rumbaut, his wife Carmen holding son Rubén Gustavo (whose baptism it was), and Father Lete.

 

 

 

 

Aka Vicentico.

 

Born Vicente Juan Gilberto July 12, 1917 of Vicente Rumbaut Yanes and María Toledo de la Rosa.

His first marriage was to Pilar Zubillaga. He was married twice more. With Elda Mas he adopted one child,

 

  • Julio, who has been very successful in the U.S. Julio married Connie and they had: 

o   Sarah

o   Madison

o   Lynsey

 

Previously married to Linder and had:

§  Elisa

§  Leslie

§  Paul Vincent

 

Vicente was the padrino of Rubén Gustavo Rumbaut. He died of a heart attack in Puerto Rico on August 25, 1971.

 

Pepita Riera Villafuerte

 

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Born María Josefa in Havana, Cuba in 1918 of Gustavo Riera y Vidal and Josefa Villafuerte.

Married Bernard Delorne, who died in the mid 90's. She was the madrina
of Rubén Gustavo Rumbaut.

Died in Miami, FL in 1998.

Author of Bajo el Hábito
and several romance novels; radio commentator first with then against Fidel Castro; CIA operative.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

 

Elio René Alvarez López

 Elio y Sylvia circa 1949

Aka Cuchú.


Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba April 14, 1919 of Elio Alvarez and Carucho López Fundora. He studied Law at La Universidad de La Habana. He practiced law, then became Magistrate in the Audiencia Suprema of Santiago de Cuba and in the Audiencia Suprema of Havana.

Married Sylvia Guerra (Pipo), who was born in Guanajay, Cuba on May 4, 1925. They had two daughters:

 

 

His wife Pipo died in Miami on April 11, 2001.

 

Elio died in Miami on November 16, 2013.

 

Luis Homero Laosa Capote

Born October 13, 1919 of Luis Manuel Laosa and María Agustina Capote.

Lived in Austin. He was a psychiatrist, and served as Superintendent of the Texas State Hospital for many years.  He married Gloria Movo and had three sons:

 

  • Luis Miguel, a psychologist in Princeton, NJ.
  • Ricardo Alberto, a psychologist in Seguin, TX.
  • Miguel Angel, who was publisher of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.

 

Died in Austin in 2006.

  

Aleida Maria Ugarte Abreu

 

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Born in Matanzas, Cuba on March 6, 1920.

 

Married Niso López and had two girls:

 

 

 

Marta Alvarez López

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Born in 1921 of Elio Alvarez and Carucho López Fundora.

Married Manolo Alpendre and had the following children:

 

 

Died of cancer in Coral Gables, Florida in June, 1999.

 

Luis Manuel Rumbaut Toledo

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Born Luis Manuel Felipe February 6, 1922 in Cienfuegos of Vicente Rumbaut Yanes
and María Toledo de la Rosa.

 

Lived in Puerto Rico for a time.

He married Ana J. Oliver Sánchez (Cuquita) and had the following:

 

 

Died in Cienfuegos, Cuba on April 10, 2013.

 

Lilia Alvarez López


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Born in 1922 of Elio Alvarez and Carucho López Fundora.

Married and divorced Dr. William C. Morris.

Living in New York, NY.

  

Rubén Darío Rumbaut López

 

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Rubén Darío Manuel was born in 1922 in Cienfuegos, Cuba of Bienvenido Rumbaut and Zoila Rosa López.

He had a long career in psychiatry, but was also an anesthesiologist, a prolific journalist, a history author (the book John of God), and a published poet (the book Esa Palabra).

Married Carmen Riera
and had the following children:

 

 

Rubén and family left Cuba in July, 1960.

 

He died in San Marcos, TX on March 14, 2003.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

Selected Works

A Remembrance

 

Carmen Riera Villafuerte

 

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Aka Carmita.

 

Born María del Carmen in 1923 in Barcelona, Spain of Gustavo Riera y Vidal and Josefa Villafuerte.

Married Rubén Darío Rumbaut
and had the following children:

 

 

Carmen and family left Cuba in July, 1960.

 

She died in 1997 in Sugar Land, TX.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

Our First Year in Exile

A Remembrance

 

Laura Rumbaut Toledo

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Born Laura María in 1924 in Cienfuegos of Vicente Rumbaut Yanes
and María Toledo de la Rosa.

Living in Havana, Cuba.

  

Berta Rosa López

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(L to R) Zoila Rosa López, __ Gil de Murciano, Marta Alvarez López, Sara María López Fernández, Berta Rosa, Silvia Guerra de Alvarez, Carucha Rumbaut López, Carmen Riera de Rumbaut


Born in Cuba in 192_ of Liberato López Fundora and ___Fernández.

Married Fernando Rodriguez, who died in 1995,  and had:

  • Lourdes, who married and had children
  • Ana Margarita, who married and had children

 

Moved to Miami, FL.

 

Toribio Tienda Sánchez

 

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Born in Nuevo León, Mexico in 1925 of Lino Tienda Pedraza and Leocadia Sánchez.

Married Azucena Aurelia Hernández López
and had:

 

  • Magdalena (b. 1948 in Texas; has 5 children; living near Detroit, MI)

 

  • Marta (b. 1950 in Texas; has 2 children; living in Princeton, NJ)

 

  • Juan Luis (b. 1951 in Detroit; died 1976 near Austin, TX)

 

 

  • Gloria (b. 1955 in Detroit; has 3 children;  living near Detroit, MI)

 

Migrated to the US as a teenager and worked in Detroit as a steelworker for 30 years. Moved to Pharr, TX. Died May 3, 2005.

 

Héctor Rumbaut Toledo


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Born Héctor Félix Salvador June 23, 1926 of Vicente Rumbaut Yanes
and María Toledo de la Rosa.

He worked as a dentist in Madrid. He married and divorced Lydia (Bebita) Herrera Sotolongo Chacón, born in Cuba. They had one child,

 

  • Pedro Vicente Ignacio Rumbaut Herrera-Sotolongo, born April 9, 1950 in Havana. Pedro married Toni Loiki and had:

o   Lydia María Rumbaut

 

Héctor's second marriage was to Concepción (Conchita) Luna, born in Spain. He was married to her at the time of his death November 16, 2008.

 

Azucena Aurelita Hernández López

Born in Detroit, MI in 1929 of Rodolfo Hernández and Socorro López.

Married Toribio Tienda Sánchez
in Hidalgo county, Texas in 1947 and had the following children:

 

  • Magdalena (b. 1948 in Texas; has 5 children; living near Detroit, MI)

 

  • Marta (b. 1950 in Texas; has 2 children; living in Princeton, NJ)

 

  • Juan Luis (b. 1951 in Detroit; died 1976 near Austin, TX)

 

 

  • Gloria (b. 1955 in Detroit; has 3 children;  living near Detroit, MI)

 

Lived in Mexico much of her life.

Died in Detroit, Michigan in 1957.

 

Rosario Sierra Arias

 

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Aka Charo.

 

Born March 13, 1930.  Her mother was from Galicia and her father from Asturias, both provinces of Spain.

She married Gustavo Riera
in Havana in 1951 and had the following children

 

 

Died in Statesville, NC on June 5, 2015. She and Gustavo are buried together in Statesville.

 

Obituary

 

Josefina Gilí Rumbaut

Born Ana Josefa Teresita in Cuba on April 18, 1929 of Carlos Gilí and Consuelo Rumbaut Yanes.

She was the oldest sibling.  Had a career as a pharmacist.

She married Nestor Aldecoa and had a daughter named

 

  • Teresita Aldecoa, who married Jorge Lugo Mendoza and had a daughter named

o   Patricia Lugo Aldecoa, born February 23, 1988

 

Josefina passed away in Havana (Miramar) in July, 2000.

 

Alma Cristina

Born in Cuba in 1933 of Amado A. Jiménez
and Candida Mallo.

Lived in India and Nepal, where she studied Tibetan Buddhism.

  

Carlos Amado Jiménez Mallo

Born in Cuba in 1935 of Amado A. Jiménez
and Candida Mallo.

Married Margarita Hevia (Daisy) of Plano, TX and had the following:

 

  • Carlos Alberto Jiménez; born l959; living in Dallas, TX; married Gina
  • Roberto Miguel Jiménez; born l962; living in Telluride, CO

 

Divorced, then married Lucrecia (Luchi) Alonso, mother of:

 

  • Pedrito Alonso

 

Last given residence: Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

 

María Consuelo Gilí Rumbaut

 

María Consuelo de Jesús (Maruja) was born April 17, 1935 in Cienfuegos of Carlos Gilí and Consuelo Rumbaut Yanes.

 

She married Ceferino Martinez and had a child named

    • Rubén Martinez Gilí, born January 29, 1977

 

She now lives in the Miramar neighborhood of Havana. 

 

Héctor García Hernández

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Aka Tony.


Born Héctor Antonio in Cuba in November, 1930 of Antonio Luis García Reygada and Estela Hernández Nodarce.

Married Carucha Rumbaut
and had two children:

 

 

Concert musician, teacher of classical guitar.  [Selected recordings]   [Interview]

 

Captured at the Bay of Pigs Invasion and held in prison for 20 months.

 

Tony passed away on July 15, 2022.

 

 

Carucha Rumbaut López

 

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Aka Tita to her 6 nieces and nephews.

Born Milagros de la Caridad in Havana, Cuba in 1937 of Bienvenido Rumbaut Yanes
and Zoila Rosa López Fundora.

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giving a recital as a young girl

 

Married and divorced Héctor García.  They had two children:

 

 

Living in Miami, FL.

 

Short Bio: English / Español

 

Ricardo Antonio Rumbaut Lindenmeyer


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with his cousin Carucha

 

Born April 29, 1938 of Ricardo Rumbaut and Nené Lindenmeyer.

He worked as an architect. He first married Carmen Berrayarza (Cuqui) and they had

 

  • Ricard, born December 12, 1963. As a nuclear technician he worked on the plant in Cienfuegos.
  • Alain, born October 6, 1967, is a technician living in Cienfuegos.

 

Ricardo's second marriage was to Moraina Rodríguez. They have a son,

 

 

Last given residence: Cienfuegos, Cuba.

 

Roberto Rumbaut Lindenmeyer

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Born Roberto Flavio Clemente June 22, 1939 of Ricardo Rumbaut
and Nené Lindenmeyer.

He became a rower and a rowing trainer.  He was in the Olympic rowing team one year.  He married Bertha Eloisa Caballero Hernandez. They had two sons:

 

  

Bertha’s mother, Bertha Hernández Madan, died in Viña del Mar at age 96 in November 2007.

 

Roberto died in December, 2019 while visiting his children in Chile.

 

Carlos Gilí Rumbaut

 

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Carlos Manuel José (Carlitos) was born in Cienfuegos November 26, 1938 of Carlos Gilí and Consuelo Rumbaut Yanes.

He was a well-known actor in Cuban television.  He married Josefina Méndez, a prima ballerina and one of the “Four Jewels of Cuban ballet”.  They had a child,

 

 

Carlos died May 13, 1984. 

 

Antonio Ballester Houtench  

Born in Spain in 193_ of  Jose María Ballester and Antonieta Houtench.


He had three children, one of which got married in 1990.

  

Carmen Ballester Houtench

Born in 193_ of Jose María Ballester and Antonieta Houtench.

Her husband Pau died in 1990.  They were both professors.  They had 3 children:

 

  • Pau
  • Esperanza, born 1970, who speaks four languages
  • Jorge

  

 

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