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Cementerio Viejo Municipal
Carr. PR-2
Arecibo, PR

El trabajo presentado en esta página es un esfuerzo combinado de unos amigos que en diferentes ocasiones han visitado este cementerio, han transcrito alguna de las lápidas y han compartido con nosotros el resultado de sus esfuerzos. El horario de visita es de 7:00 am a las 3:30 pm diariamente. Este es el más antiguo de los cinco cementerios en Arecibo. Esta lista no es completa ya que no todas las lápidas del cementerio fueron transcritas. También tengan en cuenta que no toda la información en los lápidas fue transcrita. ¡Buena suerte!

The work presented on this page is a combined effort of a few friends that on different occasions have visited this cemetery, have transcribed some of the markers and shared with us the result of their efforts. Visiting  hours are 7:00 a.m. 'till 3:30 p.m. daily. This is the oldest of the five cemeteries in Arecibo. This is not a complete list since not all cemetery markers were transcribed. Also have in mind that not all information on the markers was transcribed. Many happy discoveries!

Visit No. 1

Iraida Rodriguez transcribed these markers while looking for her ancestors. She has shared the information with us and for that we are grateful. There is a possibility that some of these people are buried on the same plot but we ignore the details.

Visit No. 2

On this Olga Garcia-Mikhail's first surveying visit, March, 2006, she transcribed a few markers that she is graciously sharing with us. 

Visit No. 3

Nelida M. Frontera Muñoz, while visiting the island stopped by this cemetery to do a survey.  She visited on 24 Jul 2007,  the weather was hot and humid but she did it and here is the result of her efforts.

Partial view

Santos Molina, administrator in 2007

Tumba (Grave)	Difunto (Deceased)	Nació (Born)	Falleció (Died)
51	Emery Marin de Gomez
52	Josefa Casas de Comas		23 Mar 1878
53	Miguel Gandia		19 Apr 1856
54	Miguel Joaquin Gandia [hijo de Miguel Gandia]		25 Jan 1871
55	Jose Morales Cruz	11 yrs.	12 Dec 1894
56	Gregorio Rivera Fernando Rivera Gumersinda Vda de Rivera		23 Dec 1918 11 Jan 1938 20 Mar 1957
57	Luis de Ealo Dominguez		29 Sep 1902
58	Delfin R. Olmo		3 Oct 1939
59	Tomas Prieto Diaz	9 Oct 1863	22 Feb 1931
60	Celestina S. de Marin		29 Dec 1902
61	Luisa Salicrup Mazzoranna	15 yrs.	24 Feb 1890
62	Petra Storer		21 Jun 1901
63	Rogelio Villamil Navarrete		6 Aug 1958
64	Lorenza Navarrete Vda de Villamil		9 Sep 1932
65	Francisca Correa Cardona	1827	1917
66	Julio Del Valle		28 Oct 1955
67	Barbara Estela Urbistondo	67 yrs.	23 Aug 1890
68	Manuel Valencia Estela Carmen G. Torres	1862 1909	1948 1993

Visit No. 4 Again Nelida M. Frontera Muñoz, visiting  this cemetery. This time around she came with her mother Nelida Muñoz Marin and together they transcribed some stones. Her visit was in December of 2007.

Nelida found out that the cemetery records kept by the administrator where destroyed in a fire. Just like in the majority of the municipal cemeteries in Puerto Rico, these might not be the only records. Do check with "Registro de la Propiedad" and the "Alcaldia" for the town of interest to confirm the existence of the records in another government agency other than the cemetery.

Tumba (Grave)	Difunto (Deceased)	Nació (Born)	Falleció (Died)
69	Dominga Guzman		15 Nov 1932
70	Emma L. Santana	17 May 1952	7 Sep 1959
71	Flor Castillo Estremera	8 May 1901	21 Sep 1994
72	Francisco Figueroa	64 yrs.	7 Sep 1923
73	Francisco Marchese		1941
74	Santiago Zeno	1954	18 Aug 1931
75	Ramon Delgado Betancourt	30 Aug 1889	2 Dec 1972
76	Ramona Orta		4 Aug 1942
77	Manuel Berrios Girona		12 Aug 1971
78	Manuela Mejias	7 Feb 1894	20 May 1958
79	Lolita Rosado Alfredo Rosado		12 Oct 1948 25 Sep 1951
80	Luciano Figueroa Otilio Figueroa		9 Aug 1937 10 Aug 1942
81	Luis Severino Gonzalez Nestor Severino Herrera	8 Apr 1945	26 Jul 1965 24 Jan 2007
82	M. Agilal		1874
83	Margarita Gonzalez Rosado		20 Jan 1967
84	Miguel Cruz Reyes		3 Mar 1981
85	Ulpiana Rivera Hernandez Juan Barbosa Arocho US ARMY World War I Maria Barbosa Rivera	23 Mar 1902 2 Aug 1893 19 Sep 1920	22 Apr 1949 19 Jul 1978 27 Dec 1991
86	Pablo Curbelo		21 Jul 1880
87	Matildita		16 Mar 1903
88	Judith Aviles Espinosa Blanca R. Aviles Francisca Espinosa Emma Vanesa Torres Josefa Espinosa Matilde Espinosa		15 Aug 1944 10 Apr 1946 22 May 1947 3 Dec 1967 1 May 1972 3 Jan 1986
89	Rita Torres Farias		17 Feb 1974
90	Roberto Birriel Olmo Papon Carlos Birriel Olmo Roberto Birriel Olmo Rosa M. Birriel Olmo Luchi Lucas Birriel Birriel Paula Olmo de Birriel	18 Nov 1911 1870 15 Jan 1880	1974 2 Mar 1939 18 Dec 1975 5 Dec 1953 5 Dec 1953 4 Dec 1945 8 Mar 1918 20 Jan 1944
91	Roberto Del Valle Rodriguez Elba Del Valle Eugenia Rodriguez Molleno "Geña"	18 Nov 1945 14 Jun 1915	19 Oct 1995 16 Nov 1995 17 Dec 1998
92	Familia Acevedo Gonzalez
93	Eneida Soto Alicea Jose Soto Rodriguez Rosalinda Serrano Camuy Jorge Luis Soto Alicea		21 Dec 1954 23 Nov 1956 3 Feb 1985 27 Apr 1987
94	Felicita Caceres	14 Mar 1911	24 Apr 1995
95	Pedro Inserni Cintron	1830	1944
96	Rosa M. Garcia		26 Sep 1968
97	Sandalio Alvarez Maria Colon Maria Alvarez Colon	21 May 1919	16 Nov 1956 18 Nov 1972 1 May 2006
98	Tomas Cosme		25 Jul 1962
99	Emilia Colon Castro		24 Jun 1947
100	Trinidad Sanz Padilla Amalia Sanz Padilla Manuel A. Rodriguez Sanz	7 Jan 1897 1888 1942	21 Apr 1976 1980 1992
101	Familia Ramirez de Arellano Juan B. PAPÁ Dolores MAMÁ Eugenia Ramirez Osorio		1948 1967 1 Apr 1926
102	Antonia Boucognani Petronila A. Vda de Quero		25 Dec 1913 23 Apr 1932
103	Antonia Colom Joy de Joy [b. Soller, Mallorca d. Arecibo]	13 May 1902	19 Apr 1930
104	Antonia Fernandez de Perez		26 Jan 1932
105	Blanca Velez de Henderson John T. Henderson Josefina Velez Salas Emilio Arrieta Balseiro Josephine Annie Velez		1 Aug 1989 10 Oct 1990 15 May 1992 26 Feb 2003 27 Aug 2003
106	Lorenzo Guerrero	88 yrs.	9 Nov 1855
107	Eustaquio G. Torres Baldorioty	17 Nov 1902	29 Apr 1980
108	Familia Centeno
109	Enrique A. Marin Canal [Frankie, Peran y Concha] Juan E. Marin Rosario F. Vda de Marin Manuel D. Marin Luis Gmo Marin Celia Marin de Ledesma Ana Cecilia Ledesma Marin Enery Marin de Gomez Altagracia Marin de Acevedo Emineh Quiñones de Marin	20 Sep 1903 27 Feb 1887 17 Nov 1885 22 Jul 1893	22 Jun 1957 21 Aug 1919 10 Jun 1945 7 Nov 1897 5 May 1966 8 Aug 1979 29 Sep 1915 29 Mar 1945 21 Dec 1976
110	Adalberto Perez Gandia Victor Gandia Sotomayor Antonio Perez Jimenez Juana Jimenez Perez
111	Lorenzo Martorell Temple	65 yrs.	3 Mar 1819
112	Esternina Rodriguez Matos Jose Santos Rodriguez Luis M. Rodriguez Matos	1916 1888 1911	1943 1951 1983
113	Familia Colon Rojas Padilla
114	Clodomiro Acevedo Sapia Alberto Acevedo Santana Placido Acevedo Santana Francisco Acevedo Quintana Juan Quintana Julio Quintana Paquita Quintana Vda de Acevedo	11 Jan 1852 1887 8 Oct 1883 17 Jun 1909 20 Mar 1857 1893 1886	28 Nov 1941 12 Sep 1949 27 Jun 1951 10 Jun 1955 5 May 1858 1976 1980
115	Familia Tirado
116	Familia Limon de Arce Quitard
117	Familia Marquez Muñoz
118	Laureano Gonzalez Ruiz Jacinta Mena Jimenez	4 Jul 1883 5 Jun	8 Aug 1923 7 May 1970
119	Fernando Correa Serafina Correa	1912 1883	29 Apr 1949 9 Feb 1982
120	Francisca de Vallanderall Valencia Concepcion de Vallanderall Valencia		29 Aug 1861 4 Feb 1862
121	Familia Mattei Benigno Navas Balseiro PVT STU Army TNG Corps WWI	5 Jun 1895	4 Jun 1957
122	Tomasa Cruz de Ruiz (Macy)	18 Sep 1937	3 Nov 1988
123	Julia Josefa Perez Ginorio	10 Sep 1910	24 Mar 2006
124	Maria F. Lopez		23 May 1962
125	Francisca Montalvo Vda de Gotia Catalino Gonzalez Reyes	8 Jul 1906	21 Apr 1941 12 Mar 1985
126	Francisco Cordova Stewart Isabel Cordova D. Peral		27 Oct 1921 18 Aug 1909
127	Marisol Reyes Delgado	26 Mar 1968	4 Aug 1968
128	Josefa Salicrup de Portela Bernardo Marquez Fena		24 Jun 1942 4 Feb 1982
129	Francisco Ripoll	41 yrs. Natural de Benisanet (Provincia de Tarragona)	22 Oct 1872
130	Georgina Pla de Rivas	1908	1983
131	Hortensia Maria Astor Carmen Maria Navas Manuel G. Navas Maria B. de Astor Rosa Navas de Zeno Manuel Astor Balseiro Gustavo Zeno Sama Hortensia Maria Zeno Navas Aida Zeno de Torres	2 Aug 1866 9 Dec 1916 11 Jun 1915	24 Aug 1915 10 Jul 1923 4 Oct 1929 20 Apr 1933 4 Sep 1980 25 May 1952 30 Nov 1968 9 Sep 1994 22 Nov 1994
132	Jose U. Crespo Ulpiano Crespo Jr. Guadalupe R. de Crespo Efrain F. Crespo Ramos	15 Oct 1911	1964 1952 1950 26 Oct 1995
133	Rosario Gandia Cintron		13 Jan 1971
134	Julio Rivera Mariana "Maggie" Rivera de Linares Esteban Linares Magali Linares	31 Jul 1893 25 Jul 1915 20 Apr 1914 24 Dec 1940	20 Jun 1973 3 May 2001 21 Mar 1998 25 Jun 2001
135	Julia Rivera Olivero Carmen Rivera [Rec Juanita Enriqu(e)?]		1926 15 May 1952
136	Lino Zeno Costa Dolores Oliveras Amparo Zeno Costa		1 Nov 1936 May 1961 5 Feb 1965
137	Lucas Alou Gomez Ines Correa Reyes	1875 1877	1950 1945
138	Manuel Arturo Gonzalez Seijo	5 Aug 1904	21 Aug 1928
139	Margarita Delgado		4 Nov 1923
140	Pepita Lopez de Stuart		2 Aug 1960
141	Belen Salicrup de Gonzalez	30 yrs.	17 Jan 1885
142	Ulpiana Valencia de Gomez Pepito		16 Aug 1899 3 Apr 1932
143	Josefa Abreu Correa Felipe Abreu Correa (Recuerdo de Carmelita) Rita Abreu Correa Josefa Correa de Abreu Juan Abreu Colon Sofia Abreu de Nuñez	29 Jan 1923 10 May 1910 5 Jun 1903 30 Sep 1879	23 Mar 2003 17 May 1985 21 Jul 1927 18 Oct 1951 9 Feb 1965 17 Sep 1973
144	Josefina Sierra	18 Dec 1918	17 Mar 1935
145	Juan Cruz		14 Feb 1938
146	Maria Rosario Reyes		4 Dec 1984
147	Juan Rodriguez Nila Rodriguez		18 Jan 1950 Feb 1951
148	Juana Rivera Hernandez Herminia Perez Rivera	20 Jan 1920	25 Aug 1945 24 Sep 1992
149	Isabel Rivera		10 Nov 1951
150	Jacinta Suarez Alvarez		11 Oct 1951
151	Martina Lugo Santana Ricardo Diaz Guadalupe	4 Mar 1959	5 Mar 1976 10 Feb 1996
152	[Stillborn-Natimuerta]		3 Jan 1946
153	Alberto Marin Perez	14 Apr 1930	10 Aug 1995
154	Angela Graciani		27 Mar 1926
155	Antonio Del Valle Rodriguez		16 Jun 1939
156	Arecelio Torres CPL 65 Inf. WWII Korea	3 Oct 1917	24 May 1951
157	Arturo Muñoz Vazquez	25 Sep 1877 En Caguas	7 Sep 1895
158	Ulises Perez Romero Isabel Perez Sierra Carmen Ana Perez Perez Jesus Morales Perez	2 Feb 1919 7 Dec 1951	28 Nov 1956 26 Dec 1959 25 Jul 2007 4 Aug 1984
159	Maria Rivera Bernal de Martinez		15 Mar 1979
160	Dolores Feliciano		1966
161	Dominga Del Valle Guzman	15 Feb 1893	31 Oct 1971

Visit No. 5

Esta es mi primera visita a este cementerio, 15 Mar 2010. Aproveche la oportunidad de que una amiga cibernética, Olga Garcia-Mikhail que esta visitando la isla quería visitar este cementerio. La recogí en Isla Verde y de ahí partimos tempranito hacia Arecibo. Olga todavía esta en la búsqueda de algunos de sus antepasados en esta área. Así que con cámara en mano caminamos hasta la capilla del cementerio y de ahí ella por un lado y yo por el otro empezamos a fotografiar todo lo que veíamos. La yerba estaba alta posible por las recientes lluvias y el sol estaba por los 90, terrible, pero retratamos por casi una hora. Tuvimos que trabajar lo mas rápido posible para evitar una quemadura fuerte y con todo y eso, tengo burbujas en el cuello. La siguiente transcripción es un esfuerzo combinado por nosotras dos.		This is my first visit to this cemetery, 15 Mar 2010. I took advantage that a cyber friend, Olga Garcia-Mikhail who is visiting the island wanted to visit this cemetery. I picked her up in Isla Verde and from there we started very early to Arecibo. Olga is still searching for some of her ancestors in this area. So with camera in hand we walked to the cemetery chapel and from there, she on one side and I on the other began to photograph everything we saw. The grass was high possibly due to the recent rains and the sun was in the 90s, terrible, but we fotographed for almost an hour. We had to work as quickly as possible to avoid sunburn but still I ended up with bubbles in my neck. The following transcript is a combined effort by the two of us.
Priscilla Colon March, 2010

Above Ground Burial and Monuments
 

 Above Ground Family Plots    

The grave numbers used by us are not the actual one but one made up
by us to allow the grouping of names under an individual grave.