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			Cementerio Municipal Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis San Juan, PR

Pazzis through the years...

Published in
La Ilustración Puertorriqueña, 1892

Piles of old markers (most from
the 1800's) that once sealed
many of the niches.

Construction of this cemetery began in 1863 by Ignacio Mascaro outside the city walls. It is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located between El Morro and the rocky cliffs above the Atlantic. Office telephone is: 723-3852.

The conditions of this cemetery are deplorable. But don't take my word for it, see for yourself.

Old, decayed coffins
discarded outside the
cemetery wall.

One of many open graves.

This small building filled with
human bones was nestled in the
corner of the cemetery.

Just imagine, this is a cemetery visited by thousands of tourists and I am sure pictures just like these ones are taken by them and shown to relatives and friends around the world. What a way to promote tourism!

Some of these pictures were taken in 1999. Now in 2000, we witnessed the same things and more. We talked to the administrator about the situation and he offered no apology and seem indifferent to the situation.

In 2001, we decided to take it a step further and wrote the El Nuevo Dia newspaper and copied all people that we could think off.

Here are the only two responses to my plea:

And the Beat Goes On!

Al regresar de El Morro se baja por una pendiente que lleva a la Puerta de Santa Rosa, una de las puertas originales de la ciudad, hacia el Cementerio de Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis, que, como en tiempos antiguos, queda fuera de las murallas de la ciudad. La manera mas común de enterrar a los muertos era en nichos en la pared. A veces los nichos eran comprados, pero era más usual alquilarlos por cierto termino de años. Al terminar el tiempo del alquiler, se exhumaba el cuerpo y lo colocaban en un osario común.

Tambien hay criptas subterráneas adornadas con estatuas. Algunas de las familias mas viejas y prominentes de Puerto Rico tienen sus bóvedas en este cementerio. En los tiempos de antaño, la Iglesia tenia jurisdicción absoluta en cuestiones de los entierros y cada cementerio llevaba el nombre de algun santo.

Un viejo registro lee: "27 de mayo de 1814, el Presbítero de la Catedral, Don Francisco Ruiz y Peña, acompañado por todos los clérigos y autoridades, bendijo solemnemente, bajo el patronato de Santa Maria de Pazzis, al nuevo cementerio ubicado al norte de la ciudad junto al mar, bajo la batería de San Jose."

(Taken from Viejo San Juan by Eliza B.K. Dooley, page 104 and 105)

Newspaper Articles

November, 2000 Visit

We arrived forty minutes before closing so only a handful of markers were transcribed. We hope to do better next time.

(Grave #1)
The angel in the background looking skyward had numerous inscriptions, of which I only documented the oldest: Juan Angel Giusti Ferrandini, 1852-1885 and Carmen Martorell Vda De Giusti, 1853-1930.

(Grave #2)
Jaime R. Barcelo Bird
Mayo 19, 1905
Enero 4, 1928

NO LLOREIS ROGAD POR MI, VOY A UNIRME CON DIOS, Y OS ESPERO EN EL CIELO.

(Grave #3) One of the oldest markers still on the wall, but dislodged. Inside it was empty. The epitaph reads: Jose Escobar y Cárceles. Capitan de Infanteria de Marina. Fallecio el 10 de Septiembre de 1875. Su Esposa E Hijos.

and here are the rest . . .

Tumba (Grave)	Difunto (Deceased)	Nació (Born)	Falleció (Died)
4	Jose Portilla Allende Virginia Gruppy Henderson de Portilla Elpidio Batista Lorett De Mola (Dr.) Gustavo Batista Portilla (Dr.) Dolores Portilla Gruppy Vda de Batista Gloria Elena Virginia Batista Portilla Gustavo Batista Ayala Isabelita Virginia "Chiquita" Batista Portilla de Camara Carlos A. De la Camara Batista Victor Emmanuell De la Camara Batista Carlos De la Camara Rivera Bandinni	1870 1858 1882 1914 1888 21 May 1911 23 Mar 1962 8 Jul 1917 Feb 1941 11 Dec 1945 3 Jan 1903	1917 1951 1940 1952 1963 23 Apr 2000 13 Jul 2000 26 Apr 1987 10 Sep 1987 11 Nov 1991 30 Apr 1994
5	Jose C. Barbosa Sanchez Jose C. Barbosa Alcala	1 Dec 1887 27 Jul 1857	6 Oct 1903 21 Sep 1921
6	Petra Benitez de Aboy		3 Oct 1914
7	Jose Vicente Cintron Maria Providencia Cintron de Ferrer (died in NY)	5 Apr 1847	14 Jan 1944 19 Oct 1928
8	Carmen Iglesias Ortiz Vda de Iglesias		26 Nov 1908
9	Maria Garraton Vega Luis Garraton Norbert S. Jones SP3 US Army		4 Feb 1959 17 Mar 1935 29 Jun 1991
10	Teresa Torres Vda de Cabrera		28 Mar 1939
11	Maximino Aybar Julia Cruz Sanchez Vda de Aybar Ricardo Aybar Sanchez Manuel Aybar Sanchez Rafael Maximino Aybar Torres Rosalia Torres Vda de Aybar Matilde Aybar Torres Emilia Lucero Aybar	1897	12 May 1911 21 Apr 1917 1 Apr 1943 18 Dec 1943 24 Dec 1967 6 Oct 1976 30 Apr 1991 1975
12	Jose Llauri Corchado Maria Llauri Corchado Amalia Corchado Vda de Llauri Consuelo Llauri Corchado		15 Jan 1898 4 Apr 1943 11 Dec 1909 28 Mar 1949
13	Carmelo Rivera Francisco Rivera Rivera Isabel Rivera Rosario Pedro Rivera Rivera		25 Apr 1961 27 Dec 1964 1 Sep 1981 15 Jun 1985
14	Aracelis Vazquez de Hecht	17 Sep 1915	21 Sep 1993
15	Dolores Llorente Vda de la Rosa Rafael De la Rosa Llorente Juan Roig Tur Natividad De la Rosa Vda de Roig Jorge De la Rosa Llorente		21 Apr 1927 13 May 1945 21 Aug 1947 20 Nov 1961 Jul 1977
16	Concepcion Bigles de Ledesma		28 Nov 1910
17	Arturo Montequin Rimada Teresa Vda de Montequin Maria de Jesus Montequin de Plard	24 Jan 1887	17 Jun 1945 31 Dec 1910 25 Nov 1929
18	Juana Espada de Silvestre		28 Feb 1903
19	Familia Guillermety Romanat Octavio Juan Enrique William Clara Johnny Cambucha Manuel Aida Carlos	1856 1886 1895 1902 1867 1923 1886 1885 1913 1917	1909 1920 1920 1936 1939 1951 1962 1967 1999 1999
20	Fidel Guillermety Quintero Mercedes Gonzalez Vda de Guillermety Guillermina Guillermety Gonzalez Maria Guillermety Vda de Navarro Josefina Guillermety Vda de Buscaglia	1845 1876 1901 1898 1906	1917 1947 1978 1992 1999
21	Belen Mendia de Blanco (old marker abt 1800's)
22	Luis Alberto Martinez	22 Dec 1911	3 Dec 1924
23	Candida Soto Hernandez Manuel Tous Soto Jose Miguel Tous Manuel Luis Tous Ramon Fernandez Carballo Ana Josefa Jaime Tous Soto Ana Tous Soto Catalina Tous Soto		7 Nov 1938 25 Jul 1942 10 Jan 1943 11 Mar 1955 25 Nov 1959 25 Jun 1920 7 Aug 1923 1956 1944 1952
24	Belen Navedo Lozano Antonio Granados Viana Camilo Granados Viana	1910 1906 1909	1988 1989 1991
25	Carmen S. de Suro ? Suro Prado		20 Dec 1917 27 May 1911
26	Emilio Posse Muzquiz (Died in San Juan in route to Venezuela)		1 Oct 1903
27	Eulalio J. Iglesias Font		11 Aug 1892

Note: Pablo Ayala Betancourt was the administrator in May, 2005.

Visit No. 2

Next visitor to this cemetery was Juanita Castro, who during her trip to Puerto Rico in July, 2002, did some surveying of this and other cemeteries. She is now graciously sharing the information that she transcribed with us in the hopes of helping other researchers.

Enjoy!

Tumba (Grave)	Difunto (Deceased)	Nació (Born)	Falleció (Died)
28	Toribio Quintana Quintana Maria Antonia Quintana Quintana Victoria Quintana de Quintana	4/27/1899 9/10/1927 1/25/1907	8/28/1933 9/7/1995 5/13/1999
29	Antonio Fernos Isern (Dr.) Tula Delgado de Fernos Isern Rafael Felices Mesorana Aurora Delgado de Felices Gertrudis Jimenez de Delgado Enrique Delgado Ortega	1895 1898 1885 1894 1888 1867	1974 1981 1929 1985 1949 1922
30	Mercedes Duchesne Rafaela Nieves de Duchesne Casimiro Duchesne Figueroa	1892	1980 2/6/1906
31	Antonio R. Barcelo Virginia Ortiz Juan F. Albarran	4/1868 4/26/1898	10/15/1938 3/18/1976 4/16/1976
32	Julia Chacon de Grant Jose Allende	4/12/1895 3/19/1894	11/17/1963 19..
33	Emilio Perez Rivera Emilio Perez Padilla	1899 1924	1982 1994
34	Jose F. Alvarez Acosta Felix S. Alvarez Acosta Angel L. De Garcia Cruz	1902 194? 1917	1982 1985 1996
35	Rafael Gonzalez (PFC US Army WWII)	1924	1979
36	Evaristo Ribera Chevremont Maria Luisa Mendez	1890 1899	1970 1998
37	Petra Lefebre Ambrosia Lefebre Donato Peterson Miguel Miro Lefebre Anibal Peterson Lefebre	2/22/1903 12/7/1889 8/30/1878 7/5/1931 1928	3/1/1967 11/4/1973 1/9/1974 4/1/1970 1993
38	Inocencia "Chenco" Penon	12/30/1922	6/1/1989
39	Juan Cubano Cubano	1907	1995
40	Jose Julian de Lora	1832	6/13/1933
41	Angel L. Martinez (CPL US Army Korea)	1/27/1927	8/7/1996
42	Ramona Sosa Roman		10/23/1897
43	Andrea Lopez de Santana	1883	10/23/1966
44	Salvador Prats		1896
45	Dolores De la Vega de Pacheco		9/4/1895
46	Antonio F. Miranda Guijarro		6/10/1929
47	Francisco Fernandez Juncos		2 Nov 1900
48	Roman Ateca Yturregui		4/7/1892
49	Escolastico Serrano Jimenez		10/27/1927
50	Luis Cordova Chirino	4 Dec 1911	26 Dec 1939
51	Jacinto Larregui Verestin Sofia Larregui Verestin	1886 1897	1970 1972
52	Raimunda Torres Muma de Aponte	3/15/1869	9/20/1954
53	Carmen Cambra de Labrach Miguel A. Labrada Andres S. Velez	4/14/1893 9/29/1888 12/4/1891	12/31/1969 5/25/1974 4/5/1979
54	Miguel Reyes Vila Nicolasa Velasquez de Reyes	1/30/1898 9/22/1909	11/10/1959 5/7/1985
55	Consuelo Navarrete Gilberto Vila Salas (TEC 4, US Army, World War II)	1911 1911	1985 1978
56	Andres Gonzalez Muñoz [Sr. Teniente General]		1898
57	Jose Cid Julia Pastrana de Cid Leopold Venegas (Dr.). Julia Cid Venegas		7/18/1916 1/2/1953 9/7/1982 1987
58	Camir Maladen, Jose [Gobernador Capitan General/Sr. Teniente General]		1/17/1896
59	Ramon Gonzalez Rivera	12/17/1913	7/7/1999
60	Francisco Martinez Martinez Mercedes Martinez	5/22/1889 7/4/1896	10/8/1973 9/24/1992
61	Margarita Torres Vallejo		3/20/1894
62	Carlos A. Ferrer	5/5/1918	2/23/1971
63	Adolfo del Pino		10/30/1917
64	Maria Gloria Palma
65	Juana Alvelo Perez Angelina Sierra Maria Alvelo Perez Victoriano Sierra Arroyo	1899 1898	1981 3/2/1965 3/31/1950 1988
66	Juan Rodriguez Domingo Carreo Caro	11/17/1897 10/15/1885	5/28/1974 6/26/1980
67	Jose Fernandez Mendez Eugenia Rivera Santiago Lirio B. Rivera de Rosabal	3/19/1877 12/7/1894 12/7/1953	2/23/1962 11/15/1976 5/21/2001
68	Jose F. Roman	1898	1989
69	Candelaria C. de Qunitero		2/29/1912
70	Maria Aurelia "Mama Yeya" Oliveras de Silva Manuel Rafael Silva Oliveras Yady Oliveras de Rodriguez Myrta Silva Oliveras	7/18/1895 7/19/1916 11/7/1933 9/11/1923	12/23/1974 1/4/1979 10/11/1979 12/2/1987
71	Montilla Gutierrez de Arroyo Edilberto Gutierrez (Su Hermano)		10/7/1880 7/20/1882
72	Rafael Quiñones Vidal	1892	1988
73	Celeste Gallardo de Alegria Jose Alegria Ponsi Jose S. Alegria Felix L. Alegria Gallardo Jose E. Alegria	1890 1951 1886 1918 1916	1977 1993 1965 1985 1988
74	Jose Guzman Benitez Jose Guzman Soto		10/28/1923 11/3/1941
75	Hipolito Vega Toro	1893	1975
76	Rosalina Brau Salvador Brau Asencio [b. Cabo Rojo d. San Juan]	1/11/1842	8/10/1918 11/5/1912
77	Juan F. Alvarado Eva Alvarado	1875 1879	1968 1973
78	Antolin Nin Capacete		7/1896
79	Salvador Tio Montes de Oca Elsa Fernandez Sanz	1911 1918	1989 1991
80	Lorencita Ramirez de Arellano de Ferre	7/8/1902	3/5/1970
81	Pedro Rampolla Rios Josefa Navarro de Rampolla	1881 1903	1942 1992
82	Angel L. "Chucho" Serrano Pagan	8/25/1925	11/4/1983
83	Laura Ortiz Martinez Marcaro Martinez Rodriguez Felix Lopez Castro [PVT, US Army, Vietnam]	6/10/1911 1941	12/17/1949 2/25/1976 1977
84	Julio Power	1898	1991
85	Rosa Power	1900	1991
86	Jose N. Carbonell [Dr.]	12/6/1868	5/7/1923
87	Jorge E. Ramos	1910	1934
88	Candido A. Arena Goitia	9/4/1915	1/27/1997
89	Rafael Lopez Muñoz Catalina Muñoz	1931	1987 8/26/1994
90	Norberta Gonzalez Pablo Rodriguez Benito Perez Gonzalez Maria M. Rivera Sostre Antonio Perez Alicea Jacobo Morales Rivera	1885 1923 1978 1902 1923	1950 1959 1974 1978 1979 1980
91	Mercedes Perez Obergh Angel Vazquez	1899 1885	1960 1966
92	Lucia Margenat Rodriguez Gasper Gomez Gimenez Mirabal Gimenez	1909 1910 1893	1997 1997 1970
93	? Yraida Aca Adoleo Rauschenplat Olimpia de Rauschenplat	2/13/1903	4/9/1935 7/10/1941 6/21/1953
94	Elvira Fernandez de Freche		3/12/1912
95	Cuno Parker Crager	12/13/1886	5/9/1945
96	Jose R Echevarria (b. Chile d. San Juan)	11/3/1913	10/7/1996
97	Romero Barredo (b. Lugo, España)		10/31/1915
98	Sanquirico Badrena	1882	1962
99	Rafael de Valle Rodriguez [Dr.] Ana Maria Beascoechea Bird Carlos de Valle Ojeda	1846 1920 1923	1917 1995 1996

Visit No. 3

It is now Nelida M. Frontera Muñoz turn. She visited December of 2007 and here is what she gathered.

Many Happy Discoveries!

Tumba (Grave)	Difunto (Deceased)	Nació (Born)	Falleció (Died)
100	Manuel Balseiro Ramos Elisa C. Vda de Balseiro Ma. Teresa Balseiro Cordova Jose M. Caro Balseiro Jose Cordova Andre	20 Jul 1881 15 Oct 1908	23 Jul 1938 4 Nov 1981 16 Aug 1934 6 Dec 1963 16 Dec 1963
101	Andrea Lopez Vda de Santana	1883	23 Oct 1966
102	Antonio Puig Dollers Martorell		29 Mar 1956
103	Arturo Morales Carrion	1913	1989
104	Buenaventura Fernos Isern Manuel Isern Aponte Dolores Isern Vda de Fernos Antonia Fernos Isern Maria Fernos Isern	1864 1875 1873 1895 1893	1898 1937 1958 1974 1976
105	Claudina Colon Del Valle Teresa Del Valle Antonio Colon Del Valle		12 Dec 1961 14 Apr 1973 4 Nov 1995
106	Gonzalo Cordova Davila (Dr.) Dolores Davila Vda de Cordova Jaime Sifre Tarafa Belen Davila Vda de Sifre Consuelo Cordova de Sifre Jaime A. Sifre Cordova Jaime Sifre Davila		20 Dec 1900 2 Jan 1939 12 Jul 1941 30 Jan 1957 8 Nov 1958 29 Feb 1960 6 Oct 1960
107	Rafael Lopez Sicardo (Dr.)	187?	1957
108	Familia Balasquide		1898
109	Familia Diaz Santos Francisco "Chola" Diaz Marrero Jose M. "Joche" Lopez Pagan	14 Dec 1908	14 Apr1967 4 Sep 1993
110	Familia Font Crespo
111	Maria E. Rodriguez de Gandia Jose Gandia Gonzalez		7 Sep 1986 12 Nov 2001
112	Carlos Legrand Margarita Veve Delia Veve	1892 1895 1918	1954 1990 2006
113	Familia Maldonado de Leon
114	Familia Ortiz Arroyo Carmen L. Marin		21 Dec 1992
115	Familia Quintana-Quintana
116	Familia Santana
117	Familia Tizol		3 Mar 1925
118	Felix A. Del Valle	22 Nov 1979	19 Nov 1999
119	Saul Quiñones Clara Luz Vizcarrondo	1904 1911	1976 1994
120	Edwardo Giorgetti Aurea R. Vda de Giorgetti Mercedes B. de Fernandez Vanga Epifanio Fernandez Vanga Cirila Santos Rosario	1866 1869 1878 1880 1893	1937 1938 1958 1961 1989
121	Jose M. Gonzalez Del Valle Candita Zambrana America Vazquez de Gonzalez		1 Jan 1987 6 Dec 1987 5 Jun 1988
122	Julia
123	Lucyla Boscana Bravo		24 May 2001
124	Rene Marquez	4 Oct 1919	22 Mar 1979
125	Madeline Willemsen		10 May 1982
126	Manolo Tizol	30 Nov 1872	15 May 1940
127	Manuel Fernandez Juncos Manuel Fernandez Nater (Dr.) Amparo Fernandez Nater Ana Maria Barletta de Fernandez Marcolina M. Vda de Fernandez Nater Ramon Fernandez Nater Manuel Fernandez Barletta Ricarda Martinez Vda de Rodriguez		18 Aug 1928 30 Jun 1934 14 Sep 1943 25 Oct 1953 31 Dec 1955 11 Aug 1960 17 Sep 1986 1 Mar 1997
128	Maria T. de Escudero Antonio Escudero Caballero	21 Mar 1888 12 Jun 1885	10 Jun 1949 6 Jan 1957
129	NADAL
130	Paulino Laborde Rosado A. Jose Suarez Pagan Jose R. "Joselo" Suarez Laborde		17 Nov 1972 26 Mar 1989 14 Jul 1993
131	Pedrito Muñoz Amato	18 Jul 1919	4 May 1920
132	Rafael A. "CHAFA" Villamil de Capetillo Mercedes Fernandez Castrillon Vda de Villamil	22 Jul 1911	9 Jan 1986 4 Jul 2003
133	Rafael L. Ramos	7 Jul 1972	13 Oct 1992
134	Rafael Marquez
135	Rosario Muñoz de Del Valle Dolores Jimenez Vda de Muñoz Lucila Del Valle Muñoz		27 Nov 1915 19 Jan 1938 16 Jul 1989
136	Tony Croatto Te amamos eternamente Lillian, Guidita "Mammina", Alejandro Mara Hermes, Lillian Madre, Jan y Natalia	2 Mar 1940	3 Apr 2005
137	Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Rosario Diaz de Tapia	1827 1842	1882 1897
138	Angel I Fonfrias PFC US Army WWII	2 Aug 1910	27 Mar 1995
139	Antonio Picon Rodriguez	13 Jun 1897	14 Nov 1969
140	Aqui yace el Excmo. Sr. Teniente General D. Jose Gamir y Maladen Gobernador Capitan General de esta Ysla		17 Jan 1896
141	Aqui yace el Excmo. Sr. Teniente General D. Andres Gonzalez Muñoz Gobernador Capitan General de esta Ysla		11 Jan 1898
142	Augusto Rodriguez	1904	1993
143	Ramon Cortes Del Valle Fernando Colon Del Valle		6 Nov 1961 9 Aug 1981
144	Daniel Santos Gabriel Eladio "Yayo el Indio" Peguero	6 Jun 1916 18 Mar 1920	27 Nov 1992 13 Dec 2000
145	Enrique J. Koppisch De Cardona (Dr.) Arturo M. Manas Parajon Maria Cristina Soler Vda de Koppisch		10 May 1961 26 Jan 1976
146	Pedro Muñoz Amato (Dr.)	1921	1997
147	Familia Baldas
148	Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso	12 Feb 1926	5 Aug 2003
149	Familia de Luis Santaella Luis Santaella Cordova Ascencion Varas Santaella Ralph G. Christiansen Ojeda		1932 21 Oct 1965 8 Jun 1965 2 Nov 1990
150	Familia Deanca Caballero
151	Familia Gonzalez La Costa Carlos La Costa Calaf		19 Nov 1942
152	Celina Rey de Ramos	25 Jun 1908	9 Apr 1982
153	Francisco Anfosso Pelatti Sabina Anfosso Pelatti Esperanza Pelatti Raventos Carmen Maria Delpin Anfosso	1845 1879 1855 31 Oct 1910	10 Sep 1910 30 May 1919 Jun 1939 19 Jun 1994
154	Gilberto Concepcion De Gracia Elisa Fantauzzi de Gandia	9 Jul 1909	15 Mar 1968 9 Feb 1919
155	Heriberto Marin Pagan	1908	1978
156	Jose De Diego	16 Apr 1867	16 Jul 1918
157	Jose Gautier Benitez Junto a sus restos reposan los de su madre Alejandrina Benitez y los de su hija Pepiña Gautier de Benitez	1851	24 Jan 1890
158	Jose Julian Acosta y Calvo Jose Julian Meltz Acosta Josefa Quintero de Acosta	16 Feb 1825	26 Aug 1891 20 Oct 1965 17 Mar 1895
159	Juan Barbosa de La? Ana Moll Vda de Barbosa Jose Angel Martinez Jr.	20 Jan 1974	2 Mar 1942 12 Nov 1944 22 Jan 1974
160	Maria Curado Burgos Garcia Juan Saez Burgos	17 Jul 1917 1943	31 Oct 1995 2006
161	Mateo Carrasquillo Guadalupe		2 Jan 1958
162	Maximo Gomez Lopez Maximo Gomez Quiñones Josefina Q. Vda de Gomez Monsita Gomez de Gomez	1887 19 Oct 1910 27 Sep 1890 31 Dec 1912	2 Jun 1921 19 Oct 1959 22 Aug 1981 20 Feb 2005
163	Micdonio Roman Juan A. Roman Pilar Santana Vda de Roman Thomas P. Mone Victor M. Navedo Ramona Gonzalez		5 Jan 1931 7 Aug 1972 26 Jan 1976 25 Mar 1990 8 Apr 2000 24 Apr 2001
164	Noel Estrada	1918	1979
165	Pedro Albizu Campos		21 Apr 1965
166	Pedro Flores Cordova Maria E. Flores Ramirez	9 Mar 1894 9 Apr 1920	13 Jul 1979 26 Sep 2005
167	Rafael Elvira Isaac Elvira	27 Oct 1915 19 Jan 1949	14 Dec 1981 12 Jun 1991

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.

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