José Feliciano
Feliciano in 2012, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: José Monserrate Feliciano García
Place of Birth: Lares, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: September 10, 1945
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, as well as 1/16th Corsican Italian]
José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, and composer. He is known for his 1970 Feliz Navidad and for his version of The Doors’ Light My Fire, among other songs.
José was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, the son of José Feliciano González and Hortensia García Velázquez. His family moved to New York City, New York, when he was five, living in Spanish Harlem, Manhattan. José is married to Susan Omillian, with whom he has three children.
José was born blind.
José’s paternal grandfather was Dionisio Feliciano y Gerena (the son of Pedro Julián Feliciano and María Celestina Gerena). Dionisio was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Julián was the son of Rosa Feliciano y Soto. Celestina was the daughter of Juan Rosado y Vélez and Inés Gerena y Feliciano.
José’s paternal grandmother was María Carmen González y Mercado (the daughter of Martín González y Acevedo and Simona Mercado y Acevedo). Carmen was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Martín was the son of Pedro González y Acevedo and María Josefa Acevedo y Acevedo. Simona was the daughter of Natalio Mercado y Muñiz and Magdalena “Elena” Acevedo y Camacho.
José’s maternal grandfather was Justo Emilio García y Marengo (the son of Juan Sixto García y Soto and Rosa María Marengo y González). Emilio was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Sixto was the son of Miguel García y López and María Lorenza Soto y Borrero. Rosa was the daughter of Romulus Marengo (Rómulo Marengo y Vecchionacce), who was from Oletta, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France, and of Rosa María González y Colón.
José’s maternal grandmother was Felicita Velázquez y Soto (the daughter of José Olegario Velázquez y Candelaria and María Lorenza Soto y Alemán). Felicita was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. José’s great-grandfather José was the son of José Manuel Velázquez y González and María Victoria Candelaria y Cruz. Lorenza was the daughter of Gervasio Soto y Borrero and Juana Alemán y Román.
Sources: José’s parents on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of José’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of José’s paternal grandparents, Dionisio Feliciano y Gerena and María Carmen González y Mercado – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s paternal great-grandfather, Pedro Julián Feliciano – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s paternal great-grandmother, María Celestina Gerena – https://www.familysearch.org
José’s paternal grandmother, María Carmen González y Mercado, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of José’s paternal great-grandfather, Martín González y Acevedo, to Martina Mercado y Acevedo – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s paternal great-grandmother, Simona Mercado y Acevedo – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Natalio Mercado y Muñiz – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Magdalena Acevedo y Camacho – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of José’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of José’s maternal grandfather, Justo Emilio García y Marengo – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of José’s maternal great-grandparents, Juan Sixto García y Soto and Rosa María Marengo y González – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of José’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Romulus Marengo – http://archives.isula.corsica (Image 266)
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Romulus Marengo – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of José’s maternal grandmother, Felicita Velázquez y Soto – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of José’s maternal great-grandparents, José Olegario Velázquez y Candelaria and María Lorenza Soto y Alemán – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandmother, María Victoria Candelaria y Cruz – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s maternal great-grandmother, María Lorenza Soto y Alemán – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Juana Alemán y Román – https://www.familysearch.org
Perto Rican it’s not a ethnicity by the way, just a nationality, like in any other recently colonized place here in the new world.
WTF this profile pic hahahahah he looks so high
I was able to identify his parents’ names. However, I cannot proceed while the FamilySearch image viewer is not working as of this time. You will have to download the image of a record, and then view it on a browser, though this is time consuming. So, I’ll wait for the image viewer to be fixed.
The image viewer has been fixed. So, I could work on this, and I just finished it. I don’t see African nor indigenous so far on civil records.
José is the son of José Feliciano González and Hortensia García Velázquez.
José’s paternal grandfather was Dionisio Feliciano y Gerena (the son of Pedro Julián Feliciano and María Celestina Gerena). Dionisio was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Julián was the son of an unknown father and Rosa Feliciano y Soto. Celestina was the daughter of Juan Rosado y Vélez and Inés Gerena y Feliciano.
José’s paternal grandmother was María Carmen González y Mercado (the daughter of Martín González y Acevedo and Simona Mercado y Acevedo). Carmen was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Martín was the son of Pedro González y Acevedo and María Josefa Acevedo y Acevedo. Simona was the daughter of Natalio Mercado y Muñiz and Magdalena “Elena” Acevedo y Camacho.
José’s maternal grandfather was Justo Emilio Garcia y Marengo (the son of Juan Sixto García y Soto and Rosa María Marengo y González). Emilio was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. Sixto was the son of Miguel García y López and María Lorenza Soto y Borrero. Rosa was the daughter of Romule Marenga (or Rómulo Marenga y Vecchio in Spanish), who was from Oletta, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France, and of Rosa María González y Colón.
José’s maternal grandmother was Felicita Velázquez y Soto (the daughter of José Olegario Velázquez y Candelaria and María Lorenza Soto y Alemán). Felicita was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. José’s great-grandfather José was the son of José Manuel Velázquez y González and María Victoria Candelaria y Cruz. Lorenza was the daughter of Gervasio Soto y Borrero and Juana Alemán y Román.
José’s parents on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFJC-HWB
Birth record of José’s father – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ4-2WGY
Death record of José’s father – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-6ZKH
Marriage record of José’s paternal grandparents, Dionisio Feliciano y Gerena and María Carmen González y Mercado – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-M71G
Death record of José’s paternal great-grandfather, Pedro Julián Feliciano – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-7NVC
Death record of José’a paternal great-grandmother, María Celestina Gerena – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-7PNS
José’s paternal grandmother, María Carmen González y Mercado, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X971-BR4
Marriage record of José’s paternal great-grandfather, Martín González y Acevedo, to Martina Mercado y Acevedo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ4-11YV
Death record of José’s paternal great-grandmother, Simona Mercado y Acevedo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-QWD1
Death record of José’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Natalio Mercado y Muñiz – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-QGD1
Death record of José’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Magdalena Acevedo y Camacho – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-7ZQ9
Birth record of José’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ4-TKWB
Birth record of José’s maternal grandfather, Justo Emilio García y Marengo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ7-C2QT
Marriage record of José’s maternal great-grandparents, Juan Sixto García y Soto and Rosa María Marengo y González – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ4-1K43
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Romule Marengo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-72N6
Birth record of José’s maternal grandmother, Felicita Velázquez y Soto – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ7-Z55G
Marriage record of José’s maternal great-grandparents, José Olegario Velázquez y Candelaria and María Lorenza Soto y Alemán – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJW-53W3
Death record of José’s maternal great-grandmother, María Lorenza Soto y Alemán – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-819F
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandmother, María Victoria Candelaria y Cruz – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ4-836L
Death record of José’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Juana Alemán y Román – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJH-744V
I had a hard time looking for Rómulo’s birth record in Oletta. I looked for letter M on decennial tables. But, his name is not there. I tried to look for letter V to see whether he was born out of wedlock using his mother’s name but subsequently legitimated upon parents’ marriage. Nothing found once again. I tried to look for letter R, and I found “Romulus, natural son”, whose birth was registered on 27 November 1835.
When I apparently found his birth record, he was born out of wedlock in 1835, but was subsequently legitimated upon his parents’ marriage in 1837, though his legitimation was not annotated on his birth record. According to his 1910 U.S. Census, he was born about 1836. So, I am confident that the birth record I found is his.
Therefore, change this instead: Romule Marengo (Rómulo Marengo y Vecchio in Spanish) -> Romulus Marengo (Rómulo Marengo y Vecchionacce)
Birth record of José’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Romulus Marengo – http://archives.isula.corsica/Internet_THOT/FrmLotDocFrame.asp?idlot=THOTDESC_201149&idfic=389689&ref=201149&appliCindoc=THOTDESC&resX=1366&resY=768&init=1&visionneuseHTML5=0 (Image 266)
Is there a comment missing between the first and the second one? How did you get to Romulus Marengo?
Montserrate what an odd surname
I think it’s Catalan
It’s not a surname though, middle name. There’s a Caribbean island called Montserrat…