During the 1800s, the Spanish authorities used Ceuta as a place of exile and imprisonment for individuals considered threats to the Spanish colonial rule. Political prisoners, rebels, and dissidents were among those who were sent to the penal colony. Conditions in the colony were often harsh, and prisoners faced challenging circumstances, including isolation from their families, restricted freedoms and of course, death.
Name
First Surname
Second Surname
Town
Province
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Marital Status
Age
Cause of Death
Date of Death
Profession
PicRef
L
F
VS
Number
wdt_ID Name First Surname Second Surname Town Province Father's Name Mother's Name Marital Status Age Cause of Death Date of Death Profession PicRef L F VS Number
1
JOSE
DE LA CRUZ
GALVANI
SAN JOSE DE LOS RAMOS
LA HABANA
MANUEL
DOLORES
SINGLE
24
ORGANIC INJURY IN HEART
08/10/1869
COUNTRYSIDE / FIELDWORKER / RURAL LABORER
001
1
5
11
2
RAMON
FAJARDO
ORTA
LA HABANA
LA HABANA
FRANCISCO
JOSEFA
SINGLE
45
BILIOUS COLIC
09/11/1869
COUNTRYSIDE / FIELDWORKER / RURAL LABORER
002-003
1
7
V
18
3
CIRILO
PEREZ
NAVIA
SANCTI SPIRITUS
CUBA
JOSE
TOMASA
SINGLE
30
ORGANIC INJURY IN HEART
10/22/1869
COUNTRYSIDE / FIELDWORKER / RURAL LABORER
004-005
1
11
V
28
4
JOSE
BONILLA
FIGUEREDO
SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BAÑOS
LA HABANA
LEANDRO
M.CARMEN
SINGLE
24
BILIOUS COLIC
11/09/1869
SHOEMAKER
006-007
1
13
V
33
5
JOSE
REYES
BARRERA
GUATAO
LA HABANA
MIGUEL
FELIPA
MARRIED
62
SCURVY
11/22/1869
–
008
1
14
V
35
6
EUSEBIO
GUTIERREZ
PEDROSO
LA HABANA
LA HABANA
SEFAFIN
JOSEFA
SINGLE
19
PULMONARY PHISTIS
01/24/1870
–
009-010
1
17
42
7
JULIAN
MONTEREY
ALVAREZ
PINAR DEL RIO
LA HABANA
FRANCISCO
LUISA
WIDOWED
40
PULMONARY PHISTIS
03/14/1870
–
011
1
20
50
8
JUAN
LUCAS
SOLA
LA HABANA
LA HABANA
JUAN
M.TRANSITO
SINGLE
34
ARTIFICIAL WOUND
08/18/1870
–
012
1
27
72
9
JUAN
BAUTISTA
MENESES
VILLA CLARA
LA HABANA
–
–
SINGLE
32
TYPHOID FEVER
08/19/1870
–
013-014
1
27
73
10
JOSE
PANTALEON
GONZALEZ
MATANZAS
LA HABANA
MANUEL
MARIA
SINGLE
31
STOMACH FLU
11/07/1870
–
015
1
31
85
About the source
This list was graciously compiled by a Ceutan citizen named Emilio Barranco Cazalla and provided to CubaGenWeb. The inscriptions in this list encompass the period of 10 August 1869 to July 1909. It seems that Mr. Barranco sourced these records from the parish of Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Ceuta, Spain. The list has been translated into English by the Cuba Research Project. You can read the original spanish transcribed list from CubaGenWeb by clicking here.
The columns L(libro) V(verso) F(folio) and Numero(number) indicates the record location of the person in the parish register from the source.
See Mr. Barranco’s letter to CubaGenWeb here.
Also, since this list contains the first names of the mother and father of the deceased individual, it is possible to guess the last names of the same by following Spanish naming conventions (Firstname PaternalFirstLastName MaternalFirstLastName). So for example, from the list above, we can take Jose Pantaleon Gonzalez whose father’s first name was Manuel and the mother’s Maria. Following the rule above we can assume the father to be Manuel Pantaleon and the mother Maria Gonzalez. This is not accurate 100% of the time for different reasons, but it is probably right more often than not.
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Actas de defunción de presos cubanos en la Colonia Penal de Ceuta