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Paolo Maria Giovanni Giacomo Negrone de S.C. was born on 25 Jan 1754 in Castle of S.C., Rogliano, Corsica. He died on 14 Oct 1828 in Castle of S.C., Rogliano, Corsica and was buried in 1828. Paolo married Maria Ana de Mattei in 1789 in ?.
Maria Ana de Mattei was born on 6 Mar 1772 in Centuri, Corsica. She died on 7 Oct 1850 in Pino, Corsica. Maria married Paolo Maria Giovanni Giacomo Negrone de S.C. in 1789 in ?.
They had the following children:
| M | i | Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei was born in 1794 and died on 2 Apr 1861. |
Juan Antonio Negroni Rodriguez [Parents] was born in 1834 in Yauco, P.R. He died on 10 Aug 1886 in Yauco, P.R. Juan married Francisca Lluberas de Torres in 1860 in Yauco.
Francisca Lluberas de Torres [Parents] was born in 1834 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. She died on 13 Mar 1902 in Yauco. Francisca married Juan Antonio Negroni Rodriguez in 1860 in Yauco, Puerto Rico.
They had the following children:
| M | i | Andres Ratilio Negroni Lluberas was born on 4 Jun 1859 and died on 27 Nov 1928. |
Jose Francisco Lluberas Michans was born about 1802 in Villanueva y Geltru, Cataluna, Spain. He died on 12 Nov 1873 in Yauco, P.R. Jose married Lorenza Justiniana de Torres y Figuerroa Lopez de Victoria on 13 May 1830 in Villanueva y Geltru, Cataluna, Spain.
Lorenza Justiniana de Torres y Figuerroa Lopez de Victoria was born in 1806 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. She died on 17 Sep 1870 in Yauco. Lorenza married Jose Francisco Lluberas Michans on 13 May 1830 in Villanueva y Geltru, Cataluna, Spain.
They had the following children:
| F | i | Francisca Lluberas de Torres was born in 1834 and died on 13 Mar 1902. |
Andres Ratilio Negroni Lluberas [Parents] was born on 4 Jun 1859 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico and was christened in 1859 in Guayanilla. He died on 27 Nov 1928 in Yauco. Andres married Dolores Rodriguez Rodriguez on 3 Jun 1882 in Guayanilla.
Dolores Rodriguez Rodriguez was born about 1860 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. She died about 1950 in San Juan, P.R. Dolores married Andres Ratilio Negroni Lluberas on 3 Jun 1882 in Guayanilla, P.R.
They had the following children:
| M | i | Rafael Antonio Negroni Rodriguez was born on 8 Sep 1890 and died on 14 Feb 1950. |
Rafael Antonio Negroni Rodriguez [Parents] was born on 8 Sep 1890 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He died on 14 Feb 1950 in Yauco. Rafael married Maria Antonia Bartolomei Echevarria on 22 May 1913 in Yauco.
Maria Antonia Bartolomei Echevarria [Parents] was born on 22 Apr 1890 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. She died on 30 Oct 1993 in San Juan, P.R. Maria married Rafael Antonio Negroni Rodriguez on 22 May 1913 in Yauco, P.R..
They had the following children:
| M | i | Hector Gaspar Negroni Bartolomei was born on 4 Jul 1913 and died on 30 Apr 1996. |
Paolo Baptiste Bartolomei Antoni was born on 21 Feb 1847 in Rogliano, Corsica, Spain. He died in 1934 in Rio Piedras, P.R. Paolo married Gregoria Echevarria Pacheco in 1875 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Gregoria Echevarria Pacheco was born about 1855 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. She died about 1930 in Yauco, P.R. Gregoria married Paolo Baptiste Bartolomei Antoni in 1875 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
They had the following children:
| F | i | Maria Antonia Bartolomei Echevarria was born on 22 Apr 1890 and died on 30 Oct 1993. |
Hector Gaspar Negroni Bartolomei [Parents] was born on 4 Jul 1913 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He died on 30 Apr 1996 in Yauco. Hector married Juana de los Angeles Becerra Aguirres on 9 Oct 1936 in Yauco, P.R.
Juana de los Angeles Becerra Aguirres [Parents] was born on 27 Dec 1913 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She died on 22 Jul 1995 in Yauco, P.R. Juana married Hector Gaspar Negroni Bartolomei on 9 Oct 1936 in Yauco, P.R..
They had the following children:
| M | i | Hector Andres Negroni Becerra was born on 30 Jan 1938. |
Yauco, Puerto Rico is located in the southern part of the Island. Yauco, Puerto Rico is located in the southern part of the Island. YAUCO, one of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities, has played an important role in the Negroni Family in Puerto Rico. It was formally founded as a town by a Spanish Royal Decree dated 28 September 1756, thus becoming the 17th town founded in Puerto Rico.
Prior to its creation as a town in 1756, the area around Yauco had been colonized by a group of families whose descendants are still living in the area. These families were the Pacheco de Matos, Rodriguez de la Seda, de Torres y Figueroa, Pag�n, Qui�ones, Ortiz de la Renta, de Rivera, P�rez, Sede�o, Troche, Borrero, de Lugo, Collazo, and the L�pez de Victoria.
One of the events that prompted the movement to America was the 1815 Spanish Royal Decree of Graces (Real C�dula de Gracias) which fostered the immigration of Catholics of non-Hispanic origin to the former colonies of Spain in the New World (Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico).
Under the Real Cedula de Gracias through which immigrants were initially given a Letter of Domicile after swearing loyalty to the Spanish King and allegiance to the Catholic Church. After five years they could request a Letter of Naturalization that made them full-fledged Spanish subjects.
The most characteristic note of Yauco's population is the presence of large numbers of Corsicans. Of the 128 foreigners that came to Yauco in the 19th century, 115 were Corsicans! A total of at least 379 Corsicans came to Puerto Rico in the 19th century; therefore, Yauco absorbed almost one third of that total. This is the reason why in Puerto Rico, Yauco is also known as a "Corsican town".
Paolo Maria Giovannni Giacomo changed his name to --Paul Marie Jean Jacques de Negroni de San Colombano.
Marchese Paolo Maria Giovanni Negrone de San Colombano, 1st Marquis de Negroni The Marchese married in 1789
One of the first, if not the first, Corsicans that came to Puerto Rico was Domingo Mattei Antoni who lived in Yauco. Domingo was the product of two noble families, recognized as part of the French nobility during the end of the 18th century. He was followed by his nephew Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei, another scion of a noble family.
Don Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei The founder of the Negroni Family in Puerto Rico was Antoine Francois de Negroni de San Colombano (Castle of San Colombano, born 1794, died in Yauco, 2 April 1861). Upon his arrival in 1822 to Puerto Rico he changed his name to Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei. Although his passport indicates that he was born in 1794. Antoine Francois established the Negroni Family in Puerto Rico.
He married three times. His first marriage was 18 May 1826 in Yauco to Rita Rodr�guez de la Seda y L�pez de Victoria (born in Yauco, 1808, died. in Yauco, 12 December 1839). She was the daughter of Pascual Rodr�guez de la Seda y L�pez de Victoria (Yauco, 1756-Yauco, 22 January 1823), who had been the mayor of Yauco 1811-1817 and of Maria Luisa L�pez de Victoria (Yauco, 1772-Yauco, 18 November 1850).
[My family connection is with--Rita Rodriquez de la Seda Lopez de Victoria.] She was Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei 1st wife. Family Tree access on the Index page of my site.
On the 1st of June 1822 Antonio Francisco received his Letter of Naturalization. He rapidly integrated into the political and military elite of Puerto Rico. Eight years later he was appointed commander of the Yauco Urban Militia Corps and serving in that capacity from 1830 to 1840. In 1838 he was appointed major of Yauco. He served as major from 1838 to 1843 and again in 1846. In 1848 he was appointed by the Captain General of Puerto Rico as Teniente a guerra (supreme civil and military authority in the town of Yauco). From 1847 to his death in 1861, he was a corresponding member of the pretigious Economic Society of Friends of the Country), an organization devoted to the improvement of the Puerto Rico economy.
He devoted his life to agriculture and in 1840 established his plantation (hacienda) Florida. This plantation was built on land formerly owned by the Pacheco de Matos family. Six year later this plantation was Yauco's largest with an area of approximately 970 acres), worked by 38 slaves and having a declared capital of 23,661pesos ( note that the Governor and Captain General of Puerto Rico had a monthly salary of 183 pesos! By 1851, Antonio Francisco had 41 slaves.
In 1850 Puerto Rico's first irrigation system was built by Antonio Francisco. In 1852 he sold the plantation to Juan Maria Antongiori. Shortly thereafter Antonio Francisco founded another sugar plantation, hacienda San Colombano, in the Barrio Playa of the town of Guayanilla.
The cholera epidemic of 1856 was a severe blow to Antonio Francisco's agricultural enterprises because it killed most of his slaves. In December 1862 San Colombano was sold to the firm Tirado & Labarthe.
Antonio Francisco was also a coffee grower and his coffee plantation La Fortuna in Barrio Indiera Alta in Maricao was inherited by his daughter Maria Luisa and from there passed into the Lluch Family by marriage.
Two principal residences were owned by Antonio Francisco -- Casa Agostini -- Don Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei's daughter --Maria Victoria Negroni Rodr�guez (1838-1900) who married Ignacio Agostini and later inherited this residence-- and a two story masonry country home in his hacienda La Florida which allegedly was one of the finest in Puerto Rico.
Angel Becerra Febre [Parents] was born 1879 Oct in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He died on 7 Feb 1948 in Yauco, P.R.. Angel married Paula Aguirre Torres about 1903 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Paula Aguirre Torres [Parents] was born in 1879 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. She died on 31 Dec 1919 in Ponce, P.R. Paula married Angel Becerra Febre about 1903 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
They had the following children:
| F | i | Juana de los Angeles Becerra Aguirres was born on 27 Dec 1913 and died on 22 Jul 1995. |
Francisco Becerra was born about 1860 in Malaga, Spain. He died about 1920 in Yauco, P.R.. Francisco married Dominga Fabre about 1878 in Yauco, Puerto Rico.
Dominga Fabre was born about 1860 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. She died about 1926 in Yauco. Dominga married Francisco Becerra about 1878 in Yauco, Puerto Rico.
They had the following children:
| M | i | Angel Becerra Febre was born 1879 Oct and died on 7 Feb 1948. |
Leon Aguirre was born about 1860 in Spain. He died in Yauco, P.R. Leon married Victoria Torres. about 1879.
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