Asturian-American Migration Forum

Estimado Juan: Cuando confirme la fecha yo me encargaré de comunicar la noticia a nuestros parientes (de la rama Prieto). Ángel tenia dos hermanas, mi bisabuela Catalina, que se casó con Jerónimo Prieto y Manuela, cuyo marido se apellidaba Caso. Tengo una tía que estará encantada de asistir y convoc...

Hi Nancy: It was fun to attend that school. There were boys and girls from 6 to 14 and only one teacher. There was a lot of learning going on in spite of having limited resources. Those were hard years in Spain. We only had one shelf of books, the teacher read aloud to us and we went on a lot of fie...

Dear Nancy Joan: The little book was published by the Rotary Club District #2210, I got it from the Ayuntamiento de Panes five or six years ago. Make sure you go to Colosia, the house where Angel was born is still there and I believe a cousin of my mother still lives in the house. Her name is Teresa...

Hi Beatriz: I have a little book called Angel L. Cuesta, el hombre que no olvido su origen, published in the 90's. It transcribes Angel's birth certificate literally, it says that he was born Dec. 23, 1858 and baptized in San Juan de Ciliargo, (this was a little church just outside Panes that was al...

Dear Nancy Joan: My great grandmother, Catalina Cuesta, was a sister of Angel. One of her daughters was my grandmother Genoveva Prieto Cuesta. She took care of their grandparents (Catalina and Angel´s parents) in Colosia. I believe their names were Bernardo La Cuesta and Francisca Lamadrid.