Asturian-American Migration Forum

Thanks for your note. Rufino left at age 11, in 1878, strange I know, so he was not old enough for the war. Supposedly he went to Vera Cruz. From there he went to Matanzas, Cuba. The story we were told as children said he was offered land in Matanzas. He rode his horse in a square for 24 hours and w...

Rufino did have siblings. Inocencia Felicia pardo Bermúdez (1866) who married Saturno Garcia and they had three children. Perfecto Garcia, Jose Garcia and Amalia Garcia. I was unaware of Dolores but I do know the Pardo family had a farm in La Escalada. Rufino also had a brother Jose Pardo Bermudez b...

My great grandfather Rufino Pardo Bermúdez was baptized at San Martin de Luiña, Asturias in 1867 and moved to Matanzas Cuba in 1878. His parents were Leonardo Pardo and Deonisia Bermudez who were also from the area and his sister, Felicia Pardo (born 1866 in Cudilleros) was married Saturno Garcia fr...