Branch G: Bori Romagosa

Manzanillo

Mariana Romagosa Arteaga, born on December 16, 1828, the youngest daughter of Sebastian Romagosa Dalmau and Mariana Arteaga-Estrada, married Bartolome Bori, son of Pelegrin Bori Coll and Maria Sarda. They had at least one son, Pelegrin Leocadio Bori Romagosa. The book Efemerides de Manzanillo mentions the Bori family as part owners of the Santa Gertrudis sugar mill: "...ingenios movidos por vapor como Esperanza (familia Venecia), San Francisco (Ramirez y Oro), Santa Gertrudis de Romagosa y Bori..." (p. 127, Vol. I) ["sugar mills powered by steam such as Esperanza (Venecia family), San Francisco (Ramirez and Oro), Santa Gertrudis of Romagosa and Bori..".]

Pelegrin Bori Romagosa

Pelegrin Leocadio de Jesus Bori Romagosa was born on December 8, 1852 and baptized on December 17, 1852, by Presb. Amador de Jesus Milanes at La Purisima Concepcion Parrish in Manzanillo. His godparents were Buenaventura Duran and Mariana Arteaga Estrada. Pelegrin died on December 31, 1931. Pelegrin was married twice. His first wife was Balbina Ramirez, with whom he had a son, Armenio Pelegrin Bori Ramirez, who was a soldier during Cuba's war of independence and died on October 2, 1897. After Balbina's death, Pelegrin married Rita Saumell Silveira Praxedes on July 24, 1898 in Manzanillo. Rita was baptized September 28, 1876. They had six children, all born in Manzanillo:

Maria del Pilar Bori Saumell, born August 9, 1899

Pelegrin Eduardo Bori Saumell, born December 5, 1900.

Rita Bori Saumell, who married Antonio Varela Diaz.

Eduardo Bori Saumell, born December 16, 1911.

Carolina Bori Saumell, born around 1904; died young.

Elena Bori Saumell, born around 1908; died young.

Pelegrin Eduardo Bori Saumell

Pelegrin Eduardo Bori Saumell married Concepcion Marina Leon Lara on December 8, 1923 and had five children:

A. Pelegrin (Percy) Bori Leon, born in June 1925 and died in December 2003. He married Ofelia Palma and had seven children: Pelegrin, Rita, Jorge, Alberto, Gloria, Hector and Raimundo Bori Palma.

B. Gladys Bori Leon, born July 27, 1926, who married Nicolas Joaquin Olar and had three children:

1) Gladys Olar Bori, married to David Oehler.

2) Vivian Olar Bori, married to Alcides Vega.

3) Roberto Olar Bori, married to Vanessa Losse.

C. Pura Bori Leon, born May 8, 1928, who married Angel Ros.

D. Hector Bori Leon, born October 1930, who did not marry.

E. Roger Bori Leon, who married Diana Cisneros.