O’Neill of Puerto Rico: Marriages By M.O’Neill

Don Juan O'Neill married Anna Garcia.

 Parents of:

1.         Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia

(And possibly a Don Jose O'Neill Garcia)

Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia married Anna Feliciano in March 5th, 1778 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Parents of:

1.         Don Hipolito O'Neill Feliciano

2.         Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano

3.         Dona Maria Gumersinda O'Neill Feliciano.

Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano, first marriage with Dona Ines Umpierre on March 4th, 1802.

 Parents of:

1.         Don Leon O'Neill Umpierre

2.         Don Pedro O'Neill Umpierre

3.         Dona Leonor O’Neill Umpierre

Don Juan de Mata O’Neill married Anna Casanas

 Parents of:

Felipe O’Neill Casana b. 1844, marries Eugenia Lugo b.? -  the parents of Don Bruno O’Neill Lugo b. 1860 – 1880, Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873, Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887, Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885, and Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1888.

A.         Bruno O’Neill Lugo b. 1860-1880? , marries Victoriana Melendez Garcia b. 1882 (from Asturias, N. Spain) and become the parents of Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Paullina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905,Ynocencio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Ramona O'Neill Melendez b.1898- 1905?, and Leo "Gelo" O’Neill Melendez b.?

B.         Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873, marries Demetria Melendez Garcia b. 1874 they became the parents of Braulio O’Neill Melendez b. 1900, Celestina O’Neill Melendez b. 1897, Justo O’Neill Melendez b. 1902, Serefina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905, Lina O’Neill Melendez b. 1908, Mercedes O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Jana O'Neill Melendez b. 1905, and Adrian O’Neill Melendez b. 1903.

C.         Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887 married Filomena Melendez Garcia b.? And they became the parents of Valerina O’Neill Melendez b. 1909 and Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1906

D.         Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885 married Cecilia Lebron Hernandez b.1883 and they became the parents of Isabel O’Neill Lebron b.1905, Anastasio O’Neill Lebron b. 1908, and Juan de Mata O’Neill Lebron b. 1898

E.         Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1880 Widower children no knowledge.

We have three O’Neill brothers in the 1800’s marrying three Melendez sisters from Asturias, Spain:

1.      Don Bruno O’Neill married Victoriana Melendez.

2.      Don Leon O’Neill married Demetria Melendez.

3.      Don Tito O’Neill married Filomena Melendez.

The Melendez surname origins are of an ancient Visigoth Royal Family that settled in Asturias, Spain. We do know that the Melendez sisters were from the region of Asturias, Northern Spain.

There is a pattern of the O’Neill men of this family with marriages to women from Asturias, and Galicia with surnames of those regions, and possibly strong Visigoth origins. The Garcia and Feliciano surnames are of Northern Spanish with origins in the Kingdom of Navarre… Another interesting fact is Don Felipe O’Neill married Eugenia Lugo - the Lugo surname origins are in Galicia, Northern Spain. In Galicia there is the province of Lugo the only city in the world that is surrounded by Roman Walls, and once a strong hold of the Visigoths.  On the other side The Asturias O’Neill’s of the Fews O’Neill men married women of German ancestry except the Sevilla O’Neill’s of the Fews who married among the Spanish Nobility… The question is was this all a coincidence or planned? Did the ancient myths of the Galician origins influence their thoughts etc.? We will never know, but what we do know is that there is a strong connection with the regions of Galicia and Asturias of Northern Spain, and the marriages between the O’Neill of Puerto Rico and the Asturias O’Neill of the Fews with Visigoth / German origin women.

Unlike the other O’Neill’s in Ireland and the U.S.A. those O’Neill’s the emigrated to Spain and the Caribbean married among Galician, Asturian and German women. Except the O’Neill’s Counts of Tyrone who married mainly French surname women, but that is understandable due to the geography and population of Martinique under French rule…

Note: The Umpierre surname is found all through Europe from Italy to Sweden, but it’s strongly found among the population of Puerto Rico. Either it was brought over to the island by the French or Corsican immigration, yet it must have been before the 1790’s.  The origins of the Umpierre surname I have yet to discover…