Marcano - The Marcano Brothers (Cuba)

The Marcano Brothers (Cuba)

  • Francisco Marcano-Alvarez born 1833. He was made a Brigadier General of the Cuban liberation army by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.
  • Felix Maria Marcano-Alvarez born 12 September 1841. He was a Coronel in the Cuban liberation army. He married Domitila Cruz and had two daughters, Josefa Antonia (who only lived 3 years) and María Mercedes Cristina Marcano-Cruz (1892–1993).
  • Gabriel Marcano-Alvarez born in 1840. He fought with the Cuban troops near Havana. He married Elvira Ayala Zayas-Bazan in 1873 in Havana, Cuba and they had six daughters, Maria de las Mercedes, Luisa Maria, Maria de Jesus, Elvira Maria, Virginia Maria, and Mercedes Cristina Marcano-Ayala (who married Alonso del Portillo-del Junco).

There is a street in Bayamo, Cuba named Calle Hermanos Marcano.

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