Wednesday, February 10, 1993 * EXCELSIOR * ,                       Volviendo a Nuestras Raices
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CONOZCA EL ORIGEN DEL APELLIDO
RENCURAL/RENCURRELL
This surname had it's origins in the Provence region of France. A town in the department oflsere, France bears the name of RENCURAL. The name literally means irritable or angry, hits RENCURRELL form, it is indicative of being from the region of Catalonia, Spain. However, no early documentation has been found to support this contention.
By the early 18th century, Rencurel is found in Cadiz, Spain. Records show Francisco RENCUREL to have married Mariana Femandez there. From this union, Juan Estevan RENCUREL was bom circa 1719 in Cadiz. He became the founder of the RENCURREL families of Cuba and the United States.
An old Spanish maritime legend mentions a slave-trader and ship captain named Diego DE ALVA1 RENCUREL. Due to his cruel nature, during one of his voyages, the slaves he was transporting rebelled. He was brutally killed and thrown into the sea.
Unable to sail the vessel, it drifted with its cargo of slaves to Cadiz. Close to the ship, a very large shark with a red stripe and covered in blood, could be seen circling. After finding out what had happened, the local people said that the shark was Diego returning for his revenge.       |
Aimee V. CARR, a resident of San Luis Obispo, California traces her ancestry to the Francisco RENCUREL found in early 18th century Cadiz. His son Juan Estevan was the father ofManuel Joseph RENCUREL. He married Margarita de Flores Quinones, a native of St. Augustine, Florida, on the 12th of September 1767 in Guanabocoa, Cuba.
Bemardino RENCURREL, one of their sons, became the founder of the first cigarette factory in Cuba in 1810. Tough not a factory in the modem sense, it produced various brands of cigarettes and cigars well into the 20th century. Its products were exported throughout Hispanic America, France, England and even San Francisco, California.
Jose Manuel RENCURREL, who married Anais-Emilie Pellard ofClaye-Souilly, France, was the one who made the business flourish the most. He added two brands, Andrea and Galatea, to the original two. After the Cuban War of Independence of 1895 to 1898, he added a third named Maceo, one of the heroes of the War.
Jose Manuel was also a neighborhood mayor for a few years during the 1880s. This was an appointed office and his main duty was to provide the residents of his neighborhood with the required identity cards.
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