Thanks, Marge, for the suggestion.  I'll try it.  Mary

Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...> wrote:

Have you tried another variant? Guarana? marge:)
On Dec 17, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Mary Allen wrote:

> Hello Victor,
>  
> I have searched the surname Grana but found nothing.  I do know that
> Jose Adalberto Garana was born in 1873 and that his first child was
> born in 1905.  That leads me to believe that he probably married @
> 1904.  Of course, I recall once when he made my grandmother angry, she
> accused him of being Cuban.  But, searching Cuba didn't help.
> Yesterday, I had an e-mail from a person who said that a  Garrana had
> gone from Malta to Lebanon and then possibly to Mexico.  I am working
> on
that.
>  
> I have one other possibility. Maybe I can find information through the
> Jesuits. There may be a central house in Mexico that would have
> membership files.  I have that as one of my tasks.  In fact, that may
> be the only way to find him.  I really suspect that Garana was not his
> real name at all or it may have been his mother's name.  My
> grandfather was so intelligent, so educated, so aristocratic and very
> difficult to get along with and his past seemed obsured by vagueness
> and mystery.
>  
> I also tried Spain.  I made a three month trip through Europe some
> years ago with the intention of searching everywhere. Finally in
> Barcelona I found a family who had a resonable account.  They had
> heard of two brothers, Basques, with the Garana surname who went to
> Mexico.  One died immediately,
the other remained in Mexico.  I have
> since tried to make contact with them again but they have not
> responded.  And there was one other source in Cadiz.  An elderly
> attorney.  But by the time I neared Cadiz I was so tired and burned
> out.  The heat was too much and I hurried back to cooler country. 
>  
> One day I'll get a break.
> I will keep trying and thanks for the suggestion.
>  
> Mary
> "v.h.villarreal" wrote:
>> Mary,
>>
>> I guess this is just an idle question, but have you searched the
>> surname Grana and/or Grama? 
>>
>> Also, if the person in question was associated with the Augustinians
>> and the Jesuits, have you considered the possibility that he was not
>> born in México but elsewhere?
>>
>> Just some
thoughts!
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Mary Allen
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Victor
>> >   I know her!  You found me!  My family and friends call me Nancy.
>> You'll also find my brother Edward placing similar notices everywhere.
>> We have been doing this for years and years with no results.
>> >   
>> >   Mary 
>> >
>> > "v.h.villarreal" wrote:
>> >   Mary,
>> >
>> > Just curious to know if a person who is also searching for the
>> Garana
>> > surname in "Hispanic Genealogy Forum" is someone you know.
>> >
>> > Read the following:
>> >
>> > [quote]
>> > Has anyone ever come across the
surname GARANA? I am looking for any
>> > information about my grandfather JOSE ADALBERTO GARANA and my
>> > grandmother PETRA ROMERO GONZALEZ (GARANA). She lived in Salinas del
>> > Penon Blanco, SLP,SLP and in the city of San Luis Potosi.
>> >
>> > She was the child of VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN and the grandchild of
>> MONICO
>> > ROMERO CARRERA who may have lived in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco.
>> >
>> > Of JOSE ADALBERTO GARANA I know only that he was somehow associated
>> > with the Augustinians as a child and that later he was a jesuit
>> > seminarian. He was never ordained. He had to leave San Luis Potosi
>> > with Petra and three children in 1917 for being too outspoken. I
>> have
>> > some of his writings and I can see why some would find him
>> > uncomfortable to their cause.
>> >
>>
> Nancy37710
>> > [end of quote]
>> >
>> > Victor
>>
>>
>>
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