Un irlandés llamado Mathew O'Farrell (aparece como Mateo O'Ferre en los documentos) vivió en Puerto Rico, y obtuvo Carta de Naturalización en marzo de 1816 al Amparo de la Cédula de Gracia del 1815. Había llegado desde Jamaica donde aparentemente había sido expulsado por los ingleses.
Poseía nueve esclavos y 3,000 pesos de capital en Trujillo Alto; y luego emigra a la Ciudad de Nueva York y se casa con Ann Campbell, en julio de 1818.
Mi propósito es tratar de conectar sus descendientes de Puerto Rico con los O'Farrell de Cuba. Me parece que don Mathew paró en Cuba primero y dejó algunos descendientes en el hermano país. Se que hay O'Farrell en Cuba. (el músico Chico O'Farrell puede ser uno).

Toda la informacion que usted busca se encuentra en un libro llamado "La nobilidad y familias ilustras de la isla de Cuba" (The nobility and illustrious families of te island of Cuba)
En el Centro historico familiar de la iglesia Mormon tienen este libro en microfiche #0283570.

El libro entero es la historia geneologica de los O'Farrell en Cuba. Muy interesante!!

Good Luck!
Irene

No creo que su Mateo O'Ferre, sera de la misma familia que los O'Farrill de Cuba. Primero los O'Farrill estan establecido en Cuba desde el siglo XVIII, y antes de eso estuvieron en la isla de Monserrat, si me recuerdo bien unos O'Farrill de Monserrat pasaron a Barbados; pero no tengo noticia que pasaron a Jamaica.

Es posible que su Mateo dejo descendencia en Cuba, pero no son los O'Farrill.

¿No tienes más datos sobre su estancia en Jamaica?

Nicolás de Cárdenas.

There is a book at the special collections section of the Tampa Public Library dedicated to the O'farrill family of
Cuba. It is a hard bound book and it tells of the O'farrill
family of Cuba.

I am looking for anyone with the Gordillo surname who immigrated from Spain/Canary Islands to Cuba.

Hi Felix,
I am an O'Farrill descendant . This O'farrill book sounds interesting . Is it only found at the Tampa library?

hey
my granparent is Gordillo, oclide and he was born in spain and died in cuba . his wifes last neame was fernandez.
sofia

Sofia:

My great grandfather was born in Spain in1865 and apparently traveled to Cuba at a young age. He then left Cuba sometime in 1891 and immigrated to Key West, Florida. His wife's last name was Gallego. I have been trying to locate anyone related to him since 1975 with no luck. Are you from Spain, Cuba or the U.S?

Felix

I am a Puerto Rican O'Farrell. My family is from Puerto Rico and our last name is O'Farrell. My grandfather is Francisco O'Farrell II. We have family in Loiza, Fajardo, Isabelle and other places. I don't know if we came through Cuba. I don't think so. Please e-mail me. My spanish isn't that great so, I prefer to speak in english but, I can read it if I have to.

There is this family album in the Tampa Public Library, Special Collection Section of an O'Farrill family. I cannot remember the exact details nor the contents of the album but I think they were from Cuba. There were many Cuban families that came to Tampa and Key West after the Spanish-American War, you may check the website for the Tampa Public Library. Good luck in your search.