MY FATHER WAS A CANTU ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE.
THESE CANTUS LIVED IN GENERAL TERAN , NUEVO LEON.
HIS MOTHER' NAME WAS JUANA CANTU.
SHE MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 15 AROUND 1910.
JUANA'S CANTU'S PARENTS WERE FIRST COUSINS- THEY WERE BOTH CANTUS, VICTORIANIA AND JOSE CANTU.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CANTUS OF MEXICO MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN SEPHARDIC JEWS WHICH MIGRATED TO
MEXICO TO ESCAPE THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SIDE OF THE CANTU FAMILY?