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Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Looking for Alexander Buick
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 07:55:39 EST

I also have an English-Scottish-Cuban connection. My maternal great great
grandfather was Robert Waugh (b1831 Whickham, Durham, England), he was married
to Alice McNicol (b1828 Kilbarchan, Renfrew, Scotland). Their families
immigrated (1842) to, and married (1852) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Robert was an
engineer and built, installed, and managed sugar cane mills in the Caribbean,
but mostly in Cuba. He died in Cuba in 1877 as result of "crossfire" between
Cuban rebels and Spanish troops as they were defending the sugar mill El
Porvernir, outside of the town of Colon, in Matanzas province. Two of his daughters
remained in Cuba and married Spaniards (our Cuban branch). Alice died, and
is buried at the Valance Street Cemetery in New Orleans. Nineteenth century
Spanish census of Cuba that I have reviewed show, after Americans, a large
number of English and Scottish residents. Remember that the Cuban railroads during
he second of the century were managed and owned by the Brits. Have you
checked the Archives of the Foreign Office in London, to see if the death of your
Mr. Buick was registered at the local British Consulate? Cuban records would
not be easy to research. Good Luck. Jorge Pinon.

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