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Juan Barnés Illas (1800-1851), born in Mataró, Cantalunya, businessman, arrived in Ponce, PR from Venezuela in 1825, with his Venezuelan wife Ana María Vallenilla. This couple had three children: Juan, Ana Inés, and Francisco; Francisco was the only one in having male children. Francisco marriedAntonia Plaja Acosta and had eleven children: Ysabel, Francisco, Inés, Antonia, Sebastián, Ventura, Carmen, Juan, Ana María, Rafael and María Mercedes. Practically all those who carry the Barnés surname in Puerto Rico are descended from the 11 children of Francisco and Antonia. Also, some slaves took the surname as their own. SOURCE: http://clavell.com/english/otherlastnames.html Burial: Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro Ponce References
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