Person:Isabel Tudela Cesar (1)

!See baptismal record of grand son ,Francisco Clemente Pico Matos (son of Rafael Pico and Rafaela Matos), of Isabel C________, wife of Federico Matos. Her grandson, Francisco, was born on 23 November, 1871. Based on this date, it is calculated that Rafael and Rafaela were probably married about a year before this. Rafaela's age would probably have been about 20 years old at time of marriage, thus, her birth date would be about 1850. This was Isabel's first marriage based on the fact that it was her husband's first marriage, which the Jose Felix Matos Bernier biography says it was, but it does not name the wife. Therefore, it is assumed that she was about 20 years old when she was married to Federico, putting her birth date at about 1830. Her husband's birth is in 1829, putting them at about the same age.

!CHRISTENING-BIRTH-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Baptismal records; 1855-1878; Catholic Church in San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Rico; Book 18, Page __, Record #1131, FHL Microfilm # 0820731, Items 4-9; NOTES: Photocopies in possession of James P. Halabuk, 303 Tabbs Lane, Newport News, VA, 23602 - This record shows Francisco Clemente Pico Matos, Isabel's grand son, was baptised on 26 December, 1871, in San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Rico by Father Felipe de Bulnes. Parents are shown as Rafael Pico and Rafaela Matos. Francisco's birth date is recorded as 23 Noovember, 1871. Paternal grand parents are shown as Jose Pico and Ecolastica Pomar. Maternal grand parents are shown as Federico Matos and Isabel _______. God parents are recorded as being Francisco Pico and Antonia M________.

!Isabel and Federico were probably married married in Columbia, South America.

!Ancestry.com Message Board: A message from Richard Benedict on the message board states that after the death of his geat-great aunt, Isabel Tudela (d. 1858), her widower, Federico Matos, would marry two more times. Filomena LaBorde (1859) and Eulalia Bernier (12 Sept., 1865, Coamo). He also states that based on information provided by Carmen Bernier Girard, and researcher Charles Loeber, it appears that Jean Bernier and his wife Louise Valdelorge were among the original settlers of the French island of St. Barths (Saint Barthelemy). He further states that Jean Bernier and Louise Valdelorge had a son, Alexis Bernier, who married Mary Magdeleine LaPlace and they had a son Jean Pierre Bernier, who married Elizabeth Coleche Borniche, who had a son, Marcos Bernier Salas, whose second marriage to Maria Jimena Salas bore Marcos Bernier Sala who married Carmen Giraud Bernier who had a daughter Eulalia Bernier Giraud, who married Federico Matos and they had seven children (Felix Matos Bernier, Eulalia Matos Bernier, Enrique Matos Bernier, Federici Matos Bernier, Carmen Matos Bernier, Lucia Matos Bernier, and Rafael Matos Bernier).