Person:Manuel Diaz Ortiz (1)

!CENSUS: Padron de Vecinos de Ponce De 1897, Barrio # 5, Puerto Rico; 1897; Archivo Historico de Ponce (Calle Cristina # 68, Postal Box 1709, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 00733), Caja 5-556-1, Barrio # 5; Person # 1480; NOTE: Manuel is shown as being 2 years of age, and living with his mother in Ponce, who was all ready a widow in 1897. He is shown as having lived all his life in Ponce.

!CONFLICT: The surname he was born with was Ortiz, but the surnames Diaz Gonzales, and Diaz Ortiz, may have been used. His mother used Ortiz as her surname sometime after Manuel's birth and most of her later adult life.

!BIRTH_CIVIL_REGISTRATION: Civil registration of birth in Ponce, Puerto Rico; FHL Microfilm # 1,995,287, Item # 8, Book # 24, Births beginning at October, 1895, Page # 21 (back), Record # 643, NOTES: Manuel Ortiz was born on 30 June, 1895, at 4:00 am in the morning. The birth is listed as an illegitimate birth, and no father is listed. His mother is Agapita Ortiz Quiles. His maternal grandparents are recorded to be Pedro Ortiz and Catalina Quiles. The birth was registered with Ponce civil authorities on 4 November, 1895 at 8:00 pm in the evening. (Verify dates in this record.)