Person:Marcos Bernier Rivera (1)

Marcos Segundo Bernier Rivera
d.28 Nov 1960 ,,Puerto Rico
m. 15 Mar 1888
  1. Serafina del Carmen Bernier Rivera1889 - 1899
  2. Lilia Carlotta Bernier RiveraAbt 1890 - 1892
  3. Carlota Bernier Rivera1892 - 1894
  4. Marcos Segundo Bernier Rivera1894 - 1960
m. 28 Apr 1917
  1. Francisco Jose Bernier Santiago1918 - 1918
  2. Elfren Ramón Bernier Santiago1928 - 2003
Facts and Events
Name Marcos Segundo Bernier Rivera
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Sep 1894 San Blas,Coamo,Puerto Rico,Caribbean
Marriage 28 Apr 1917 San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Ricoto Carmen Teresa Santiago Bernier
Death? 28 Nov 1960 ,,Puerto Rico
Burial? Nov 1960 ,Coamo,Puerto Rico,Caribbean

!IGI: Baptised- 7 November, 1981, Endowed- 16 Jan, 1982, Batch # 8102960, Sheet # 80, Source Call # 1260830 .

!He was Mayor of Coamo from 1933 to 1937. He owned the garage (auto mechanic business) next to the Baptist church in Coamo. He was an only child, according to Maria Lucia Bernier. Not true, he had two sisters who died in 1899 at about two and ten years of age.) He married his first cousin, Carmen Teresa Santiago Bernier. Carmen's mother, and Marcos' father, were brother and sister.

!CENSUS: 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Coamo, Puerto Rico shows That Marcos was the only member of his family that spoke English. He is shown as attending school in Coamo and that he was fifteen years old and was born in Puerto Rico. The family lived on Calle Roman Baldosioty.

!Jose Federico Bernier indicated that Marcos Segundo was married three times.

!MARRIAGE-PARENTS: Marriage Records; 19172; Catholic Church in San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Rico; Book #__, Page # 81, Record # 287; FHL Microfilm # 0820734, Item # 8, Photocopies in possession of James Halabuk, 303 Tabbs Lane, Newport News, VA, 23602; NOTES: Carmen was married to (Marcos) Segundo Bernier Rivera on 28 April, 1917 by Father Marcelino Rodriguez. Her parents are recorded as Felipe Santiago and Teresa Bernier. Her age is given as 22 years of age and the record states that he was born in Coamo. Segundo's age is given as 23 years of age and his parents are (Jose) Segundo Bernier and Petrona Rivera. Witnesses were were Lucas Cruz and Virgilio Santiago.

!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Buried in Coamo Municipal Cemetery (1921). Grave head stone gives birth date as 10 September, 1894 and death date as 28 November, 1960. Segundo and his wife Carmen are buried together.

!MAYOR: According to Pedro J. Roig Alvarado in "Genealogical History Of The Berniers" Marcos Segundo was Mayor of Coamo from 1933 to 1937.

!MECHANICAL_ENGINEER: Marcos Segundo's son, Elfren Ramon Bernier Santiago's civil birth registration shows Elfren's father Segundo was a mechanical engineer.