Person:Tomás Armstrong Y Toro (1)

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Tomás Armstrong Y Toro
b.15 Feb 1841 Ponce, Puerto Rico
d.21 Oct 1907 Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Name[1][2] Tomás Armstrong Y Toro
Alt Name Tomás Armstrong-Toro
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Feb 1841 Ponce, Puerto Ricocolony of Spain
Marriage 30 Aug 1867 to Carmen Mayoral Y Barnés
Marriage 14 May 1876 Ponce, Puerto Ricoto Ana Inés Mayoral Y Barnés
Marriage 24 Jul 1894 to Antonia Rieder Y Larrañaga
Other? 25 Apr 1898 War was formally declared between Spain and the United States.
Other? 18 Jul 1898 Some 18,000 US troops with a naval escort departed for Puerto Rico from Guantánamo Bay and the east coast of the United States. War
Other? 25 Jul 1898 General Nelson A. Miles landed at Guánica Bay on July 25, immediately moving to the city of Ponce and other towns located on the southern part of the island. War
Other? 27 Jul 1898 Gen. Nelson Miles issued a public proclamation in Ponce stating that the purpose of the U.S. invasion was to bring Puerto Rico a "banner of freedom." War
Other? 12 Aug 1898 U.S. President William McKinley and French Ambassador Jules Cambon, acting on behalf of the Spanish government, signed an armistice whereby Spain relinquished its sovereignty over the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Phillippines. The fate of thes War
Other[1] 5 Aug 1907 New York, New York, United StatesArrival
Death? 21 Oct 1907 Ponce, Puerto Ricoowned by USA, not US citizen
Other[1] San Juan, Puerto RicoDeparture
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, R;)
    Year: 1907; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_958; Line: 8; List number: .

    Birth date: abt 1841
    Birth place:
    Arrival date: 5 Aug 1907
    Arrival place: New York, New York
    Departure date:
    Departure place: San Juan, Puerto Rico

  2. Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Ancestry Family Trees.