Ezequiel López Fernández was born at Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, on the 10th of April in either 1877 or 1879, the son of Spaniard Joaquin López & Puerto Rican Josefa Fernández.[1][2][3]
Ezequiel would have been about twenty years old when the U.S. declared war against Spain (1898).[4] Three months later American troops occupied the city of Ponce, fighting for nineteen days before hostilies were halted.[4][5] The Treaty of Paris was signed in December of 1898 formally ending the war, though the fighting had stopped months before.[4][5]
Ezequiel first married, on 25 May 1901, Florencia Rivera Leon, a daughter of Teodoro & Feliciana, with whom he had at least five children prior to her death in 1931.[6]
Ezequiel married second Lucia Negrón Torres, who died in Santa Isabel in 1937.[7][8] There were no children from that marriage.[8]
Ezequiel married third Cristina Ginorio Gonzalez.[8] She was the widow of Manuel Maldonado, who died in 1937.[8] They had two children while together.[8] The marriage ceremony took place on the 3rd of February 1940, with Hipolita Ginorio and Luis Moreno as witnesses.[8]
Ezequiel López Fernández died in Ponce, Puerto Rico from cardiac dilation related to hypertension on 28 May 1946.[3]
Sources
↑Military:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
citing Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards; Affiliate Publication Number: M1509; FHL microfilm: 002023302;
FamilySearch Record: QV9S-854N (accessed 11 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYY6-33H7 Image number 02889
Name: Ezequiel Lopez Fernandez; Military Draft Registration Date: from 1917 to 1918; Military Draft Registration Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico; Birth Date: 10 Apr 1877; Birth Place: , , Estados Unidos; Citizenship Place: Estados Unidos; Race: White.
↑Military:
"U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 Ancestry Record 1002 #2115459 (accessed 11 August 2022)
Name: Ezequiel Lopez Hernandez; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 10 Apr 1879; Birth Place: Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, USA; Residence Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA; Military Draft Date: 1942; Next of Kin: Cristina Ginorio.
↑ 3.03.1Death Registration:
"Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
citing Ponce, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos de América, Puerto Rico Departamento de Salud and Igesia Catolica (Puerto Rico Department of Health and Catholic churches), Toa Alta.
FamilySearch Record: QVJC-VY64 (accessed 11 August 2022)
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Ezequiel López Fernández death 28 May 1946 (age 63) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos de América.
↑ 4.04.14.2 "Guide to Puerto Rican Records in the National Archives New York City," August 2013, available on the archives.gov site, viewed 14 August 2022. (Page 4)
↑Marriage Registration:
"Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
citing Ponce, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Departamento de Salud and Igesia Catolica (Puerto Rico Department of Health and Catholic churches), Toa Alta.
FamilySearch Record: QVJ8-MDZ3 (accessed 12 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 939Z-R543-N Image number 00864
Ezequiel Lopez (24) marriage to Florencia Rivera in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
↑Marriage Registration:
"Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
citing Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Departamento de Salud and Igesia Catolica (Puerto Rico Department of Health and Catholic churches), Toa Alta.
FamilySearch Record: QVJF-C395 (accessed 12 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 9398-2B93-JG Image number 00385
Ezequiel López Fernandez marriage to Lucia Negrón in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico.
↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.5Marriage:
"Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001",
Matrimonios (Marriages) > Ponce > Matrimonios 1938-1941, t. 22-30,
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 11 August 2022),
Cristina Ginorio González.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910" citing enumeration district (ED) ED 646, sheet 1B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1775; FHL microfilm 1,375,788. FamilySearch Record: VW23-43F (accessed 12 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYB6-2KZ Image number 00839 Ezequiel Lopez (33), married head of household in Montes Llanos, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Born in Puerto Rico.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 2065; FHL microfilm: 1822065; Record number: 22262; FamilySearch Record: X9WZ-H93 (accessed 12 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRF4-ZX2 Image number 00902 Ezequiel Lopez Fernandez (40), married head of household in Sexto, Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930" citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 49B, line 63, family 1275, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2657; FHL microfilm 2,342,391. FamilySearch Record: V6Z6-8M9 (accessed 12 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R8N-XSM Image number 01003 Ezequiel Lopez Hernandez (48), married head of household in Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Born in Puerto Rico.
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