ROCK N WOODWORKS
1966 PROJECT NASSAU / OPERATION ISTANBUL / Eloy J Escagedo Lliraldi
updated
Closest Ancient groups: Illyrians, Pannonian Illiryan, Thracians, Etruscans, and Gauls.
Closest Modern groups: North Italian, Spanish Galicia, Portuguese, Spanish Cataluna, Spanish
Extremadura, Spanish Castilla y Leon, Spanish Murcia, Spanish Andalusia.
Sample: I23209 was found in Ostojicevo, in Northern Serbia.
In The "genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe" Supplementary Materials, Iosif Lazaridis, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg et al.
Ostojicevo Necropolis (Early and Middle Bronze Age)
The “Stari Vinogradi” necropolis at the village of Ostojicevo belongs to the Early and Middle Bronze Age. A total of 285 graves were discovered out of which 77 belong to the Early Bronze Age Maros culture (buried at a deeper level). The rest of th 208 belonged to the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. late phase of Maros culture, with different influences of Vatin and Hugelgraber cultures.
sources:
mytrueancestry.com/en
https://indo-european.eu/
https://www.academia.edu/37460349/Raw_material_choices_for_ornaments_in_the_Bronze_Age_Maros_culture
docplayer.net/87531381-Burial-rites-and-social-structure-of-the-maros-culture-in-northern-serbia-diploma-thesis.html
researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-Middle-Bronze-Age-MBA-ceramic-styles-in-the-Carpathian-Basin_fig1_265334711
https://www.academia.edu/51506962/Osseous_artifacts_from_the_Maros_culture_culture_necropolis_at_Ostoji%C4%87evo_northern_Serbia_
Life and Death in the Bronze Age: Insights from Serbia
youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTdY_4kLI
In the first episode I sent off the Y 700 kit, and went through some of the results from online free to use tests, such as the Morley and Caldefinder.
I just received my initial results, where they give me my broad haplogroup,
and then there's 2 more lab results, that will refine my haplogroup closer in time, to whatever degree they can.
To recap my origins, my direct paternal line, documented with birth, marriage, and death records, is from Cantabria, Spain.
my 5th great-grandfather, was Juan de la Riva Escagedo, who was born about 1725, in Renedo de Pielagos. I have his marriage record from June of
1749, when he married Josepha de Escagedo Mazo, my 5th great-grandmother. So I have my surname coming from both sides of my paternal lines, on various occasions across the centuries.
Ultimatly, my origins are in Spain, yet I'm American. And that is because my paternal grandfather, Eloy Escagedo Valle, relocated to Cuba, from Spain, in 1930. And this migration occurred along most of my family lines, within the past 100 years, in that they relocated from various parts of Spain,
including the Canary Islands. Likewise, I have and Italian branch, as well as a long standing Cuban branch, likely originating from Spain
earlier.
Then, due to the Cuban revolution, in 1959, all my family lines came to Miami, Florida, in the 1960s, where my parents met, and then I came along.
I fall under the R-M269 haplogroup. And this is a preliminary result. It's being refined to a more closer in time result, and we'll take a look at that in part 2 of this Big Y 700 series.
maternal line. That is due to researches from the Canary Islands doing all the work, for many years.
The Spanish, and the Catholic church kept detailed records very well across the centuries.
These researchers have transcribed many of those old baptism, marriage, and death records. I'm luck to coincide with one of the researchers, and their family lines. It also helped, that my family has documents, such as my great grandfather's birth certificate, and in it, as is typical in the Spanish world, they name his parents as well as his 4 grandparents.
And through that, I was able to hitch a genealogical ride with the Canarian researchers.
Through all this, I found I have indigenous Canary Island ancestors in my direct line, as well as other interesting ancestors with different backgrounds, which we'll look at.
http://geneacanaria.blogspot.com
youtube.com/watch?v=TF1_yKxjUW4
This video is part 1 and we'll look at the results in part 2 when they process it and return my results.
Our surname is Escagedo, and it originates in Cantabria Spain. Escagedo refers to a thorn like bush.
Keep an eye out for part 2, when I review my results when they come in. And we'll compare it with all this, and see what we learn.
The kidnappers were well armed and demanded 30 thousand dollars in return for their release. And then they lowered their ransom to 800 dollars, which was handed over to them near Benito's ranch, and his boys were then released. When the The locals, the police, and the military became aware, and the posse went after the abductors.
It was made known to the newspaper reporters, by Alejandro Vergara, the Mayor of Aguada de Pasajeros, that these fugitives were part of a well organized crime gang that worked in the area.
A violent shootout ensued, capturing one Alejandro Mederos, who was found with weapons, ammunition, and money from the kidnapping.
Benito was my great granduncle, brother to my great grandfather Felix Lliraldi Hernandez.
Benito Jose de los Dolores Lliraldi Hernandez, was born the 21st of March 1874, in Alacranes, Matanzas, Cuba.
He was the son of Domingo Lliraldi Focha and Facunda Hernandez Mendez.
His father Domingo was an Italian immigrant to the island, and his mother was born in Cuba.
When I was growing up, my father would once in a while recount, that Domingo Lliraldi, when interacting with others, was difficult for the locals to understand, as he only spoke Italian.
There is a lot of mysteries surrounding the Lliraldi family in Cuba, The origin of the prior spelling of the name, but we have learned interesting details, in addition to the family history that was passed down.
He settled in Aguada de Pasajeros, Cuba, where his uncle Gregorio Escagedo Salmon lived.There were other Cantabrians living there in the early 1900s.
My grandfather Eventually met and married my grandmother Ramona in 1941, she was born there in 1911. In 1942, my dad was born, Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi. The family own a store called La Francia.
Back in Spain, my grandfather had left his family behind. His Father Patricio Felix, and his sister Balbina, as well as his aunt and uncle, Benita and Mateo Escagedo Salmon (Benita and Mateo were siblings.)
Much of the family never left Spain, we did, through my grandfather.
This happened here at home one day in 1982. My mother was standing between the office and the dining room, while I watched what was unfolding from the hallway. And then they took him away.
Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi was operating a clandestine, anti-Castro radio station called "Radio Antorcha Martiana." This was years before Radio Martí, the broadcast station that was later sponsored by the United States.
The programming from my Dad's Station included selections of patriotic music and messages for the Cuban people.
My father operated it out of a small room that was packed to the brim with equipment. Outside in the front yard, attached to the porch, we had a huge antenna that could be seen from afar.
It was the same antenna that was used to raise the Cuban flag when the Pope visited Miami in 1987.
Exiled from Cuba, Romualda lived in the Little Havana section of Miami, with her daughter Cuca, and her husband, Gabriel Tapanes Rodriguez. Cuca's formal name was Evangelina Lliraldi Alvarez, and she had Italian ancestry through her father Felix, Romualda's husband.
This is Romualda's story.
My father arrived first at the age of 20 in September 1962, and in October of that same year he joined the US Army.
6 years later, on March 27, 1968, my grandparents, Eloy and Ramona, arrived on the Freedom flights.
Being here for several years prior, my father had already rented an apartment for them where he lived, in Little Havana, located in front of the Victoria hospital. My father was always proud to mention, that his parents never had to sleep on someone else's couch.
My paternal grandparents lived in the Little Havana section of Miami and each weekend we'd drive over from Sweetwater where we lived, for a visit.
I remember it being after dusk and standing there looking up at the family, my grandfather was also standing there.
Then my Dad said to me: you're American, and I looked at him attentively. Then he said: I'm Cuban. And finally, he said: And grandfather is a Spaniard.
At that moment I bursted out crying. I remember feeling as if he was distancing my grandfather from me. I reached over and wrapped my arms around my grandfathers leg. Seeing my reaction, My Dad then said: ok, time to go home.
A lot is said over Cubans, the history, politics, and other things. In this series we'll explore family stories, revisit DNA results, and maybe do some analysis on various related topics.
If you're curious feel free to follow along.
Film footage by Eloy J. Escagedo Lliraldi
Hialeah Speedway photos from the Don Boyd gallery:
pbase.com/donboyd/memories_hialeahspeedway
Photos of St. John Paul II at Tamiami Park 1987:
miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Gallery_16032864887000
For reference, at the great grandparents level, I'm Cantabrian, Italian/Cuban, Andalusian, and Canary Islander, and I'm U.S. born.
Not all people have the same family backgrounds, and under such a broad category as the greater Hispanic world, there could be many variations depending on individual family histories.
According to ADNTRO my paternal haplogroup is R1b1a2a1a2b1 and my maternal mtdna is
H2a2a1.
Likewise, the morley haplogroup predictor site also places me as R1b1a2a1a2b1 and cladfinder goes a bit further placing me at R-FTA30946.
Inputing that result into the ftdna site, I see some interesting results.
They place R-FTA30946 as close as 400 CE and there are a limited few current day test takers that also have this result, and they're of French origins. Check out the rest of the video for more.
Lt. Col. Federico Fernández Cavada was a Cuba born soldier that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War.
Roman Ruins below a Medieval Church in a cemetery in Maliaño De Camargo, Santander Province, Cantabria, Spain.
Sources, assets, and notes:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malia%C3%B1o#/media/File:Alto_de_Malia%C3%B1o.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malia%C3%B1o#/media/File:Malia%C3%B1o_Alto.jpg
http://www.regiocantabrorum.es/publicaciones/termas_sanjuan
arkeohistoriatriskel.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/las-termas-romanas-de-maliano-camargo-cantabria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavian_dynasty
google.com/search?q=termas+romanas+de+malia%C3%B1o&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS998US998&oq=termas+romanas+de+Mal&aqs=chrome.0.0i19i355j46i19i175i199j69i57j0i15i19i22i30j0i19i22i30l2j0i390.6300j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
http://www.regiocantabrorum.es/historia/guerras_cantabras
http://www.regiocantabrorum.es/publicaciones/portus_victoriae_iuliobrigensium
adondenosescapamos.blogspot.com/2019/09/72-santander-un-poco-de-historia-i.html
mirincondelabahia.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/termas-romanas-en-cantabria
cantabriaromanica.com/2022/04/yacimiento-de-san-juan-de-maliano.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
http://www.hispanoteca.eu/Espa%C3%B1a/Hispania%20prerromana.htm
guerrascantabras.net/guia-para-el-bien-vestir-en-cantabria
He was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, as well as a Cuban revolutionary general. In this video we give an overview of events Col. Gonzalez's Military and life history.
Notes:
loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.77824
Was a Cuban born soldier, who was chief of artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
medium.com/frame-of-reference/the-cubans-who-supported-the-confederacy-b51449cd095a
findagrave.com/memorial/7429617/ambrosio-jose-gonzales
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/gonzales.htm
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/8726/
warhistoryonline.com/history/cuban-confederate-colonel.html?chrome=1
Notes:
battlefields.org/learn/articles/federico-fern%C3%A1ndez-cavada-union-ties-and-cuban-roots
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Cavada
https://atom.library.miami.edu/fernandez-cavada-fernando
loc.gov/pictures/item/2003662085
Cubans were mainly of Spanish ancestry as well as Portuguese. But some were also fully or in part of British ancestry, likewise French, and from other places, with many being of African ancestry as well. The island was a melting pot to one degree or another, and for a very long time at that.
People then traveled more than we might imagine, so we'll take a look at the records in the U.S. in search of these Cuban families.
In this video we'll look at some of the documents with Spanish Americans from those early days of the late 1600s thru the 1700s, and into the American Revolutionary years.
The Ballynahatty woman:
youtube.com/watch?v=SG_P8mSerlo
Research Article:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1518445113
Footnotes:
http://archaicdna.blogspot.com/2016/03/neolithic-and-bronze-age-migration-to_26.html
http://www.carrowkeel.com/files/who.html
mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/early-ancestors-irish-come-emerald-7085169
maghera-heritage.org.uk/tag/ballynahatty-woman
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/she-lived-in-south-belfast-5200-years-ago-now-this-neolithic-woman-is-providing-new-clues-about-the-origins-of-human-settlement-in-ireland-34319447.html
that settled in the Canary Islands, and throughout time, there decendants spread into the greater population. In this video we'll take a look at the history of the Canary Islands and how some of the Irish families arrived there.
Footnotes:
HISTORIA DE CANARIAS EN 10 MINUTOS:
youtube.com/watch?v=dAdkr8zSwjY
FAMILIAS IRLANDESAS EN CANARIAS:
http://geneacanaria.blogspot.com/2022/02/irlandeses-en-canarias-los-sall-epigono.html
Canary Islands:
britannica.com/place/Canary-Islands
Ireland–Spain relations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland%E2%80%93Spain_relations
A Convocation of Colgans:
http://colganology.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-convocation-of-colgans.html
TENERIFE MAGAZINE:
tenerifemagazine.com/cologan-a-name-that-speaks-volumes-in-tenerife-and-ireland
Last name Creagh:
heraldrysinstitute.com/lang/en/cognomi/Creagh/idc/639314
O’Donnell surname:
britannica.com/biography/Leopoldo-ODonnell-duque-de-Tetuan
A couple of points before we get going, The ancient results for each, only include the ancient samples that have been found and tested for. And these two modern people, the English and the Spanish person, are 2 individuals out of a larger population of people, and there would be different results, at least in part, if other people from their areas were to be tested too.
But in a broad sense, these results represent a general picture, on a sliding scale, of what you'd find from people in their respective locations, in an ancient sense, when comparing DNA. But to be very clear, DNA similarities and or differences, are more of a sliding scale between people. There is no solid cut off line from a person from one area or another. Instead, people are a blend of earlier populations back in time, and from multiple ancient people.
Eloy Escagedo Gutierrez
Miami, Florida, May of 2022
ESCAGEDO FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTARY youtu.be/XMAJ6MEFBRY
1966 PROJECT NASSAU / OPERATION ISTANBUL / Eloy J Escagedo Lliraldi youtu.be/qB4Mwvr6vHE
A Family's Flight From Cuba 1960s youtu.be/L2oc0qS0Cl8
Miami 1960s Cuban Exiles Film Footage Key Biscayne and Crandon Park Zooyoutube.com/watch?v=mQVuOZPm1kw
The Beating of Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi Cuba 1961 youtube.com/watch?v=WSD3uLHiNoY
ESCAGEDO FAMILY HISTORY By Eloy Escagedo Gutierrez And Milagros Escagedo Blanco
archive.org/details/escagedo-family-history-by-eloy-escagedo-gutierrez-and-milagros-escagedo-blanco_20210916_0353/mode/2up
youtube.com/watch?v=eEdc7y2pAl0
1976 PANAMA Film Footage Vacation Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi and Berta Gutierrez Jimenez
1976 BOGOTA COLOMBIA Film Footage Vacation Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi and Berta Gutierrez Jimenez
youtu.be/K9cWtjapzLg
Chapters
0:00 1. Introduction
9:07 2. First Generation American
13:13 3. How far back can we investigate?
15:59 4. Escagedo Chronology
52:29 5. Eloy Escagedo Valle
1:06:32 6. Escagedo Mier
1:17:50 7. Escagedo Salmon
1:20:55 8. Escagedo Gomez
1:33:09 9. Escagedo Garcia
1:39:47 10. Eloy J. Escagedo Lliraldi
mytrueancestry.com
the revolution was one of the top developed countries in the Americas. Cuba
ranked in the top five per capita income, third in life expectancy, second in per capita ownership of automobiles and telephones. First in the number of televisions per inhabitant, had 358 cinemas surpassing Paris and New York and a literacy rate of 76%. Cuba ranked 11th in the world for the number of doctors per capita. Cuba's economy was fueled by sugar production and export to the United States. Many American companies also had ownership and stakes in Cuba operating large businesses. The social life, beaches, and Casinos in Havana were a draw for Americans just a short distance away along with vacationers from around the world.
The American Mafia was drawn to the casinos and there was also corruption among the politicians of the island. Cuba had lived through a series of cues throughout the 1900s. Life for people in the country was not as easy and would have months without work after sugar production was concluded. There were economic disparities as seen in other countries. However, the political trade-off they would soon make would forever change the lives of everyone. After the 1959 revolution, properties, businesses, and factories were confiscated. In short order everyone would become a ward of the state and the life that was, was no more.
According to family history, Lliraldi "the Italian" hardly spoke Spanish,
people didn't understand what he would say, so we presumed he had immigrated to Cuba in the 19th (nineteenth) century. We make this assumption based on the fact that one of his grandchildren, Luis Lliraldi Álvarez, son of Félix lliraldi and Romualda Álvarez, was born in 1910.
In relation to the last name Lliraldi, there has been questioning by his descendants on whether it was originally Lliraldi, Giraldi, or Geraldine, well it would not be strange that for varying reasons (pronunciation, signature, etc.), one or more letters in the name could change when an immigrant arrived on the American continent in those early years. In this case, the G of Giraldi or Geraldine, from an Italian when spoken with a marked accent, that pronunciation to a Hispanic can be understood more-less, or confused for Lliraldi with a double L. For the moment, everything indicates that the last name Lliraldi "was born", had its origin, in Cuba. When we can go to Bolondrón, Cuba, we may find more information in relation to this last name Lliraldi, because according to the marriage certificate of Ramona "Nena" Lliraldi Álvarez with Eloy Escagedo Valle in Aguada, her Father Félix Lliraldi Hernández was born in Bolondrón, Cuba.
On forebears we read that:
The surname Lliraldi is carried by more people in the United States than any other country/territory.
and: The surname Lliraldi is the 6,136,921st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,681,616 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Lliraldi reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. The surname Lliraldi is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 9 people or 1 in 40,278,945. In The United States Lliraldi is most prevalent in Florida, where 100 percent reside. Let's take a moment to look at The way I'm connected to this name: My Dad Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi was born in Aguada De Pasajeros, Cuba in, 1942 through to his mother and my Grandmother Ramona Lliraldi Alvarez born in Aguada De Pasajeros, Cuba in 1911, married to Eloy Escagedo Valle born 1911 Santander Spain. Ramona had 3 siblings. Luis, Evangelina, and Ramon Lliraldi.Their father and my great-grandfather were Felix Lliraldi born in Bolondron, Matanzas, Cuba, circa the 1880s and married to Romualda Alvarez born in Abreu's, Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 1887. Well, Felix had 3 siblings, Benito, Juan, and Isolina. Their parents were Lliraldi on the paternal side and Hernandez on the maternal. That Lliraldi father as mentioned before in the writings of my Father was said to be Italian and did not speak Spanish. We know nothing more of him or his wife with the surname Hernandez either. They would be my 2nd great-grandparents. Doing research I have had a breakthrough on the origins of this surname recently. Searching on Ancestry I came across 3 search results from the Argentinian census dating back into the 1800s. The surname is clearly written and the country of origin being Italy. In this first census, we can clearly read 3 Lliraldi names and one slightly questionable. the first is a bit faded for the first name, but the Llraldi is clear. That is followed by Angel Lliraldi and then Maria Lliraldi. 2 males and a woman indicated by the V for males and M for ladies. That is followed by their ages which are 22, 1 month and 75 years old for Maria.
Another of the events that impacted the Aguadense opinion was the beating given to Eloisito Escagedo. One day in 1961 a fire arose at the chicken farm located in the Federal District, and as an innate thing in human beings, dozens of Aguadenses went to see the fire and among them Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi. While the fire was still raging, Eloy retired from the scene and went to the barbershop owned by Panchito Villavicencio on Calle Real, and sat down to wait for his turn for a haircut. As he waited for almost half an hour, suddenly, a policeman, a militia officer, and a militiaman appeared at the barbershop, and told Eloy to accompany them! When they walked out on the sidewalk in front of the barbershop, the policeman with his regulation uniform said to Eloy: - "So you see worm" -, and with that threw a punch, and the militia officer, as well as the other militiaman, joined the beating. Some passers-by stopped to see, but since the terror of the state was already in operation, and those who struck Eloy were military, they dared not intervene. All this happened in seconds when they had Eloy on the ground, and the police militiaman grabbed his head in order to strike him against the sidewalk curb, suddenly Panchito Villavicencio (the barber) appeared with razor in hand and told them energetically: - "Release him" - The police and other two soldiers stopped beating Eloy and withdrew. They left without following through with what they were there to do, which was to take Eloy away under some supposed accusation. The barber Panchito Villavicencio was always a communist. The news spread throughout the town, since Eloy, apart from being known and a minor, was not a violent youth.
Later a sympathizer of the regime, and that until then was supposed to be a fervent religious Catholic believing in justice, she commented to Eloy's relatives in order to justify the beating, that it had happened because he was laughing at the farm fire. But when they took her husband's business from him, only then did this lady apologist for the regime curse the regime. According to the negligence with which the regime did things, it's possible that the chicken farm fire was due to a short circuit, a thrown out cigarette or other causes, but not precisely to sabotage it, since no one, nor any organization took responsibility for the event. The laugh was, of course, an uncertain thing, but if it had been true, that did not justify the police beating a minor, even if he was of legal age.
By Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi (1942-2009)
Era video footage Public Domain
here's the link:
archive.org/details/1959-01-05_Castro_Triumphs
from Miami, Fl, to Panama and Colombia.
They took photos, film footage, and also brought back postcards, mementos,
ticket stubs, and flyers from the places they visited.
Here is the 1976 footage and photos of their vacation to Bogota with some commentary from myself. The previous video was footage from the first leg of their trip to Panama.
Colombia as my parents saw in back in 1976.
In memory of:
Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi (1942 - 2009)
Berta Maria Gutierrez Jimenez de Escagedo (1951 - 1998)
Bogota Colombia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1
Quinta de Bolivar:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_de_Bol%C3%ADvar
Catedral de Sal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Cathedral_of_Zipaquir%C3%A1
Monserrate:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monserrate
Tequendama Falls:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequendama_Falls
Gold Museum:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Museum,_Bogot%C3%A1
Eloy Escagedo and Berta Gutierrez Passenger Tickets and
Baggage Check:
Place of Issue: Portofino TVL & Tours INC, Miami, Florida
Date of Issue 15 JUN 1976.
Fair: 166.00
From: Bogota
To: Panama
To: Miami
Fair: 166.00
Tax: 3.00
Total: 169.00
Air Panama International
Flight: 302/802
Eloy and Berta visited:
El Malecon De Panama
Catedral De Panama Destruida por El Pirata Morgan.
The Panama Canal Zone.
Newspaper Clipping:
"EL COLOMBINO LIBRE"
Tambien una amiga nuestra salio de vacaciones y la paso muy
bien, se trata de la linda BERTICA ESCAGEDO y su atento esposo
ELOY ESCAGEDO. Para tan simpatica pareja un saludo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_City
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Finlay
All words and music by Eloy Escagedo 3rd.
Ramses Garica drums on "Bomb The Weak" and "She Ain't Sleazy"
Mario Perdomo drums on "Jam Back at Jimbo's" and "Music Man"
Andres Natalino Bass on "Jam Back at Jimbo's" and "Music Man"
We would soon become close friends. I told Les I needed a job, he looked at me and said come back tomorrow and you will get the job. So I did just that.
The next day I met with Jon Weisberg. He was the owner of Gator Park. We sat for the interview out front. I was nervous, we talked, I answered questions and he hired me. I would work there for many years to come, learning so many things, and have a lot of great stories to tell.
This footage from 2005 was recorded for my Grandmother to see what I did for a living all day.
This is a snapshot moment in time. It revels Miami as it use to be in the late 1960s and the people that made up my world half a decade later when I was born. This is deeply meaningful to me in so many ways. Most of the people filmed that day, my family, are no longer with us. So to see them again, smiling, walking and enjoying that day in the past, overwhelms me greatly.
Family in this film:
Eloy Escagedo Lliraldi, Berta Maria Gutierrez, Maria Del Carmen Gutierrez, Luis Gutierrez, Agueda Jimenez, Eloy Escagedo Valle, Ramona Lliraldi, Luis Lliraldi and friend of the family Rosa Toledo.
Original Results Video youtu.be/UahoH4Rr9sw
Are We All Related youtube.com/watch?v=VDRG9smWaGM
How Many Ancestors Do We Have? youtube.com/watch?v=qnCagHp7xeU
Who is European? youtu.be/iupWW9sBCs0
Eloy Escagedo Valle 1911 to 1992 youtu.be/o93OXJeNKqU
1966 PROJECT NASSAU / OPERATION ISTANBUL / Eloy J Escagedo Lliraldi youtu.be/qB4Mwvr6vHE


