Asturian-American Migration Forum

A lot of young Asturianos left Spain around that time to avoid being drafted into the army. Several of my ancestors came to Tampa in the late 1890s for this reason. My great-grandfather (Prendes) was not so lucky and was sent to Cuba to fight. His unit received medals and a thank-you letter from the...

It's been some time since my last post on the Forum, so I thought it's time for an update. For a few years now, our group here in the U.S. have been busy writing our stories for a book. Since most of us are no longer very fluent in Spanish, several members of the Forum helped us with the translatio...

Dave Magadan is a former professional baseball player from Tampa, Florida. I believe he's a coach for the Boston Red Sox now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Magadan Perhaps he's related. --------------------------------------------- Trans. Ana Dave Magadan es de Tampa (Florida), ex-jugador profes...

I'd never heard that origin of the family name, nor about the disappearing language of my ancestors. The research process has a long way yet to go, I fear, but it will be interesting...

Stephen Tamargo

I just added a bunch of information about Ybor City and its mutual aid societies to the Ybor article on wikipedia.com:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ybor

Al Lopez was the descendant of Asturianos and the pride of Ybor City. He was a very good baseball player but an even better baseball manager (coach). When his team (the Cleveland Indians) finally beat the evil New York Yankees and made it to the World Series in 1954, all of Ybor had a party. Everyon...

Thanks, I live in Tampa and have not heard of this project, though I've watched with sadness as the old cigar factories around town crumble. (For example, the one where my abuelo got his first job has no windows and holes in the wall). EJ Salcines is a distant cousin of mine and looks exactly like a...

I found this thread today and read through the whole thing like it was a good book I just couldn't put down. Amazing work on this project, Corsino and everyone else! I think it's inspired me to try to find my own relatives back in Asturias. My great-grandparents came to Florida (Ybor City in Tampa, ...

Nancy A. Hewitt. Southern Discomfort: Women’s activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s. 2001 Urbana: University of Illinois. This book looks at Ybor City's "Latin" population. She does address Spaniards and briefly Asturians and their social club. For those interested in this area and the ...

My family also belonged to El Centro in Ybor. Both my Abuelo and Abuela Tamargo were born and passed away in the Centro Asturiano's hospital. Sadly, while the club building is still beautiful and the club itself is still holding on, the old hospital building is half demolished and slowly rotting awa...