Second Generation

2. Miguel GONZALEZ was born about 1865 in Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba. He died about 1918 at the age of 53 in Havana, Cuba. He came from a family of Cuban professionals and artists, which had originated in the Catalonia region of Spain, but had lived in Cuba for generations. He was a musician, composer, orchestra conductor, and music critic -- known as "El Musico Viejo" (The Old Musician). He played several instruments, including the violin, piano, and harp. He conducted the "Sinfónica de Santiago de Cuba" in his home city. After relocating to Havana, he was music critic for "El Diario de la Marina" -- Havana's principal newspaper. Maria Juana MORÉ and Miguel GONZALEZ were married about 1886.

3. Maria Juana MORÉ was born on 7 July 1863 in Havana, Cuba. Family records indicated she was born in 1869. She died on 28 October 1944 at the age of 81 in Havana, Cuba. Family records indicate she died in 1948.

Children were:

	i.	Julio GONZALEZ was born about 1887 in Havana, Cuba. He died in Cuba. He never married. He cared for his mother, Juana Moré, in her old age. He worked for the printing firm Impresora P. Fernandez, in which Felix Riera was a partner. This company had the exclusive contract from the Cuban government to print lottery tickets. They also printed Cuban postage stamps, but the engraved plates were produced in the U.S. Julio was in charge of the special inks used in such security printing.
	ii.	Maria Francisca GONZALEZ was born about 1888 in Havana, Cuba. She died in England. She was also known as Fanny.
	iii.	Clemencia GONZALEZ was born about 1890 in Havana, Cuba. She died in Cuba. She sang beautifully, but we are unsure whether she performed professionally..
	iv.	Miguel Angel GONZALEZ was born about 1891 in Havana, Cuba. He died in 1918 at the age of 27 in Havana, Cuba. He died in the influenza pandemic of that year.
1	v.	Dulce Maria GONZALEZ.
	vi.	Luis GONZALEZ was born on 25 April 1896 in Havana, Cuba. He died on 21 September 1961 at the age of 65 in Havana, Cuba. He was a Cuban diplomat from about 1920-30. He started his diplomatic career as a clerk at the Cuban embassy in Washington, DC. Later he was named Cuban consul in Philadelphia, Saint Louis, and finally San Francisco. He resigned from the diplomatic service to avoid being posted to China, since he had been diagnosed as a diabetic. Back in Cuba, he became a radio announcer and sports reporter -- using the pseudonym "Conde Moré." He was also the official announcer at two Havana baseball parks. Since these jobs didn't pay well, he also sold structural steel for a large hardware firm to "make ends meet." But, he was very proud of the new car he purchased every three or four years.

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