The Roberto Alonso Family Home Page
My roots are Spanish, from Asturias with Paternal grandparents from Gijon and maternal granparents from Oviedo. My Maternal great-grandfather Justo migrated to Cuba as a result of political unrest in Spain. He was a victim of the Carlistas, anarchist struggling to gain power in Spain after the fall of Napoleon. Justo was a wealthy industrialist and several anarchist groups had asked him for money for their causes. Justo knew better and denied financial help to these terrorists; as a result he was black listed and had death threats against him and family. One night he went out to the opera house with my great grandmother, and an attempt on his life failed. A hired assasin was suppose to shoot him in the crowds at the theater entrance but he evaded this assasination and decided Spain was to dangerous for him or his family. He departed Spain with his wife Dolores and daughter Angelina. He moved his family to Cuba and settle in Havana, the capital. Little that he knew that a few years later he was going to be involved in another struggle. The Cuban war of independence. It was not easy being Spanish in Cuba during the last decade of the 19th Century. At the same time it was not easy either being Cuban. Spanish represion was at it max and theRoberto Alonso
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