History
The town was founded by Spanish colonists in 1816 as Trujillo Bajo (“lower Trujillo”), along with its counterpart Trujillo Alto after Trujillo, Spain. In 1857 it was renamed San Fernando de la Carolina, later shortened to Carolina, after Charles II of Spain.
The city is known as “Tierra de Gigantes” (Land of Giants), not only for well-known Carolina resident Don Felipe Birriel González (who was 7’11”) but also in honor of other people from Carolina, including poet Julia de Burgos and most notably the first Latin American player named to baseball’s Hall of Fame, Roberto Clemente. Carolina was also home to Jesús T. Piñero, the first Puerto Rican to be appointed governor by the United States government. The city is also known as “El Pueblo de Los Tumba Brazos” (The Arm Hackers’ Town). During the late 1800s, the town’s primary export was sugarcane.
In 1899, Carolina had a total population of 11,965.
Don Lorenzo José Vizcarrondo Mongrand (Mounard)
This picture is located in one of the books I was indexing. I quickly researched D. Lorenzo and included some information I found on him.
According to his biography, Don Lorenzo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 19, 1837. According to his death record, he was married twice and had three children with his first wife.
- At the time of his death, he was married to Da. Maria de os Angeles Catalá Calzabo. They had no children.
- His first marriage was with Da. Matilde Canales Cabrera of San Juan. The couple had three children; Dolores, Lorenzo, and Elisa.
- According to the “PUERTO RICO, CÉDULAS DE ESCLAVOS 1868 – 1873, Carolina, Trujillo Bajo, Loíza, Río Grande and Trujillo Alto transcription, he owned a total of eleven enslaved people. His father, Don Lorenzo Vizcarrondo Ortiz de Zárate, owned a total of eighteen slaves. Click here to see the list.
Baptisms
| Book | Year | Race | Image | Index | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1859-1872 | Whites, Freed Pardos | 38 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1872-1878 | Whites, Freed Pardos | 592 | 566 | |
| 3 | 1878-1882 | 1087 | 906 | ||
| 4 | 1882-1886 | 24 | 924 | ||
| 5 | 1886-1892 | 243 | 946 | ||
| 6 | 1892-1897 | 570 | 970 | ||
| 7 | 1897-1902 | 894 | 997 | ||
| 8 | 1902-1910 | 1233 | 1034 | ||
| 9 | 1910-1916 | 591 | |||
| 10 | 1916-1920 | 489 | |||
| 11 | 1920-1924 | 1013 | 533 | ||
| 1921-1924 | 2 | See above. | Continuation of book 11 above. | ||
| 12 | 1924-1926 | 2 | 491 | ||
| 13 | 1926 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 1926-1926 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 1929-1931 | 1 | Index Index-A-B 1931-1934 Index-B-W 1931-1934 | ||
| 15 | 1932-1934 | 1 | See above. |
Confirmations 1918-1951(1954-Actual)
Marriages For Carolina
Index by surname (1882-1895-Book 2)
Index by surname (1895-1933-Book 3)
| Book | Year | Race | Image | Index | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1859-1876 | Whites, Pardos, Enslaved | 1 | See above. | |
| 1875-1888 | 1 | See above. | |||
| 2 | 1882-1895 | 1 | See above. | ||
| 3 | 1895-1933 | 1 | See above. |
Carolina Indexes
- Index for Books 1, 2, and 3 (1859 to 1890). Book 4 is not indexed.
- I have the links to Books 1, 2, and 3 below; I have also indexed them by surname for you.
Carolina Burials
| Book | Year | Race | Image | Index | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1859-1878 | 1 | Index | These Indexes started in 1859 and went through 1890. The dates are incorrectly labeled. | |
| 2 | 1878-1881 | 1 | Index | ||
| 3 | 1882-1890 | 1 | Index | ||
| 4 | 1891-1896 | 1 | Not Indexed | ||
| 5 | 1896-1931 | 1 | Index |
Census
| Year | Image |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 4 |
Sources
- The U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, New York, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1887
- FamilySearch
- Wikipedia