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Nadal MoralesThe contributions and the influence of the Nadal Morales family in the development of Frontón Ciales, Puerto Rico during the decades of the late 1880's through 1949 and beyond....It is a great honor to introduce the genealogical history of the Nadal Morales family of Frontón, Ciales, Puerto Rico. Our family patriarch Don Pedro Nadal Moll arrived in Puerto Rico at a very young age. He was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 1883. The son of Bartolome Nadal and Apolonia Moll. We have now learned that he had a brother Rafael Nadal Moll and two sisters Maria Nadal Moll and Apolonia Nadal Moll. It's not exactly known when he arrived in Puerto Rico, although, we know that he was about seventeen years of age when he filed his declaration of nationality in Lares, Puerto Rico. Like many others looking for a better life two undocumented young brothers Pedro Nadal Moll and Rafael Nadal Moll managed to board a ship and traveled in the cargo compartment that was transporting pork barrels from Mallorca to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. As a result of the Spanish American War and the peace treaty of Paris of 1898 the United States ordered that all foreigners would have to declare their nationality and in March 1900 he decided to retain his Mallorquín-Spanish citizenship and settled in Fronton, Ciales where he would eventually become a prosperous business man and Puerto Rico Coffee plantation owner. We have recently received information about his brother RAFAEL NADAL MOLL from his family in Mexico. The information reveals that he arrived at the port of Veracruz, Mexico in November 22, 1904 and that he settled there and married Sofia Suárez Torres. They had 6 children; Apolonia (deceased), Lucía (deceased), Rita (is 94 years old), Lourdes (deceased in September 2010), Miguel (deceased), and Bartolome (deceased). We can now be certain that they arrived to the new world and that Don Pedro settled in Puerto Rico and Don Rafael continued on and arrived at the port of Veracruz, Mexico in 1904, settled in Tabasco and raised his family. I find this piece of information about Don Pedro's decision to make a better life away from his mother land very revealing and interesting and of great significance. Here we have a young boy settling in a foreign land and yet his patriotism and love for his mother land makes him decide to retain his Spanish Nationality. I have always wondered where my natural desire and love for my country Puerto Rico comes from and it's now obvious to me that it has to do with my grandfather's own love for his mother land and patriotism. Doña Rafaela Morales was born in Fronton of Puerto Rican parents and lived all her life there. We know that our dear grandmother dedicated her entire life to the farm and taking care of the family. Her dedication and fortitude resulted in a family strengthen by her wits and strengths. A humble and simple woman but as strong as the 'tabonuco' that was able to survive the harshest of times that ironically served to form and shape the family we are today. I remember my grandmother with love and a sense of gratitude because it was she that asked me to dance my first dance. I have never forgotten that. I was visiting Tio Fello and there was a family party in the old farm house. I don't remember the occasion that was been celebrated but I remember the dance, a 'mazurca', that was playing in Tio Fello's old record player. I remember my grandmother as very jovial and friendly and an expert dancing the 'mazurca'. I felt pride and happiness dancing with her and today when I recollect that precious moment I feel saddened for not having had the opportunity of living near her during the last days of her life. It would have been a real pleasure to have been able to show her my gratitude and respect. (please turn your volume on to hear a mazurca) Don Pedro Nadal Moll first married Carlina Santiago Diaz at the age of 21 and in November 1905 they had a son Bartolome Nadal Santiago. This marriage did not last and soon dissolved. This, perhaps, is the moment in our family history that was the beginning of what was to come for all of us. Don Pedro, soon thereafter, married Rafaela Morales and together they formed the Nadal Morales family that would leave an indelible mark in the history of Fronton, Ciales. Together they raised Don Pedro's first born Bartolo, and their own ten children. In 1910 Francisco their first son was born, and nine more children would follow: Maria in 1911; Catalina in 1913; Rafael in 1914; Apolonia in 1916; Antonio in 1917; Margarita in 1919; Antonia in 1921; Francisca in 1925; and Juan in 1927. It's important to realize that during this time period the world witnessed some of the most historic and far reaching events of modern times. The Spanish-American war, the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War not necessarily in this order. This is of meaningful relevance to me because one can see the difficulties that in those days families had to endure to be able to raise children and provide and prosper. This time period in our family history was harsh and very difficult, indeed, I remember my mother telling me stories of the hard times and how she and her oldest sister Aunt Maria had to make ends meet with very little. It was not until later when things got better that they were able to have a better life. My mother always remembered her father as a proud Mallorquin with very good business skills and an excellent farmer. I must admit that my mother also told sad stories about how her father sometimes had to shortchange the family in order to bring as much of the farm produce to the town market to make as much as he possibly could under the circumstances of that harsh period of time in history. Knowing what I know now about those days in history I can only feel saddened by all the difficulties the family had to put up with, yet all of that makes me much more proud of my family and especially my mom and my aunt Maria that lived thru the most difficult period of time when the family was starting up and they had to sacrifice so much including their youth to help in the early development of the family we all enjoy today. Like our predecessor, Don Pedro, we are a family that has dispersed to just about every corner of the world. And as if it were family destiny, that separated the two brothers, we have also gone in different ways and have in that respect exhibited that family tradition of migration. It's this way that we must understand the sacrifices that our parents had to endure so that we can have a better life and in return we must respect and honor their past and it's precisely the objective of this website to say THANK YOU Mom, Pop, Uncles, Aunts, and Grandparents Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela for giving us LIFE and for making us proud of our heritage, interesting, as proud as Don Pedro was always about being a Mallorquin and although not too many neighbors and the family understood his mother tongue he'd go around speaking in Mallorquin even though hardly any one understood what he was saying. We must also appreciate the fortitude and resiliency of our family trait that notwithstanding all the adversities we have managed and continue full speed ahead in this world. Note to family members: Please use the Contact form to provide information or any corrections for the website. Feel free to send your comments about anything. We'd like to keep the information current and we need your help in this regard. Thank you. NEW or changed information will be shown in
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