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The Nadal
Coat of Arms
Some spellings of the name Nadal include: Needle, Needles, Needell, Nelder Needdele, Nadal, Nadle, Needler, Nedler, Nedlere, Neelder, Neldere, Nadler, Nadlere, Nayldor, Needlemaker, Neilder, and many more.

The Family History
from Palma de Mallorca, Spain to Barrio Fronton de Ciales, Puerto Rico and beyond.

• 1863    or 1865 birth of Doña Carlina Santiago Diaz; the available documents are conflicting or not too accurate about(a.) the date of birth

• 1879    thru 1898 a virus (phylloxera) spread throughout Spain and the Balearic Islands causing the destruction of entire vineyards and the total devastation of the wine industry in Mallorca; this resulted in the immigration of mallorquines into the United States and Puerto Rico

• 1882    or 1883, 1884 or 1886 birth of Don Pedro Nadal Moll in Mallorca, Spain; the son of Jose Nadal and Apolonia Moll; there is much conflicting information on the available records

• 1892    thru 1933 is recorded in History as The Great Depression and the fall of the Stock Market in October 1929

• 1896    or 1897 Don Pedro Nadal Moll a.12-14 years of age arrives in Puerto Rico from Mallorca, Spain and settles in Fronton Ciales - He traveled undocumented with his brother on a ship that was transporting pork barrels to Mayaguez, PR. - No information is available as to the whereabouts or what happened to his brother

• 1898    birth of Doña Rafaela Morales Santiago the daughter of Doña Carlina Santiago Diaz and Don Justiniano(unk) Morales

• 1900    on March 3 Don Pedro Nadal Moll a.14 years of age filed his Declaration of Nationality thru his tutor in Lares, Puerto Rico; he declared his Mallorquin - Spanish citizenship

• 1904    marriage of Don Pedro Nadal Moll and Doña Carlina Santiago Diaz

• 1905    birth of first son Bartolo Nadal Santiago on November 4; the son of Doña Carlina and Don Pedro

• 1909    marriage of Don Pedro Nadal Moll and Doña Rafaela Morales Santiago

• 1910    birth of Francisco Nadal Morales the first son of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1911    birth of Maria Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1913    birth of Catalina Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1914    thru 1918 the First World War takes place

• 1915    birth of Rafael Nadal Morales the son of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1916    birth of Apolonia Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1917    birth of Antonio Nadal Morales the son of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1918    in the Draft Registration for WW1 in Ciales Puerto Rico there is a registration card on file showing Don Pedro Nadal Moll a.35 years of age

• 1919    birth of Margarita Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1921    birth of Antonia Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1925    birth of Francisca Nadal Morales the daughter of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1927    birth of Juan Nadal Morales the son of Don Pedro and Doña Rafaela

• 1936    thru 1939 the Spanish Civil War

• 1939    thru 1945 the Second World War

• 1947    death of Francisco Nadal Morales left a widow Carmen Santa and two sons Francisco and Santiago

• 1949    death of Don Pedro Nadal Moll (a.63 years of age) in the District Hospital in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on January 26

• 1958    death of Antonio Nadal Morales; left no children

• 1960    death of Juan Nadal Morales; left no children

• 1970    death of Bartolo Nadal Santiago; left a widow Moncha, a son Delio, and a stepson Jose Antonio

• 1972    death of Doña Rafaela Morales Santiago

• 1974    November 10 death of Apolonia Nadal Morales; left 10 children

• 1991    death of Maria Nadal Morales; left one son Jose Antonio, also deceased

• 1994    February 5 death of Catalina Nadal Morales; left five children, Laura (deceased), Maria, Luis Manuel (deceased), Carmen, and Felix

• 2003    death of Rafael Nadal Morales; left seven children and widow

• 2006    May 4 death of Antonia Nadal Morales Vda. de Turull;  left two daughters - I've just received the sad late news that my second most special aunt passed away this year.  Today is August 18, 2006 and it is now 11:50PM.  I feel so sad, I am writing this with tears in my eyes and with so much sorrow in my heart and pain that I am shaking.  Life could be so treacherous sometimes!  About three years ago I went to visit her at her home in Puerto Nuevo where she lived most of her life.  She was so nice to me and my wife on that day.  She was cooking lunch and she was so happy to see us that she would not allow us to leave before we had lunch with her.  We stay with her a lot longer than we planned and now I am so happy that we did.  In hindsight I now realize that day was our farewell until we meet again.  Tia Toña was very special to me because she saw me thru my High School graduation in Central High School in 1965 and my mother Catalina always kept in touch with her and in my opinion the family relationship was pretty nice with her.  Here again we can see the importance of this website as a form of communication so that the family can keep in touch about important events.  In Life we are nothing unless we show our respect and honor our ancestors.  God! forgive our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us!  Descansa en Paz Querida Tia.

 ...............to be continued

References:  Census 1910, 1920, 1930
                      History of the World
                      Declaration of Nationality of 1900
                      Family members calculations and knowledge of facts
                      Legal family documents from a suit in March 1949

Coat of Arms or Heraldry of Iwain Moll (van Leedbergen) found in a composite of more than four family names depicted in a Lead-Glass Mural in the St Jans Church in Gouda - Ledeberg is a small village near Gent, Belgium.....more