My family across the globe
Important Personalities
in chronological order
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Introduction:
The Alvear Family in 718 AD
Alvear is a very old family name traced to the year 718 in the North of Spain. They are Goth from a III century German village. The Goth was one of the first villages converting to Christianity. The Alvear family is a very old military family (Knights) that helped fight against the Muslims during the Spanish invasion that lasted over 700 years. They helped crown King Don Pelayo and defended Christianity. Muslims were never able to conquer the North of Spain thanks in part to the geography, but mostly due to the courageous spirit of families and individuals like the ALVEAR's. For the services rendered, the kings offered them lands and a coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of a bridge, a tower, a tree with a hunting dog, and 3 royal flowers of gold lily.
http://www.jeaf.com/alvear.htm
Great Grand Father
(He is the father of my dad's mother. Never met him. His daughter
married my dad's father, Juan Jose de Alvear de la Colina.)
Don Antonio Basagoiti Arteta
a powerful Spanish banker
Founder of Banco Hispano Americano
A found
an interesting essay and a link
http://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/pdf/13/art_13_1997_16589.pdf
Uncle
(He is the grandson of my dad's grandfather. His mother and my dad's
mother were sisters. We use to have lunch in his house every Sunday in Mexico
City in the 70's and 80's.)
Jose Maria Basagoiti Noriega
Former President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, COPARMEX
Rector of Basque studies at the University of Nevada,
He inherited CIGATAM (Tabacalera Mexicana) from my Great Gran Father,
etc.
I found an interesting book talking about him (1). He lead entrepreneurs in Mexico against the pseudo-communist dictatorship of the Mexican administration. He is a Jesuit. The PRI (ruling political party for over 70 years) wanted him death. He had a lot of "cojones," if you know what I mean. He writes about those dangerous year in which we lived in danger(1)
(1) Los años que vivimos en peligro
(2) Democracy in Mexico: peasant rebellion and political reform - Google Books Result
My Father
Juan Jose de Alvear y Basagoiti
From right to left: Juan José Alvear Basagoiti, Padre Ferrán and Padre Marcial Maciel from Legionarios de Cristo. Father Maciel is the founder.
Certificación de partida de bautismo de San Jerónimo el Real.
My father was a very religious man, devout follower of the Virgin. He started as an empresario in Mexico. I talk a bit about him in my book. He passed away here in Merced in 2001, right before my wedding. He died of cancer just two years after my brother Santiago, who also died of cancer here in Merced, CA.
Cousin
(She is the daughter of my father's sister. She loved my father very much
and has kept a relation with us for years)
Almudena Mazarrasa Alvear
She is currently the Spanish Ambassador in Dominican Republic.
In this photo she is welcoming Spanish Prince D. Felipe de Borbón.
Cousin
(He is the son of my dad's first cousin. He help
me get the job working for Sara Lee/D.E. España, S.A./Grupo SA
Sanz. He has the most impressive office I have ever seen in my life. It
is like being in Museo del Prado's for members only area)
Antonio Basagoiti García-Tuñon
Banker
He is the second one from left to right
Director at Banco Santander Central Hispano SA ADS SP FINANCIAL / FOREIGN MONEY CENTER BANKS Director since 1999 . 64 years old. Born in 1942. Former Executive Vice President of Banco Central Hispanoamericano. He was appointed Director in July 1999. He is Vice Chairman of Faes Farma, S.A. and of Golf La Moraleja, S.A. and a Director of Pescanova, S.A. He is a former Chairman of Unión Fenosa, S.A. (Excerpt from Forbes Magazine - 944214)
Nephew
(I have never talked to him. I only saw him at his grandfather's
funeral)
Antonio Basagoiti Pastor
President of PP (conservative political party) in Vizcaya
Former Mayor of Bilbao, Spain
Both his dad "my cousin" and him are on ETA´s hit list (The newspaper ABC in Madrid published the list they have seized from a raid on a terrorist cell). ETA is a terrorist group in Spain. (I thank God ETA does not know I am related to this fellows and also because I am poor.)
www.elmundo.es/magazine/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Basagoiti
I have other family that is also relevant on my mother's side. My mother's family is Fuentes and Quinard. My uncles also made several millions of dollars in their business. I wrote a bit about them in a book the Ecclesiastical Augustinian Community of Madrid published for me. You can see the online version here: www.jeaf.com/sectas
This is the one Published by the Catholic Church (Ediciones Religion y Cultura)
Juan Eduardo Alvear and Josephine Alvear (my wife)
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