<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions . (August 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions . (August 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> Marcano family name originated in Spain . The Italian version of this surname is "Marciano". It was a military family that came to the New World with Christopher Columbus . The Family later grew and spread throughout the Caribbean, where the surname became rooted in the countries of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela (Margarita Island) and eventually Trinidad & Tobago . </P> <Ul> <Li> Francisco Marcano - Alvarez born 1833 . He was made a Brigadier General of the Cuban liberation army by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes . </Li> <Li> Felix Maria Marcano - Alvarez born 12 September 1841 . He was a Coronel in the Cuban liberation army . He married Domitila Cruz and had two daughters, Josefa Antonia (who only lived 3 years) and María Mercedes Cristina Marcano - Cruz (1892--1993). </Li> <Li> Gabriel Marcano - Alvarez born in 1840 . He fought with the Cuban troops near Havana . He married Elvira Ayala Zayas - Bazan in 1873 in Havana, Cuba and they had six daughters, Maria de las Mercedes, Luisa Maria, Maria de Jesus, Elvira Maria, Virginia Maria, and Mercedes Cristina Marcano - Ayala (who married Alonso del Portillo - del Junco). </Li> <Li> Luis Geronimo Marcano - Alvarez born 29 Sept 1831 in Bani, Dominican Republic . Was Promoted to General in the Cuban Liberation Army, married Lorenza Diaz and died in Manzanillo Cuba in March 12, 1870 . </Li> </Ul>

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