Personal Portrait
I was born July 22, in Havana, Cuba. My given name is Erundina Maria Sanchez. I was named by my father, he insisted I be named after my mother. Her name is Monica Erundina and she preferred going by Erundina because she was teased about her first name. Children called her "Mona monica" (mona means monkey in spanish)her family called her girl (in Spanish as a nickname). My father called her Erundina and I was an adult when I learned my mother's true first name.
I was nicknamed Nina, in honor of my Maternal grandfather, who had recently passed away. His name was Saturnino and was called Nino. Later in life I had other nick names; my sister would call me "baby elephant" when I was a little child, my very kind friendly neighbors called me "little bit" when I was about 6 and learning English, and as a teen my friends called me "little Cuban".
My Parents
My Mother's full name is Monica Erundina Catalina Rubio. She was born February 28, 1923, in Manati, Cuba.
My Father's full name is Aldo Pastor Alfredo Sanchez. He was born April 30, 1922, in Tuinucu, Santa Clara, Cuba. They were Married June 17th 1954 after a 12 year long engagement.
My sisters were both born in Havana, Cuba.
Their names are Maria Angelica Sanchez born April 15, and Isis Sanchez born October 22,
Maternal grandparents
Angelica Catalina del Carmen Valdes born 17 July 1896 in Sancti Spiritus, Las Villas, Cuba.
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Saturnino Rubio De la Cruz born 16 June 1892 in Sancti Spiritus, Las Villas, Cuba.
Paternal Grandparents
Natalia Leonela de la Concepcion Diaz born 1 December 1889 in Jibaro,Las Villas, Cuba.
Abel Victoriano Sanchez Valdivia born 19 December 1890 in Cambaiguan, Las Villas, Cuba.
This is a picture of them with their adult children. The picture was taken in 1961.My Husband
Daniel Duke Dayton, born February 3, in Payson, Utah.
Our Children
Daniel Duke Dayton II, in Miami, Florida.
Bradley Scott Dayton, in Orem, Utah.
Adam Wesley Dayton, in Orem, Utah.
Rhett Aldo Dayton, in Orem, Utah.
Olivia Leta Dayton, in Orem, Utah.
Catalina Erundina Dayton, in Orem, Utah.
4 comments:
Great idea. Very glad to hear you are actually working on that book. We hoped it wouldn't seem like one more thing to do. You're busy enough, as it is. But it will be great to have one day, when our kids are older and curious to learn more about nana.
Great job mom, Keep it u!
thanks you two. I hope to make it more interesting over time as the questions get more interesting. For now I want to add in more about all my family members so that might take the focus to you all too.
Fun to learn all the background about your name- I had never heard those stories. Thanks for sharing!
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