The Duarte family was a middle-class family of the nineteenth century that had much preponderance and incidence in the Dominican society of that time, especially as political activists.
The family, who became known mainly for their struggle against the Haitian occupation, was vilified in the post-independence times for maintaining their liberal attitude leading them to final exile in 1844.
Arrival and settlement in Santo Domingo Juan José Duarte, Spanish merchant of Catalan origin, born on September 15, 1768 in Vejer de la Frontera in the province of Cadiz, arrived in Santo Domingo in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Juan José came to own businesses in the area of La Atarazana, near Puerto Santo Domingo. There he married, in 1800, with Manuela Diez Jiménez, born June 26, 1786 in El Seibo.Following the occupation of Santo Domingo by Toussaint Louverture in 1801, Juan José and Manuela Díez emigrated to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where their firstborn Vicente Celestino was born in 1802. They then return to the country in 1809, when Santo Domingo it returned to be Spanish colony.
The Duarte-Díez settled in the city of Santo Domingo, where they worked earnestly and profitably as owners of a business selling marine effects and hardware in the port area of Ozama, unique business of its kind in the city. Offspring
The couple Duarte-Díez, had several children of whom some died very young: Sandalia Duarte y Diez
There was a daughter of the family Duarte-Díez which is unknown evidence to prove its existence. Several historians and researchers have debated whether or not Sandalia Duarte y Díez, the youngest daughter of the Duarte-Diez marriage. Some biographers of the family say that it does not figure in the history of the family, because no official, civil or ecclesiastical document has been found to confirm their passage through this world. His birth certificate, his baptismal certificate, and his death certificate have not been found.
The most accepted hypothesis so far is that Sandalia was stolen as a baby by some North American filibusters. This abduction was interpreted as an action against his brother Juan Pablo Duarte so that this one desistiese of its liberal aims.
The theory is maintained that he may have died in Santo Domingo before his father tested, since Juan José Duarte does not mention his deceased children at that time either.
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