The Lopez Comas Family of Bayamo Cuba Ties to The Laramendi Brothers

Via our famous cousin John O'Donnell Rosales aka Piqui, maternal grandson of Tio Leo.

The amazing story of the adventurous Laramendi brothers and their ties to the Lopez Comas family of Bayamo Cuba.

"I submitted a new article for my newspaper column "Rosales' History of the South" which is on the Laramendi brothers (one of which was the father of "Mamacita", who were Confederate Officers on the Blockade Runner "San Quintin" and goes back to our ancestor Maria "La Ciboney" and Guiseppi Battista.

The Laramendi brothers of Oriente Province, Cuba ran the Union blockade from Cuba into the ports of New Orleans, Mobile, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as in Florida at different times during the war.

They had a small sloop named the San Quintin. They were never captured and both are buried in Cuba. Their surname has also been found as Larramendi.

Jose Comas Laramendi (Father of  our beloved "Mamacita"  Rosa Comas Batista) was the Captain of the blockade runner San Quintin.

He married Paulina Rosa Batista ( Mamacita's Mother born 1865, died November 3, 1943). She is buried in Cauto, Oriente Province, Cuba.

She was the daughter of Guiseppi Battista, of Florence, Italy and Luz Barra or Barras, of Cuba, daughter of Maria “La Ciboney” Barra or Barras.

Luz Barra was one of the few remaining descendants of the Native Cuban Taino, Ciboney Indians.

Jose Comas Laramendi was the son of Jose Comas and Teresa Laramendi. He is said to be buried in Jabaco, Oriente Province, Cuba.

The family of Guiseppi Battista adopted the Spanish spelling of Batista, with one T..

Manuel "Manolito" Laramendi was the brother of Jose Comas Batistsa and served as his 1st Lt on the blockade runner San Quintin. He married Alta Gracia (no surname found).

He is buried in Oriente Province, Cuba.