José María Cabral y Báez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabral and the second or maternal family name is Báez.

José María Cabral y Báez (1864–1937) was a lawyer, businessman, and politician from the Dominican Republic. He served as the President of Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic in 1901.^[1]

Early life and family

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Cabral y Báez was born to President Marcos Antonio Cabral and Altagracia Amelia Báez (daughter of President Buenaventura Báez); he had 7 siblings, among them, Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez. On 17 November 1897, he married María Petronila Bermúdez y Rochet, daughter of Erasmo Bermúdez Jiménez, the founder of Bermúdez rum company; they had 6 children: Amelia María (1899–1996), Auristela (1901–1988), José María (1902–1984), Marco Antonio (1906–1973), Josefina Eugenia (1910–1994), and Pedro Pablo Cabral Bermúdez (1916–1988). He also begat 3 children with Estela Navarro: Mairení, José and Raúl Cabral Navarro; with Rafaela Meyreles he sired 2 children: Rafael and Enrique Meyreles.^[2]

Ancestors of José María Cabral y Báez

16. Marcos Cabral Valera (†1838)
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

8. Juan Marcos Cabral y Aybar (1792–1853)
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

17. María Aybar de Luna
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

4. Melchor María Cabral y Luna (1815–?)
Baní, Colony of Santo Domingo

18. Blas de Luna Aybar
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

9. María Ramona de Luna y Andújar (1787–1877)
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

19. María Francisca de Andújar Santana
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

2. Marcos Ezequiel Antonio Cabral y Figueredo (1842-1903)
Baní, Ozama Department, Haiti

20. Domingo Figueredo Pérez (†1809)
Bánica, Colony of Santo Domingo

10. Gervasio Figueredo Lamsar
Bánica, Colony of Santo Domingo

21. Margarita Lamsar Montás
Cap-Français, Colony of Saint Domingue

5. Águeda Figueredo Rivera (1821–1877)

22. Fernando Rivera Andújar
Bánica, Colony of Santo Domingo

11. Micaela Rivera Figueredo
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

23. Juliana Figueredo Pérez (†1817)
Bánica, Colony of Santo Domingo

1. José María Cabral y Báez (1864–1937)
Baní, Dominican Republic

24. Antonio Sánchez de Valverde y Díaz de Ocaña (ca. 1730–ca. 1790)
Bayaguana, Colony of Santo Domingo

12. Pablo Altagracia Báez (†1840)
Azua, Colony of Santo Domingo

25. Mrs. Filpo
Spain

6. Ramón Buenaventura Báez Méndez (1812–1884)
Cabral, Colony of Santo Domingo

13. Teresa de Jesús Méndez (ca. 1788–?)
Cabral, Colony of Santo Domingo

3. Altagracia Amelia Báez Andújar (†1879)

28. Juan Evangelista de Andújar y Valera
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

14. Juan Pablo Andújar de Soto (1776–1847)
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

29. María Francisca de Soto Franco
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

7. María Fermina Andújar Soto-Franco
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

30. Manuel de Soto Franco
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

15. María Francisca de Soto Fernández
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

31. Antonia Fernández Molina
Hincha, Colony of Santo Domingo

Career

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In 1886, he founded in Santiago the law firm J. M. Cabral y Báez. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1908 to November 1911, during the last half of Ramón Cáceres’s presidential term, and minister during the short presidency of Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal in 1916, before the American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24).^[3]

References

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^ Checo, José Chez; Sang, Mu-Kien Adriana. "Historia de la Cámara de Diputados - TOMO I. 1844-1978" (PDF). www.camaradediputados.gob.do. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
^ Rosario, Esteban (1997). La oligarquía de Santiago (in Spanish). Editora Central.
^ Salmador, Víctor. José Francisco Peña Gómez: sus orígens, su biografía, su personalidad, su pensamiento (in Spanish). Gráficas.

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