Census and Padrones
About Censuses and Padrones
An alternative to censuses are “padrones”, which are countings of the neighbors or inhabitants of a town.
The Cuban Census information published by the US does not contain the names of the enumerated individuals. Some do, however, contain listings of the employees that took part in the Census. These listings may be useful since they provide the employees’ full names and positions in the organization, and also the names of the municipalities and barrios where they were assigned, if enumerators or instructors.
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These items are available on the Census/Padrones for Members Only Page in our Members Area. A membership login is required to access those files.
IMPORTANT: Please contact, and credit, the CGC prior to using any part of this collection by sending an email to secretary@cubangenclub.org.
Cuban Padrones (1786)
PREMIUM CONTENT
These padrones were acquired from PARES (Portal of Spanish Archives)
Source: Archivo General de Indias, CUBA1407
153 Images representing the following towns/cities
Arroyos de Arenas – 4 May 1786 – 1 image
Bahia Honda – 12 May 1786 – 13 images
Buenaventura – 5 Dec 1786 – 8 images
Cano – 6 Mar 1786 – 2 images
Canoa – 20 May 1786 – 3 images
Gibacoa – 6 Mar 1786 – 18 images
Gibacoa – 18 May 1786 – 4 images
Govea – 22 May 1786 – 4 images
Guacamaro – 8 May 1786 – 1 image
Guadalupe – 20 Jun 1786 – 15 images
Guanajay – 20 Jun 1786 – 4 images
Guatao – 19 May 1786 – 3 images
Horcon – 18 May 1786 – 5 images
Jesus, Maria y Josef – 19 May 1786 – 21 images
Jubajay – 18 May 1786 – 5 images
Luyano – 20 Apr 1786 – 2 images
Managua – 20 Mar 1786 – 3 images
Marianao – 13 Apr 1786 – 2 images
Naranjal – 11 May 1786 – 4 images
Potosi – 29 Mar 1786 – 1 images
Prensa – 15 Apr 1786 – 5 images
Rio Blanco – 16 May 1786 – 7 images
San Lazaro – 19 Apr 1786 – 5 images
Santa Ana – 16 May 1786 – 2 images
Santa Ana – 7 Mar 1786 – 2 images
San Luis de la Seiba – 26 May 1786 – 4 images
San Miguel 3 May 1786 – 1 image
San Pedro – 16 May 1786 – 2 images
Santa Cruz de los Pinos – 30 Apr 1786 – 2 images
S. Calvario – 26 Apr 1786 – 4 images
Ysla de Pino – 23 Sep 1786 – 1 image
Bayamo - 1684
This 1684 “Padrón” of Bayamo was donated by CGC President Mariela Fernandez from her personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Mariela for her generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
Source: Levi Marrero Collection, Florida International University
Los Caneyes, Santiago de Cuba - 1586
This 1586 “Padrón” of Los Caneyes in Santiago de Cuba was donated by CGC member Juan Tamayo from his personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Juan for his generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
Source: Levi Marrero Collection, Florida International University
El Caney - 1775
This 1775 “Padrón” of El Caney was transcribed by CGC member Juan Tamayo from his personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Juan for his generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
NOTE: There is a column labeled “Image” on the transcription. This refers to the files Juan was working on. Due to publication limitations were are not permitted to publish the images Juan used for this transcription. Also, Juan notes there is at least 1 page missing from this document.
Make sure to also check our “El Caney” Document Collection
El Caney - 1778
This 1778 “Padrón” of El Caney was transcribed by CGC member Juan Tamayo from his personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Juan for his generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
Make sure to also check our “El Caney” Document Collection
El Caney - 1837
This 1837 “Padrón” of El Caney was transcribed by CGC member Juan Tamayo from his personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Juan for his generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
This file is from the Archivos de Indias in Spain-ULTRAMAR,1647,Exp.31
Make sure to also check our “El Caney” Document Collection
Padrones de Santiago de Cuba
The information found in these spreadsheets was transcribed by CGC members Dr. Raul Olazabal and Juan Tamayo from their personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Raul and Juan for their many months of hard work and their generosity in sharing it with the CGC.
Padrón del Partido de Pinar del Rio - 1786
This 1786 “Padrón” of Pinar del Rio was donated by CGC Director, Martha Ibañez Zervoudakis from her personal research files.
Source: Levi Marrero Collection, Florida International University
Index - Matricula de San Luis de los Pinos, Pinar del Rio - 1848
This 1848 “Matricula” of Pinar del Rio was donated by CGC Director, Martha Ibañez Zervoudakis from her personal research files.
Source: Peter E. Carr – Revista, (Quarterly of the Cuban Genealogical Society) Vol. 4, no. 3, July 1991.
Padrones
These files were transcribed from files found in various Spanish Archives in Spain. A description of the file in PARES (Portal de Archivos Españoles) is included in the downloadable PDF.
Please see our PARES Section for further information on PARES.
The definitions listed are for the purposes of our transcribed files only and not meant to be the only definition of the word.
CUBA 548*
Families of “La Florida” (1763-1764) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1078*
Padrón Parroquial de Trinidad – 1766 – Sherry Johnson Collection Page
Padrón de Trinidad – 1767 – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1090*
Padrón – Ceiba Mocha (Nueva Florida) (1766)
CUBA 1096*
Padrón – Guines (1767) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1165*
Familias de San Juan de Jaruco (1773) – Sherry Johnson Collection
Calles de La Habana (Dueños de casas) (24 Jul 1774) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1196*
Habitantes de San Antonio y Govea (1772) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1201*
Partido de El Calvario (ink bleethrough) (1774) – Sherry Johnson Collection
Individuos del Partido de Santiago (1775) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1272*
Padrón – Managua (1777)
Padrón – Puerto Principe (1778)
CUBA 1317*
Varias listas Jurisdicción de Pinar del Río (1782) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1470*
Padrón – Aguacate (12 Dec 1792)
Vecinos del Partido de la Prensa (1794) – Sherry Johnson Collection
CUBA 1472*
Extranjeros en Nuestra Señora de Regla (16 Nov 1795)
Lista de Vecinos – San Luis de Seiba (1794)
Padrón – Rio Blanco (19 Nov 1790)
CUBA 1687*
Padrón Regla- Poblacion General (1786) – Sherry Johnson Collection
SD 497*
Padrón – Holguin (1735)
Padrón – Holguin (1735) – Levi Marrero Papers
SD 150*
Padrón de Casas y Vecinos de Santiago de Cuba (1604)
SD 385 *
These 2 padrones are courtesy of Juan Tamayo
- Población del pueblo Santiago del Prado, el Cobre (1739) – Part 1
- Población del pueblo Santiago del Prado, el Cobre (1739) – Part 2
*Source: The Alpha/Numeric Codes are files that are found in PARES. The legend is: C-Cuba; U – Ultramar; SD-Santo Domingo
- Arrendatario – Someone who yields or acquires for a price the use or temporary use of things, works or services.
- Buque – Covered ship that was adapted for navigating and used by marine companies.
- Caballería – Land that was distributed to the men who had contributed to the conquest or the colonization of a territory.
- Corral – A plot of land that is utilized as an orchard or for raising young animals.
- Cuje (Cuge) – Strong sticks, about 12 feet long, where the tobacco leaves were placed. The leaves were placed, two by two, tied at the top with the veins upwards. There should have been no more that 150 leaves per stick so that the tabacco leaf would not be squeezed or damaged and its quality compromised.
- Dueño – Man who has domain or dominion on someone or something.
- Hacienda – Agricultural farm
- Hato – A group or collection of large or small livestock.
Manojo – A bundle - Padrón – A counting of the neighbors or inhabitants of a town.
- Tazmía – An estimate of a crop’s harvest.
- Vega – Land used for the production of tobacco.
Memorias - Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais (Cuba)
Memorias – Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais (Cuba) – Cuba Real Junta de Fomento de Agricultura y Comercio was a serial publication published by Imprenta del Gobierno y Capitanía General por S.M.
Source: Google books
Census of Slaves (1857-1858)
These books and documents are part of the Levi Marrero Collection in the Special Collections Department at Florida International University’s Green Library. Although it is called a “census of slaves”, it is actually a census of slave owners for the years 1857-1858.
See our Collections Section for more information on the Levi Marrero Collection at FIU.
The documents below are also found in PARES ( Portal de Archivos Españoles) in the following files:
ULTRAMAR,3550,Exp.4 and ULTRAMAR,3550,Exp.5
- Arroyo Naranjo
- Calvario
- Casa Blanca
- Guanabacoa
- Guanabo
- Guara
- Jaruco
- La Habana – District 1
- La Habana – District 2
- La Habana – District 3
- La Habana – District 4
- La Habana – District 5
- Pepe Antonio
- Puentes Grandes
- Quemados
- Regla
- San Antonio (1)
- San Antonio (2)
- Santiago (Habana) – Bauta
- Santiago (Habana) – Cano
- Santiago (Habana) – Cabecera y Cuarterones
- Santiago (Habana) – Wajay
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Ciego de Avila
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Iguará
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Jatibonico
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Jíbaro
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Morón
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Neyba
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Nuevitas
- Capitanía Pedanea de Banao – Tuinucú
- Sagua la Grande
- Sagua la Grande – Alvarez
- Sagua la Grande – Amaro
- Sagua la Grande – Calabazal
- Sagua la Grande – Quemado de Güines
- Sagua la Grande – Rancho Veloz
- Sagua la Grande – Santo Domingo
- Sancti Spiritus
- Sancti Spiritus – Esclavos rurales
- Sancti Spiritus – Esclavos urbanos
- Remedios
- Villa Clara
- Villa Clara – Baez
- Villa Clara – La Esperanza
- Villa Clara – Malezas
- Villa Clara – Manicaragua
- Villa Clara – Niguas
- Villa Clara – San Juan
- Villa Clara – Seibabo
- Cabaniguán
- Cabaniguán (Transcription of names*)
- Guantánamo
- Guantánamo (Transcription of names*)
- Jiguaní
- Jiguaní (Transcription of names*)
- Las Tunas
- Yarigua
* Our thanks to Juan Tamayo for transcribing these files.
Census of Slave Owners - Dec. 1857
Transcriptions – Downloadable PDFs
These files were transcribed by CGC member Antolin Garcia Carbonell from his personal research files. Our deepest appreciation to Antolin for his generosity in sharing these with the CGC.
1899 Census
By direction of the President, William McKinley, a census of the population, of the agricultural products, and of the educational conditions of Cuba shall be taken on the 16th day of October and completed by or before the 30th day of November 1899. The enumeration of the population required by this order shall commence on the 16th day of October 1899, and be taken as of that date.
Director’s Office
Lieut. Col. J. P. Sanger, Inspector-General
Mr. Victor H. Olmsted is appointed Assistant Director of the Census
Supervisors of the Census (Citizens of Cuba)
1. Pedro N. Pequeño, province of Pinar del Rio.
2. Manuel Rasco, province of Habana.
3. Prof. Claudio Dumas, province of Matanzas.
4. Juan Bautista Jiménez, province of Santa Clara.
5. Agustín H. Agüero, province of Puerto
6. Sabás Meneses, province of Santiago
The book, Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899, includes photographs of the Supervisors of the Cuban Census as well as Supervisors and Enumerators of the provinces of Habana, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Puerto Principe, Santa Clara, and Santiago de Cuba. There are also photos of the women enumerators of the City of Habana, the City of Matanzas, and the City of Cardenas.
Source: Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899 – Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900.
Enumerators of Pinar del Rio Province – 163 names
Enumerators of Habana Province – 367 names
Enumerators of Matanzas Province – 245 names
Enumerators of Santa Clara Province – 375 names
Enumerators of Puerto Principe Province – 150 names
Enumerators of the Province of Santiago de Cuba – 335 names
1907 Census
Director’s Office
Lieut. Col. J. P. Sanger, Inspector-General
Mr. Victor H. Olmsted, Assistant Director of the Census
Jose de J. Monteagudo – Inspection Chief
Supervisors of the Census
1. Pedro N. Pequeño, Pinar del Rio.
2. P. Mendoza Guerra, Habana.
3. Claudio Dumas, Matanzas.
4. A.M. Jemenez, Santa Clara.
5. R. Zayas-Bazan, Camagüey
6. Sabás Meneses, Oriente
The book, Censo de la Republica de Cuba Bajo la Administracion Provisional de los Estados Unidos – 1907, does not list the names of the enumerators. There are group photos of the enumerators, by province, although no names are listed.
Source: Censo de la Republica de Cuba Bajo la Administracion Provisional de los Estados Unidos – 1907 – Oficino del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Washington:1908.
1919 Census
A census shall be taken on the 15th day of September 1919.
Angel C Betancourt y Miranda
Tomas Bordenave y Bordenave
Major Harold E Stephenson
Dr. Jose I Travieso, President
Dr. Octavio Averhoff, Secretary
Eng. Francisco Gaston, Member of the Board
Dr. Carlos Elcid y Balmaseda, Chief of Inspectors
Jose Perez Arocha, Pinar del Rio
Dr. Lorenzo Ponce, Havana
Eduardo Escoto, Matanzas
Dr. Carlos Trujillo, Santa Clara
Narciso Monreal, Camaguey
Ricardo Navarro, Oriente
The book, Census of the Republic of Cuba – 1919, lists the names of the enumerators and their districts as well as staff working for the General Director’s office.
Employees of the Office of the General Director – 731 names
Enumerators of Pinar del Rio Province – 319 names
Enumerators of Habana Province – 760 names
Enumerators of Matanzas Province – 361 names
Enumerators of Santa Clara Province -649 names
Enumerators of Camagüey Province – 261 names
Enumerators of Oriente Province – 820 names