Del Junco

del Junco is a Spanish surname meaning “from the reeds”. The most notable family with this name is the Rodrigo del Junco family which originally came from Asturias, Spain. In the 16th century they immigrated to St. Augustine, Florida and then in the mid 17th century to Matanzas, Cuba. Their home in Matanzas was the Palacio de Junco and is now a museum. They also owned the Palmar de Junco where in 1874, the first game of baseball was played in Cuba. The Matanzas del Junco family have a large crypt in the Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo.

Some notable descendants of Rodrigo del Junco are

• Carlos del Junco, is a renowned Cuban-Canadian harmonica musician.
• Mauricio J. Tamargo, lawyer and 14th Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
• Pedro Junco was a famous Cuban composer.
• Tirso del Junco-Mesa surgeon and U.S. Republican leader in California.
• Tirso del Junco-Bobadilla, is a renowned Cuban-American surgeon.
• Max Borges-del Junco, architect
• Max Borges-Recio, architect

General references

• Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985) ISBN 0-89729-380-0 (in Spanish)

Particular Reference to

Alonso del Portillo-del Junco

• Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0) (in Spanish)
• Origenes - Compendio Historico Genealogico del Linea Zayas Descendencia del Infante Don Jaime de Aragon (Zayas Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9672876-0-X) (in Spanish)

Alonso del Portillo-Marcano

• Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0)
• Directorio Social de la Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia S.A.) (in Spanish)
• Origenes - Compendio Historico Genealogico del Linea Zayas Descendencia del Infante Don Jaime de Aragon (Zayas Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9672876-0-X) (in Spanish)

Alonso J. del Portillo-Tamargo

• Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0) (in Spanish)
• Origenes - Compendio Historico Genealogico del Linea Zayas Descendencia del Infante Don Jaime de Aragon (Zayas Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9672876-0-X) (in Spanish)
• Directorio Social de la Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia S.A.) (in Spanish)
• http://www.alpha66.org/ (in Spanish)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070610233626/http://www.miami-dadeclerk.com/public-records/searchresult2.asp?page=1

Alonso R. del Portillo

• Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick (2000; Henry Holt & Co.)
• Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0) (in Spanish)
• Origenes - Compendio Historico Genealogico del Linea Zayas Descendencia del Infante Don Jaime de Aragon (Zayas Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9672876-0-X) (in Spanish)
• The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company Inc, 2004) MCNH-W54-4-4.OVA, page 74
• The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994), page 254
• Belen Jesuit Prep Echoes Vol. XVI, 1978, Taylor Publishing Company, page 208
• Belen Jesuit Prep Echoes Vol. XV, 1977, page 174
• The Miami Herald - March 5, 1990 - LOCAL
• The Miami Herald - January 7, 2000 - DIVORCES