Family of Jose Dolores Perez-Gomez

Family Group No.13

HUSBAND: Jose Dolores Perez-Gomez

Born: 1861, Bayamo, Santiago,Cuba

Died: 15 Oct 1931, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Buried:Central City cemetery, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Father: Santiago Perez

Born: Bayamo, Santiago, Cuba

Mother: Maria Antonia Gomez-Baez

Born: Dominican Republic

MILITARY SERVICE: Captain and aide to Generalisimo
Gomez-Baez,Cuban Revolution

OCCUPATION: Railroadman,Planter, Cattleman,
Businessman and mayor of the city of San Pedro Sula

MARRIAGE: San Pedro Sula, Honduras

WIFE: Paulina Follin

Born: 1864, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Died: 5 Mar 1936, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Buried: Central City cemetery, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Father: Charles R. Follin

Born: 1836, Honduras

Mother: Maria Tomasa Bardales

Born: Honduras

CHILDREN:

1. Carlos Perez, b. Honduras

2. Alonso Perez, b. Honduras

3. Lisandro Perez, b.Honduras;d . 1945, New Orleans, LA.

4. Zoila America Perez, b. 26 May 1890, Honduras

5. Marie Antionette Perez, b. 1 Feb 1892,Honduras ;married John Allen Coleman.

6. Leonela Perez, b. Honduras

7. Josefa Dolores Perez, b.25 Apr 1897, Honduras; married Jose Maria Zepeda

8. Maria Angelina Perez, b. 24 Dec 1903, Honduras; married _____? Jeffre.

9.Celia Regina Perez, b. 26 Mar 1907, Honduras; married Robert Wilson Bonner.

Jose D. Perez-Gomez

Patriot, Railroadman, Promotor, Agriculturist And Senator

Biography from "Honduras," an English-Spanish trade magazine published in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, written in 1930.

Nephew of the famous generalissimo and "Grand Old Man" of Cuba, Maximo Gomez,the subject of this biography Jose Perez Gomez came to Honduras in the year 1881, on a visit with his uncle Maximo to stir up propaganda in favor of the Cuban Revolution. After exerting his every effort in favor of his native country he finally decided to settle in Honduras to which end he married the charming Miss Paulina Follin from which union were born nine children, as follows: Carlos, Alonso, Francisco, Lisandro, Antonia (now married to Mr. John Coleman), Leonela, Dolores (today the beautiful wife of Mr. Jose Maria Zepeda), Zoila, Angelina, and Celia. During the early years of his residence in this country, he was in the employof the railroad, later on he decided to strike out for himself in agriculture,(bananas cultivation and cattle breeding), and today he is the proud owner of one of the finest mixed ranches in the country. Still later on we find him branching out as theatre proprieter having built and is now operating the theatre "Variedades" in the city of San Pedro Sula. In the year 1894, in San Pedro Sula, the Masonic Lodge Eureka No. 5 was founded, and of which Mr. Perez Gomez has several times been Venerable Master,and as a matter of fact he is today the only survivor of the original charter members or founders. In the year 1889, he had the honor to be elected municipal mayor of the city of San Pedro Sula, serving a full term of four years. In Mr. Perez Gomez one finds an energetic worker, a man of strong initiative and brilliant ideas, a man who has proven a success entirely due to his own personal efforts and attention to business.