Re: Last name Cantu started in Italy.
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My great great grandpa came from Linares Nvo Leon.
Silverio Cantu was his name. He was nicknamed Sam by the gringos with whom he worked with in Wyoming because they could not pronounce his name correctly.
Silverio Cantu was his name. He was nicknamed Sam by the gringos with whom he worked with in Wyoming because they could not pronounce his name correctly.
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My grandparents were from Monterey NL Mexico my father is the fist born Rogelio Cantu Cantu born in 1933 in a el Rancho las laugunitas known as Cantu , my grandfather name was Damian Cantu from Monterey nl mexico he married Guadalupe Cantu she was prima hermana daughter of my grandfather brother, they eloped at the age 15 , my grand father name is Christoval Cantu a very wealthy man he a brother Benito and other brothers and sisters , he had also sons and daughters from different women my father had told me he would travel on for his business and would have relationships with women and they would bore kids , I was never told who was my relatives because my great grandfather had dis owned him for my grandfather because he had married his prima hermana , my father has 2 brothers there in Monterey they’re name is Raul Cantu and Roel Cantu , these are a list of my father brothers and sisters , ,,,,,My father Rogelio first born , Ramona , Rebeca ,chala ,Rosa Roberto (chachó) Rubén , Raúl ,Roel , my grandfather had green/blueish eyes , light skin they are all light skin my father had greenish/ blueish eyes known as hazel / I’ve been searching for family relatives I have Facebook my name is Jorge Luis Cantu Garza born in Cadereyta nl Mexico , raised in USA , California madera, and moved to Washington near othello,, anybody please let me know if u know my family members or u can always be friends on Facebook, I’ve have friended some cantu but we still need more info , thank you
Im from cadereyta and im Cantu Garza