Records of Hector Castro on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Hector Castro in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hector Castro and the Castro Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Castro Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Castro family tree.

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Some Famous People called Hector Castro

Hector de Castro

Hector de Castro(1849 – January 30, 1909) was an Ottoman born American businessman and diplomat.

Born in Constantinople, de Castro was educated in Paris and Vienna. He emigrating to the United States and was naturalized in 1885. He became Vice President of the American Cable Company. Resigned from American Cable Company in 1890 to accept position as Secretary of the Intercontinental Railroad Commission In 1890, de Castro married Grace Aldrich of New York. The couple had no children.

In 1897, de Castro was appointed United States General Consul in Rome. Mrs. de Castro died in January 1908 and de Castro transferred to the General Consul position in Zurich in June the same year.

De Castro died from nephritis on January 30, 1909. He was buried in Rome.

Source: Hector de Castro, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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