Anselmo Fidelio Muñiz Romero

Paternal great-grandfather of Miguel (gen-3). Born Puerto Plata, DR, 1893; died Puerto Plata 1954.

Parentage (per S-004 GEDCOM, unverified)

• Father: Salvador Muñiz Castillo — no further info; primary anchor for the Muñiz patrilineal back-chain. Likely Cuban or Spanish-Cuban origin per surname and the Cuban tie via the maternal line.
• Mother: Elodia Romero Correa ("Yoya"), born Camagüey, Cuba — direct Cuban-side ancestor. Camagüey origin should appear on Anselmo Fidelio's acta de nacimiento (1893 Puerto Plata) as madre's birthplace.

Marriages (per S-004 GEDCOM)

Five recorded unions; chronology and legal status not yet established:

• Rufina Pérez
• Inés Polanco
• Nieves Sierra
• María Agramonte
• Justa Arias Arias — mother of Anselmo Muñiz Arias (Miguel's grandfather) and several other Muñiz Arias children. See Justa Arias Arias.

Multiple unions across decades raise the question of whether these were formal marriages (DR divorce legal only after 1937) or successive consensual / common-law relationships — common pattern for the period.

Children of record (per S-004)

From Pérez line: José N. Muñiz Pérez. Mother-unattributed in GEDCOM: Matilde, Francisco, Isabel, Aurora Muñiz. From Justa Arias Arias: Isidoro (1927 Gaspar Hernández), Anselmo (1928 Gaspar Hernández — Miguel's grandfather), Miguel Ángel (1930), Elsa Altagracia (1930 Gaspar Hernández – 2001 Santo Domingo), Edelmira "Mima" (1934 Gaspar Hernández), Elodia "Yoya", César Rafael (d. 1961 New York).

Open questions

1. Verify acta de nacimiento Puerto Plata 1893 — confirms parents Salvador Muñiz Castillo + Elodia Romero Correa.
2. Mother Elodia Romero Correa Cuban origin — primary anchor for the Cuba-leg of the paternal line. Camagüey civil registers post-1885 may have her acta.
3. Cuba → DR migration of Salvador and/or Elodia — context of Anselmo Fidelio's birth in Puerto Plata 1893. Spanish colonial passenger lists (AGI Seville) or Cuban departure records.
4. Chronology of the five unions — order, legal status, surviving spouses.
5. Sibling sweep of unknown-mother Muñiz children (Matilde, Francisco, Isabel, Aurora) — which mother, when.

Sources

• S-004 — Ancestry GEDCOM (working tree, not citable per-fact)