Los Saint-Hilaire: De Francia a la Línea Noroeste [Spanish]

By Leonardo Diaz Jaquez

English/Spanish introduction: This is a book of the genealogy of the surname Saint-Hilaire in Dominican Republic. The author goes back to a very remote past to trace the surname Saint-Hilaire and transports us to recognize its origin in exquisite places of France. From its geographical location, it evokes characters from history, especially French, who held the surname Saint-Hilaire and traces a brief biographical profile of the Saint-Hilaire, figures of the Catholic Church from whose worship came the patronymic, at the time that offers data on the homonymous village and it recreates, with the proper documental basis, the origin of the surname on Dominican soil. Interesting is its conclusion that the surname Saint-Hilaire on the island of Santo Domingo not back to Leclerc expedition in 1802, but is very previous to that fact. To support his thesis, the author rummaged in the literature about the traumatic episode of the Basel Treaty, under which Spain ceded to France the eastern part of La Espa ola island, checking in addition material on the revolution of the slaves in Saint Domingue in 1791, the first Haitian invasions in 1801 and 1805 and its consequences; the period of the Boba Spain and the occupation of the island by the Haitians. Under cover of this historical context, came a remarkable mobilization of families towards the eastern part of the island, giving rise to a new social, political and economic scheme in what years later would be the Dominican Republic. Este es un libro de genealog a del apellido Saint-Hilaire en Rep blica Dominicana. El autor se remonta a un pasado muy remoto para rastrear el apellido Saint-Hilaire y nos transporta a reconocer su origen en lugares exquisitos de Francia. A partir de su localizaci n geogr fica, evoca a personajes de la historia, especialmente francesa, que ostentaron el apellido Saint-Hilaire y traza un breve perfil biogr fico de los San Hilario, figuras de la Iglesia Cat lica de cuyas veneraciones surgi el patron mico, al tiempo que nos ofrece datos sobre el pueblo hom nimo y recrea, con la debida base documental, el origen del apellido en suelo dominicano. Interesante es su conclusi n de que el apellido Saint-Hilaire en la isla de Santo Domingo no se remonta a la expedici n de Leclerc en 1802, sino que es muy anterior a ese hecho. Para fundamentar su tesis, el autor hurg en toda la bibliograf a existente sobre el traum tico episodio del Tratado de Basilea, en virtud del cual Espa a cedi a Francia la parte oriental de la misma, revisando adem s material sobre la revoluci n de los esclavos en Saint Domingue de 1791, las primeras invasiones haitianas de 1801 y 1805 y sus consecuencias; el per odo de la Espa a Boba y la ocupaci n de toda la isla por parte de los haitianos. Al amparo de este marco hist rico, se produjo una notable movilizaci n de familias hacia la parte este de la isla, lo que origin un nuevo esquema social, pol tico y econ mico en lo que a os despu s ser a la Rep blica Dominicana.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 1499372523
• ISBN13: 9781499372526
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"