Francisco Diaz-Silveira Lopez (October 4, 1908 in

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– April 1996 in

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), was a prominent ''Abogado-Notario'' (Attorney-Notary) in Havana, Cuba from the 1930s. until the

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of 1959. He was the son of

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and Dolores Lopez. He was married to Ana Gloria Tamargo-Sanchez (May 5, 1910 – May 1996)(they divorced and neither ever remarried) and they had three children, Ana Gloria, Jorge, and Francisco Diaz-Silveira Tamargo.

References

* ''Nueva Historia de la Republica de Cuba 1898-1979'', Herminio Portell-Vila (Miami, Florida: La Moderna Poesia, Inc., 1996) * ''Anuario Social de La Habana 1939'', Julio de Cespedes & Miguel Baguer, editors (Havana, Cuba: Luz-Hilo, S.A., 1939) * ''Directorio Social de la Habana 1948'', Maria R. de Fontanills & Eduardo Fontanills Jr., editors (Havana, Cuba: P. Fernandez y Cia., S. en C., 1948) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949'', Joaquin de Posada, Eduardo Cidre & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1949) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950'', Joaquin de Posada, Eduardo Cidre & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1950) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1953'', Joaquin de Posada & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1953) * ''Registro Social de la Habana 1955'', Julio de Cespedes, editor (Havana, Cuba: Molina y Cia., S.A., 1955) * ''Registro Social de la Habana 1958'', Julio de Cespedes, editor (Havana, Cuba: Molina y Cia., S.A., 1958) * ''Anuario de Familias Cubanas 1988'', Joaquin de Posada, editor (Costa Rica: Trejos Hermanos Sucrs., Inc., 1988) Exiles of the Cuban Revolution in the United States Opposition to Fidel Castro 1908 births 1996 deaths Cuban emigrants to the United States 20th-century Cuban lawyers {{Cuba-law-bio-stub