Marriage and Migration: Trials of a Jewish Immigrant in Cuba

Marco Bonomo

1913

December 6, 1913, Havana

To his Eminence Monsieur Haim Nahum, Chief Rabbi of Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Constantinople [Istanbul].

Monsieur Rabbi,

I have the honor of bringing the following facts to your attention.

Five years ago I was married in Constantinople to Bella Adjiman of your city, of the Daǧ Hamamı quarter. From this marriage we have a son…

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Marco Bonomo

b. Late 19th Century

Little is known about Marco Bonomo, an Ottoman Jew who migrated to Cuba before 1907. In 1908, he went back to Istanbul to marry, then returned to Cuba with his new wife. A few years later, his wife and son moved to Morocco and then France, to his chagrin. Bonomo must have received a French education at some point in his life, as he wrote letters in that language. His occupation in Cuba is unknown.

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