Antonio Modesto was born on September 8, 1823 in Trinidad, Cuba. He was the son of Jose Antonio Iznaga - Borrell and Maria Francisca del Valle - Castillo, and was baptized on December 28, 1823 at Parraquial Mayor de Trinidad, Cuba.
He was educated in the United States and circa 1847 permanently immigrated and became a U.S. Naturalized Citizen on January 29, 1849. Like all the Iznagas that immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. during this time period, Antonio officially changed the spelling of his father's surname from "Iznaga" to "Yznaga." He also continued to use his mother's maiden name of "del Valle"... representing himself thereafter as "Yznaga del Valle" or sometimes simply as "Yznaga." On August 4, 1849, Antonio Modesto married Ellen Maria Clement in Providence, Rhode Island. They resided in New York but would make occasional trips to Ellen's Ravenswood plantation in Louisiana.
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEAD. He Came from Louisiana to Attend the Roda de Barrios Wedding. Antonio Yznaga, who came from his Louisiana plantation to witness the marriage of Mme. de Barrios to Senor de Roda, died at 11 o'clock to-day in his apartment in the the Lenox at Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue. Mr. Yznaga's brother and family were with him when he died, besides Mrs. Yznaga and her son Ferdinand."
The Evening Edition World, New York - Friday, May 6, 1892
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEL VALLE
Antonio Yznaga del Valle died in his apartment at the Lenox, Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from kidney disease and malaria, after an illness of ten days. He suffered from a severe attack of a similar nature about eighteen months ago. Fernando Yznaga, his son; Jose del Valle, his nephew, and Mrs. Jose del Valle were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Yznaga was born in Cuba, September 8, 1823. He was descended from an old Castilian family that went to Cuba many generations ago, and his father, a wealthy sugar planter, sent him to this city to be educated, and after passing several years in the schools here he returned to Cuba. In 1847, his uncle, Antonio Modesto del Valle one of the wealthiest sugar planters in Cuba, established him as a sugar commission merchant at No. 60 Beaver street, under the firm name of Yznaga del Valle & Co. He continued in business until 1878, when he retired, his estates in Porto Rico, Cuba and Louisiana requiring his attention. He married Ellen Clement, only daughter of Dr. Clement, of Baltimore. The children are Fernando Yznaga, a member of the firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 15 Wall street, who married, first, Virginia Smith, sister of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and afterward Miss Mabel Wright; Consuelo, whose marriage in 1876 to Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of Manchester, was a notable event in society; Natividad, who was married to Sir John Lister Kaye in 1882, and Emily, who is unmarried and is visiting her sister, the Duchess of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga went to England last fall and three weeks ago returned to New Orleans from Cuba. Mrs. Yznaga, who is an invalid, was unable to continue the journey to this city, and is still in New Orleans." Obituary - New York Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1892
"YZNAGA DEL VALLE - In this city, Friday morning, May 6, Antonio Yznaga del Valle, in the 69th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, 23d St., between 6th and 7th Avs. at 10 o clock A.M. on Monday, May 9. Interment at convenience of the family." NY Times - May 8, 1892- Obituary
YZNAGA PLACE, BRONX, NY
Essex County
Named after Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle who brought cotton from Louisiana to the textile manufacturers along the Bronx River.
YZNAGA AVENUE, NEWPORT, RI.
"This ambitious italianate timber-framed Villa was built for Cuban planter Antonio Yznaga y del Valle from Louisiana, in whose honor the small private street off the east side of Bellevue Avenue was named.. ." Lost Newport by Paul Miller. Page 85.
Burial:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Orange
New Jersey, USA
He was educated in the United States and circa 1847 permanently immigrated and became a U.S. Naturalized Citizen on January 29, 1849. Like all the Iznagas that immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. during this time period, Antonio officially changed the spelling of his father's surname from "Iznaga" to "Yznaga." He also continued to use his mother's maiden name of "del Valle"... representing himself thereafter as "Yznaga del Valle" or sometimes simply as "Yznaga." On August 4, 1849, Antonio Modesto married Ellen Maria Clement in Providence, Rhode Island. They resided in New York but would make occasional trips to Ellen's Ravenswood plantation in Louisiana.
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEAD. He Came from Louisiana to Attend the Roda de Barrios Wedding. Antonio Yznaga, who came from his Louisiana plantation to witness the marriage of Mme. de Barrios to Senor de Roda, died at 11 o'clock to-day in his apartment in the the Lenox at Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue. Mr. Yznaga's brother and family were with him when he died, besides Mrs. Yznaga and her son Ferdinand."
The Evening Edition World, New York - Friday, May 6, 1892
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEL VALLE
Antonio Yznaga del Valle died in his apartment at the Lenox, Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from kidney disease and malaria, after an illness of ten days. He suffered from a severe attack of a similar nature about eighteen months ago. Fernando Yznaga, his son; Jose del Valle, his nephew, and Mrs. Jose del Valle were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Yznaga was born in Cuba, September 8, 1823. He was descended from an old Castilian family that went to Cuba many generations ago, and his father, a wealthy sugar planter, sent him to this city to be educated, and after passing several years in the schools here he returned to Cuba. In 1847, his uncle, Antonio Modesto del Valle one of the wealthiest sugar planters in Cuba, established him as a sugar commission merchant at No. 60 Beaver street, under the firm name of Yznaga del Valle & Co. He continued in business until 1878, when he retired, his estates in Porto Rico, Cuba and Louisiana requiring his attention. He married Ellen Clement, only daughter of Dr. Clement, of Baltimore. The children are Fernando Yznaga, a member of the firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 15 Wall street, who married, first, Virginia Smith, sister of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and afterward Miss Mabel Wright; Consuelo, whose marriage in 1876 to Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of Manchester, was a notable event in society; Natividad, who was married to Sir John Lister Kaye in 1882, and Emily, who is unmarried and is visiting her sister, the Duchess of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga went to England last fall and three weeks ago returned to New Orleans from Cuba. Mrs. Yznaga, who is an invalid, was unable to continue the journey to this city, and is still in New Orleans." Obituary - New York Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1892
"YZNAGA DEL VALLE - In this city, Friday morning, May 6, Antonio Yznaga del Valle, in the 69th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, 23d St., between 6th and 7th Avs. at 10 o clock A.M. on Monday, May 9. Interment at convenience of the family." NY Times - May 8, 1892- Obituary
YZNAGA PLACE, BRONX, NY
Essex County
Named after Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle who brought cotton from Louisiana to the textile manufacturers along the Bronx River.
YZNAGA AVENUE, NEWPORT, RI.
"This ambitious italianate timber-framed Villa was built for Cuban planter Antonio Yznaga y del Valle from Louisiana, in whose honor the small private street off the east side of Bellevue Avenue was named.. ." Lost Newport by Paul Miller. Page 85.
Burial:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Orange
New Jersey, USA
Antonio Modesto was born on September 8, 1823 in Trinidad, Cuba. He was the son of Jose Antonio Iznaga - Borrell and Maria Francisca del Valle - Castillo, and was baptized on December 28, 1823 at Parraquial Mayor de Trinidad, Cuba.
He was educated in the United States and circa 1847 permanently immigrated and became a U.S. Naturalized Citizen on January 29, 1849. Like all the Iznagas that immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. during this time period, Antonio officially changed the spelling of his father's surname from "Iznaga" to "Yznaga." He also continued to use his mother's maiden name of "del Valle"... representing himself thereafter as "Yznaga del Valle" or sometimes simply as "Yznaga." On August 4, 1849, Antonio Modesto married Ellen Maria Clement in Providence, Rhode Island. They resided in New York but would make occasional trips to Ellen's Ravenswood plantation in Louisiana.
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEAD. He Came from Louisiana to Attend the Roda de Barrios Wedding. Antonio Yznaga, who came from his Louisiana plantation to witness the marriage of Mme. de Barrios to Senor de Roda, died at 11 o'clock to-day in his apartment in the the Lenox at Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue. Mr. Yznaga's brother and family were with him when he died, besides Mrs. Yznaga and her son Ferdinand."
The Evening Edition World, New York - Friday, May 6, 1892
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEL VALLE
Antonio Yznaga del Valle died in his apartment at the Lenox, Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from kidney disease and malaria, after an illness of ten days. He suffered from a severe attack of a similar nature about eighteen months ago. Fernando Yznaga, his son; Jose del Valle, his nephew, and Mrs. Jose del Valle were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Yznaga was born in Cuba, September 8, 1823. He was descended from an old Castilian family that went to Cuba many generations ago, and his father, a wealthy sugar planter, sent him to this city to be educated, and after passing several years in the schools here he returned to Cuba. In 1847, his uncle, Antonio Modesto del Valle one of the wealthiest sugar planters in Cuba, established him as a sugar commission merchant at No. 60 Beaver street, under the firm name of Yznaga del Valle & Co. He continued in business until 1878, when he retired, his estates in Porto Rico, Cuba and Louisiana requiring his attention. He married Ellen Clement, only daughter of Dr. Clement, of Baltimore. The children are Fernando Yznaga, a member of the firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 15 Wall street, who married, first, Virginia Smith, sister of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and afterward Miss Mabel Wright; Consuelo, whose marriage in 1876 to Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of Manchester, was a notable event in society; Natividad, who was married to Sir John Lister Kaye in 1882, and Emily, who is unmarried and is visiting her sister, the Duchess of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga went to England last fall and three weeks ago returned to New Orleans from Cuba. Mrs. Yznaga, who is an invalid, was unable to continue the journey to this city, and is still in New Orleans." Obituary - New York Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1892
"YZNAGA DEL VALLE - In this city, Friday morning, May 6, Antonio Yznaga del Valle, in the 69th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, 23d St., between 6th and 7th Avs. at 10 o clock A.M. on Monday, May 9. Interment at convenience of the family." NY Times - May 8, 1892- Obituary
YZNAGA PLACE, BRONX, NY
Essex County
Named after Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle who brought cotton from Louisiana to the textile manufacturers along the Bronx River.
YZNAGA AVENUE, NEWPORT, RI.
"This ambitious italianate timber-framed Villa was built for Cuban planter Antonio Yznaga y del Valle from Louisiana, in whose honor the small private street off the east side of Bellevue Avenue was named.. ." Lost Newport by Paul Miller. Page 85.
Burial:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Orange
New Jersey, USA
He was educated in the United States and circa 1847 permanently immigrated and became a U.S. Naturalized Citizen on January 29, 1849. Like all the Iznagas that immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. during this time period, Antonio officially changed the spelling of his father's surname from "Iznaga" to "Yznaga." He also continued to use his mother's maiden name of "del Valle"... representing himself thereafter as "Yznaga del Valle" or sometimes simply as "Yznaga." On August 4, 1849, Antonio Modesto married Ellen Maria Clement in Providence, Rhode Island. They resided in New York but would make occasional trips to Ellen's Ravenswood plantation in Louisiana.
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEAD. He Came from Louisiana to Attend the Roda de Barrios Wedding. Antonio Yznaga, who came from his Louisiana plantation to witness the marriage of Mme. de Barrios to Senor de Roda, died at 11 o'clock to-day in his apartment in the the Lenox at Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue. Mr. Yznaga's brother and family were with him when he died, besides Mrs. Yznaga and her son Ferdinand."
The Evening Edition World, New York - Friday, May 6, 1892
"ANTONIO YZNAGA DEL VALLE
Antonio Yznaga del Valle died in his apartment at the Lenox, Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from kidney disease and malaria, after an illness of ten days. He suffered from a severe attack of a similar nature about eighteen months ago. Fernando Yznaga, his son; Jose del Valle, his nephew, and Mrs. Jose del Valle were at his bedside when he died. Mr. Yznaga was born in Cuba, September 8, 1823. He was descended from an old Castilian family that went to Cuba many generations ago, and his father, a wealthy sugar planter, sent him to this city to be educated, and after passing several years in the schools here he returned to Cuba. In 1847, his uncle, Antonio Modesto del Valle one of the wealthiest sugar planters in Cuba, established him as a sugar commission merchant at No. 60 Beaver street, under the firm name of Yznaga del Valle & Co. He continued in business until 1878, when he retired, his estates in Porto Rico, Cuba and Louisiana requiring his attention. He married Ellen Clement, only daughter of Dr. Clement, of Baltimore. The children are Fernando Yznaga, a member of the firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 15 Wall street, who married, first, Virginia Smith, sister of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and afterward Miss Mabel Wright; Consuelo, whose marriage in 1876 to Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of Manchester, was a notable event in society; Natividad, who was married to Sir John Lister Kaye in 1882, and Emily, who is unmarried and is visiting her sister, the Duchess of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga went to England last fall and three weeks ago returned to New Orleans from Cuba. Mrs. Yznaga, who is an invalid, was unable to continue the journey to this city, and is still in New Orleans." Obituary - New York Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1892
"YZNAGA DEL VALLE - In this city, Friday morning, May 6, Antonio Yznaga del Valle, in the 69th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, 23d St., between 6th and 7th Avs. at 10 o clock A.M. on Monday, May 9. Interment at convenience of the family." NY Times - May 8, 1892- Obituary
YZNAGA PLACE, BRONX, NY
Essex County
Named after Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle who brought cotton from Louisiana to the textile manufacturers along the Bronx River.
YZNAGA AVENUE, NEWPORT, RI.
"This ambitious italianate timber-framed Villa was built for Cuban planter Antonio Yznaga y del Valle from Louisiana, in whose honor the small private street off the east side of Bellevue Avenue was named.. ." Lost Newport by Paul Miller. Page 85.
Burial:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Orange
New Jersey, USA
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