Biography
Sicardó Jiménez, José b. April 12, 1877, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican; To Spain 1900; Puerto Rican; Served in the Spanish Army during the Spanish American War and after the war went to Spain with his regiment; Educated in the Spanish Army; Married Mariana Calderada; 3 daughters María Isabel, María del Pilar, María Mercedes; In 1936 he was the Military Commander of Alicante, Rank LTC; Returned to Puerto Rico on May 24, 1939 aboard the Catharina; Returned to Spain in the 1960s; d. 1965, Madrid, Spain.Source: José Alejandro Ortiz Carrión and Teresita Torres Rivera, Voluntarios de la Libertad, Puertorriqueños en Defensa de la República Española 1936-1939.