José Ferreras Pagán in his 1902 book Biografía de las Riquezas de Puerto Rico states that in 1902 Hacienda Concepción, located in Fajardo[1] was owned by the estate of Miguel Antonio Veve Feraud (1820-1884) comprised of his widow Luquillo born Maria Diaz Siaca (1819-1903) and the four daughters born of their marriage.  He states that at the beginning of the 19th Century, Hacienda Concepción belonged to a Frenchman, later passing to the ownership of a Monsieur Danoi who installed a blood driven mill and then sold it to three gentlemen by last names Dorvir, Veve and Garcia.  He states that in 1878 its sole owner was Miguel Antonio Veve who owned it until his death.  

The Monsieur Danoi mentioned by Ferreras Pagán was French immigrant Pedro Danois ( -1850). In 1835 the firm Danois & Sons requested permission to bring twenty to twenty five skilled laborers from Saint Thomas to work in several construction projects in its Hacienda Aguas Claras in Ceiba[2].  The gentleman with last name Garcia referred to by Ferreras Pagán as owner of Hacienda Concepción with Veve and Dorvir was Veve’s brother-in-law Federico Garcia Rivera.  Garcia Rivera was married to Carolina Veve Feraud and owned Hacienda Margarita. His daughter Carolina Garcia Veve who was married to Dr. Manuel Santiago Veve Calzada (1851-1927), inherited Hacienda Margarita. Dr. Manuel Santiago Veve Calzada was the son of Miguel Antonio's brother Adolfo Veve Feraud (1822-1885) and Maria del Carmen Calzada Martinez.  

Miguel Antonio Veve was Miguel Antonio Veve Feraud, sometimes spelled Ferraud,. He was born in the French island of Guadeloupe to Jacques Jean Francois “Santiago” Veve Pasquier and Marie Josephine Victoire Feraud Miquel, both born in Toulon, France.  Miguel Antonio was the brother of Adolfo Veve Feraud, owner of Hacienda Monserrate in Rio Grande.  Miguel Antonio emigrated to Puerto Rico and married Maria Vidal (Mariquita) Diaz Siaca (1819-1903) and had four daughters: 

1. Maria Victoria Josefina Veve Diaz (1845-1930) who married Juan Ramón Zalduondo Becerril (1844-1884) and after his death married Dr. Prisco Vizcarrondo Vizcarrondo (1858-1926) and inherited the 854 cuerdas Hacienda Aurora which adjoined Hacienda Concepción to the north. 

2. Celina Veve Diaz (1847-1898) who married Miguel Porrata Doria Santana and preceded her mother in death.

3. Concepcion Veve Diaz (1849-1924) who married José Sastraño Belaval Giménez (1848-1917).

4. Maria Clotilde Veve Diaz (1858- ) who as stated by Ferreras Pagán was the administrator in 1902 of Hacienda Concepción, at that time she was the widow of Juan Vaamonde Lopez (1852-1897).

The Commercial Directory of the American Republics compiled by the Bureau of the American Republics published in 1898, lists Virgilio Mateo as owner of Hacienda Concepcion in Ceiba.  This is the only instance the name Virgilio Mateo is associated with Hacienda Concepción.  It also lists Luis Veve as owner of Hacienda Aurora in Ceiba.  No association has been established of a Luis Veve with Hacienda Aurora in Ceiba or Fajardo.  Ownership of Hacienda Aurora is verified in a case decided by the San Juan District Court on July 14, 1910 and affirmed by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court on March 15,1911.  In that court case, José S. Belaval and Prisco Vizcarrondo, the husbands of Concepcion and Josefina Veve Diaz owners of Hacienda Aurora, demanded advance payment of $10,000 per year from Fajardo Sugar Growers Association who was using lands of Hacienda Aurora without an implied or tacit lease agreement.

The remains of this Ingenio are at the end of Calle Casals, about ¼ of a mile from the fork on PR-3 and Tarawa Dr.  The drone pictures below were taken in 2022 by and provided courtesy of Carlos Alemán.

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[1] The municipality of Ceiba was officially established in 1838 but shortly after the change of sovereignty in 1898 it was annexed to Fajardo.  In 1914 it returned to its independence as a municipality with the same borders and sectors that it previously had

[2] Chinea: Los Immigrantes de las Indias Occidentales en Puerto Rico