Birth Name: Roberto Cantoral García
Date of Birth: June 7, 1935
Place of Birth: Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Date of Death: August 7, 2010
Place of Death: Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Ethnicity:
* Spanish (Andalusian) (paternal grandfather)
* Chilean (paternal grandmother)
* Mexican (Spanish, possibly other), French (mother)
Roberto Cantoral was a Mexican singer-songwriter. He was the son of Antonio Cantoral Zambueza and Herlinda García Planes. He was the father of actress Itatí Cantoral. He was married to Argentine actress Itatí Zucchi.
Roberto’s paternal grandparents were José Rafael Cantoral and Cecilia “Lilia” Zambueza. José was a Spanish immigrant, from Cádiz. Cecilia was a Chilean immigrant, from Santiago.
Roberto’s maternal grandfather was Manuel García de Alejandro (the son of Candelario García Cabazos and María Virginia de Alejandro de Salazar). Candelario was the son of José Manuel Justo Pastor García González and María Ana “Mariana” Cabazos Zalazar. Virginia was the daughter of Manuel de Alejandro Tames and María de Jesús Salazar Valdés.
Roberto’s maternal grandmother was María Elisa Planes Montalvo (the daughter of Barthélemy Planès, or Bartolomé Planes in Spanish, and Herlinda Montalvo Tijerina). Barthélemy was born in Béziers, Hérault department, France, to Jean Planès, or Juan Planes in Spanish, and Marie-Antoinette (or María Antonia in Spanish) Cabroy. Herlinda was the daughter of Juan Montalvo and María del Pilar Tijerina.
Sources: Birth record of Roberto’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TMV-8Z
Birth record of Roberto’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95PH-9DXB
Birth record of Roberto’s paternal grandmother, María Elisa Planes Montalvo – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5PY-JST & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5PY-NTV
Baptismal record of Roberto’s paternal grandmother, María Elisa Planes Montalvo – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X92D-YV
Marriage records of Roberto’s maternal great-grandparents, Candelario García Cabazos and María Virginia de Alejandro de Salazar – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5T3-32S & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95T3-32T
Marriage records of Roberto’s maternal great-grandparents, Bartolomé Planes Cabroy and Herlinda Montalvo Tijerina – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PVS-VFG, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9557-SMMH & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G557-91X8
Marriage record of Roberto’s paternal great-great-grandparents, José Manuel Justo Pastor García González and María Ana “Mariana” Cabazos Zalazar – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-9R99-LX & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-9R99-FW
Baptismal record of Roberto’s paternal great-great-grandfather, José Manuel Justo Pastor García González – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS29-V65
Baptismal record of Roberto’s paternal great-great-grandmother, María Ana “Mariana” Cabazos Zalazar – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS29-VV7
Marriage record of Roberto’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Manuel de Alejandro Tames and María de Jesús Salazar Valdés – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSGH-S6W