Background
He was the son of Jose de Jesus Rodriguez-Ferrer and Maria Andrea Gonzalez-Ramos (1874–1949).
He was the son of Jose de Jesus Rodriguez-Ferrer and Maria Andrea Gonzalez-Ramos (1874–1949).
On July 4, 1913 he married Isolina Caridad Fontanills-de Ugarte (1882–1966) one of the first females to have graduated from a Cuban school in nursing
One great-grandson, Alfonso Fraga-Gomez, married the daughter of Raúl Castro and another great-grandson, Alonso R. del Portillo, worked for eight years for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Rodriguez-Gonzalez played numerous musical instruments and played in various bands and orchestras during his long career. He also composed many pieces of music, such as Aurora and Por Quebec Te Fuiste.
His family at one point owed what is now known as Reparto de Miraflores Viejo (neighborhood of Old Miraflores)and he lived his entire life at Calle Primera #40, esquina J, in Miraflores (original house torn down in 1950s).
He died of cancer in 1965.