While researching Family records the other day I stumbled into the marriage record of Elias Penha (Lopez-Penha) and Natalia Quesada, August 1rst. 1877, in the City of Santiago, Dominican Republic...officiated by a Catholic Priest, and dispensed under disparity of cult. …”Don Elias Penha, from Curacao and of Israelite Religion, Legitimate Child of Haim Lopez-Penha and Raquel Maduro (deceased) with Natalia Quesada, Legitimate Child of Miguel Santos and Maria A. Llaverias (deceased)...” Many other Dutch families settled and assimilated into the Dominican Society...