Cándido Gándara González, Board Member of the Sandiás Agrarian Society
Cándido Gándara González (Sandiás – As Maus, 1936) was a councillor in 1931 and board member of the Sandiás Agrarian Society; he was arrested in August 1936 and murdered on the 10th together with Cándido Fernández García.
- Residence
- Piñeira de Arcos (Sandiás)
- Death
- 10 August 1936, As Maus (Vilar de Barrio)
- Office
- councillor-elect in 1931 and board member of the Sandiás Agrarian Society
- Burial
- churchyard of San Pedro de Maus
Cándido Gándara González was born in Sandiás and died on 10 August 1936 at As Maus (Vilar de Barrio). A resident of Piñeira de Arcos, he was elected councillor on 12 April 1931 (he did not take up the post), then served on the municipal caretaker committee until the elections of 31 May that year, and was a board member of the Sandiás Agrarian Society; its assemblies were held in front of his house [1][2].
Arrest and death
He was arrested on 1 August 1936 and taken to the Falange barracks in Xinzo. In the early hours of the 10th he was found murdered, together with Cándido Fernández García, behind the wall of a field at As Maus. He was buried in the churchyard of San Pedro de Maus and entered in the Vilar de Barrio Civil Registry as «unknown»; his daughter identified him on 20 August 1940 [2].
The family’s account
His great-grandson told Cerredelo that Cándido belonged to the Sandiás Agrarian Societies, «a communist, but he went to Mass every day», that he was warned that they were coming for him and that he could flee to Portugal, but his wife said he was needed at home; he supposedly received a bad report from a priest [2].
The record in the Nomes e Voces database reads: native and resident of Sandiás, killed on 10 August 1936 by a shot to the head on the road from As Maus to Os Milagres [3].
Frequently asked questions
When and where did he die? In the early hours of 10 August 1936, at As Maus (Vilar de Barrio) [1][2].
Links
Sources
- «Cándido Gándara González», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cándido_Gándara_González
- Edelmiro Martínez Cerredelo, «9 de agosto de 1936. Os asasinatos do concelleiro Cándido Fernández García e o agrario Cándido Gándara González de Sandiás», Historia de Xinzo, 09-08-2017. https://historiadexinzo.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/9-de-agosto-de-1936-os-asasinatos-do-concelleiro-candido-fernandez-garcia-e-o-agrario-candido-gandara-gonzalez-de-sandias/
- Cándido Gándara González (Nomes e Voces, University of Santiago). http://vitimas.nomesevoces.net/gl/ficha/10969/
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