▁emer ging ▁" burg ues ía ▁agr aria ", ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁local ▁hid al go ▁families ▁which ▁grew ▁into ▁major ▁propriet ors ▁as ▁du que ▁de ▁Os una ▁was ▁s elling ▁out ▁his ▁est ates . ▁Though ▁not ▁compar able ▁to ▁grand ▁And alus ian ▁land hold ers , ▁they ▁soon ▁assumed ▁a ▁leading ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁agricult ural ▁regime . ▁ ▁The ▁oldest ▁son ▁of ▁Juan ▁and ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁Rafael , ▁José ▁Dí ez ▁de ▁la ▁Cort ina ▁C err ato ▁( d ied ▁ 1 8 7 4 ), ▁owned ▁some ▁ 4 0 0 ▁ha ▁and ▁r ented ▁further ▁ 7 0 0 ▁ha , ▁which ▁rendered ▁him ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁largest ▁arr end at ario ▁in ▁March ena . ▁At ▁un spec ified ▁time ▁he ▁married ▁El ena ▁O la eta ▁Bou y on , ▁a ▁native ▁of ▁San ▁Fernando ; ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁sources ▁consult ed ▁provides ▁any ▁information ▁on ▁her ▁parent age , ▁though ▁she ▁was ▁probably ▁desc endant ▁to ▁two ▁very ▁distinguished ▁C ád iz ▁families ▁of ▁n avy ▁command ers ▁and ▁public ▁servants ; ▁both ▁the ▁O la et as ▁and ▁the ▁Bou y ons ▁made ▁their ▁names ▁in ▁Spain ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁World . ▁José ▁and ▁El ena ▁had ▁three ▁children , ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁sons , ▁born ▁between ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 5 9 ; ▁Rafael ▁was ▁the ▁young est ▁one . ▁ ▁Nothing ▁certain ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁Rafael ' s ▁education .