TR U F F I N 



REGIS DU REPAIRE DE TRUFFIN 



Business man; club man. 



Regis du Repaire de Truffin, gener- 

 ally called in Cuba Regino Truffin, was 

 born in the Province of Santa Clara, Cuba, 

 in the year 1857. He was educated in 

 Paris in the Colegio de "Sainte Barbe" 

 obtaining the degree of Bachelor. He re- 

 tained the citizenship of his father who 

 was French. 



At the close of his course of study in 

 France he returned to Cuba where, under 

 the firm name R. Truffin & Cia, he devoted 

 himself to business enterprises, especially to 

 the export of molasses and crude sugars. 

 This business was transferred after twenty- 

 two years to the "Cuba Distilling Co." 

 He built up also the large sugar plantations 

 "Mercedes" and "San Juan Bautista." 



During an interim in his business ac- 



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