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Juan De Dios Conde
Juan de Dios Conde was mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1836 and again in 1839. Biography Conde was born in Guayana, Venezuela, around 1786. He was an hacienda owner. Around 1787, he married Felicita Alcoser, and had six children who were all born in Ponce: Juan Elias (ca. 1818), Vicente (ca. 1820), Felicita (ca. 1822), Emilia (ca. 1824), Andres (ca. 1827) and Fernando (ca. 1829). As an hacienda owner, Conde ran the ''Hacienda San Isidro'' in 1844. In the 1850s, he was also editor of '' El Ponceño'' newspaper. First mayoral term (1836) Conde finished off mayor Antonio Albizu's 1936 mayoral term. The first permanent ayuntamiento was established in Ponce while Conde was mayoring the city, by the Provincial Governor Miguel de la Torre. The new ayuntamiento did not meet in a public building, as it is the case now (2019), but instead met at the house of a prominent local citizen, Domingo Arévalo. Working alongside Conde were Antonio Albizu and Juan Rondón, both of whom pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Albizu
Antonio Albizu (ca. 1776 – ca. 1856) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1836 to sometime later in 1836, when Juan de Dios Conde took over the mayoral administration. Background Antonio Albizu came to Puerto Rico from Venezuela around 1821 and settled in Ponce. He became a landowner and hacendado and owned hacienda Rita. Mayoral term In 1836 Antonio Albizu was part of a novel establishment in Ponce: a new, permanent ayuntamiento. While Juan de Dios Conde was mayor, Antonio Albizu, together with Juan Rondón performed as ''"teniente alcalde"''. Also working closely with Albizu were Juan Pablo Aponte (''Regidor , regidor decano'', known today as president of the municipal council), and six council members: Valentin Tricoche, Geronimo Rabassa, Pablo Manfredi, Jose Ortiz de la Renta, Fernando Matute, and Luis Font. Additional personnel at the ''ayuntamiento'' were Luciano Ortiz de la Renta, ''Ombudsman, procurador del común'' (a sort of townspeople representative), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |