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Juan Lacot
Juan Lacot Feliú was Mayor of the city of Ponce from 1 September 1848 to 30 September 1849. Biography Lacot Feliú was born in Catalunya, Spain, ca. 1816. He was a businessman in Barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he also resided. Mayoral term During the pandemic of 1855 in Puerto Rico, Lacot lent one of his homes in Barrio Playa for the lodging of residents infected with the cholera bacterium. Juan Lacot was mayor of Ponce when the town received its charter as a ''villa'' by the Spanish Crown on 29 July 1848. Family life His wife was Matilde Martinez Caraballo and they had three children: Elisa, Juan, and Jose.Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. ''A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX.'' First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Pages 133. References See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Romero (mayor)
Francisco Romero (ca. 1790 – ca. 1870) was an interim Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1847 and again in 1866. Background Francisco Romero came to Puerto Rico from Venezuela around 1821 and settled in Ponce, where he was a landowner. In 1836, Romero had been one of a team of three assistants to Barrio Playa mayor, Sargent Rafael Muñoz, before becoming mayor of Ponce some 10 years later. First mayoral term (1847) Romero was mayor of Ponce starting on 1 July 1847, and ended his mayoral term around 31 August 1847 when Juan Lacot took over. Second mayoral term (1866) Romero was interim corregidor mayor of Ponce starting on 1 September 1866 and ending sometime around 31 October 1866Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.276. when another interim corregidor mayor, Carlos Cabrera y Martínez, took over. References Notes See also * List of Puerto Ricans *List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico This is a list of mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Quesada
José María Quesada (ca. 1778 – ca. 1858) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 October 1848 to 31 December 1848. Background Quesada was a Spaniard who migrated to Puerto Rico from Venezuela in 1819, establishing himself in Ponce. His wife was Maria del Rosario Perez, and they had three children, Jose Maria (Jr.), Eustaquio and Eustaquia. Merchant business In 1826, Quesada and his two male children formed a business corporation in Ponce and established it as a financial services company focused on money lending. On 27 February 1820 there was a fire in Ponce that destroyed almost the entire city. Over one hundred of the best residences in the city were destroyed and most of the businesses, and two-thirds of the townspeople were left homeless. Among the business losses were Jose Maria Quesada's.Ivette Perez Vega. ''Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830).'' San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 101. See also * List of Puerto Ricans * List of mayors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalunya, Spain
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Other theories suggest: *''Catalunya'' derives from the term "land of castles", having evolved from the term ''castlà'' or ''castlan'', the medieval term for a castellan (a ruler of a castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
