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
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and owned
hacienda
An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or ''finca''), similar to a Roman ''latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards), ...
Rita.
Mayoral term
In 1836 Antonio Albizu was part of a novel establishment in Ponce: a new, permanent
ayuntamiento. While
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 ...
was mayor, Antonio Albizu, together with
Juan Rondón
Juan Rondón Martínez (c. 1790 – c. 1843) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1843.
Municipal works
Rondón Martinez is best known for having inaugurated, in 1843, Ponce's old cemetery (Viejo Cementerio de Ponce) on Calle Simon de la To ...
performed as ''"teniente alcalde"''. Also working closely with Albizu were Juan Pablo Aponte (''
regidor decano'', known today as president of the municipal council), and six council members:
Valentin Tricoche
Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule, terco". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Latin America ...
, Geronimo Rabassa,
Pablo Manfredi
Pablo Manfredi (c. 1800 – c. 1860) was one of five interim mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during the period of 14 February 1854 to 24 July 1854. The other four interim mayors during that six-month period were Julio Duboc, Escolástico Fuentes ...
,
Jose Ortiz de la Renta
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods.
*Jose ben Abin
*Jose ben Akabya
* Jose the Galil ...
, Fernando Matute, and Luis Font. Additional personnel at the ''ayuntamiento'' were Luciano Ortiz de la Renta, ''
procurador del común'' (a sort of townspeople representative), and Javier de Solis (Council clerk). The ayuntamiento did not meet in a public building during these early beginnings, but was organized under Puerto Rico governor
Miguel de la Torre
Miguel de la Torre y Pando, conde de Torrepando (13 December 1786, in Bernales – 1843, in Madrid) was a Spanish General, Governor and Captain General, who served in Spain, Venezuela, Colombia and Puerto Rico during the Spanish American wars ...
to meet at the house of a notable local citizen,
Domingo Arévalo.
[Eduardo Neumann Gandía. ''Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 50-51.]
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
*
List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
References
Further reading
* Ramon Marin. ''Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce.'' Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1770s births
1850s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth uncertain
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