Francisco Parra Duperón (1827–1899) born in
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez (, ) is the ninth-largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Virgin of Candelaria, Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also ...
, was a lawyer and banker. He became a lawyer at a young age and moved from Mayagüez to
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
, where he established his law practice.
He was also one of the founders of the
Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, and he was the bank's first president from 1895 until 1896.
[ Teatro La Perla, was built in May 1864 under his initiative and that of Pedro Garriga.
]
Legacy
The city of Ponce honored him by naming part of Puerto Rico Highway 133
Puerto Rico Highway 133 (PR-133) is a major access road in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road is 1.2 miles long and consists of three segments called (moving eastward) "Calle Comercio" (a.k.a. "Calle Francisco Parra Duperón"), "Avenida Cuatro Calles" ...
"Francisco Parra Duperon Street" in his honor.[ There is also a school in Barrio Canas named in his honor.][
]
Personal life
Parra Duperon married Eufemia Capó Ortiz de la Renta Bermudas and they had two children, Pedro Juan Parra Capó and Francisco Parra Capó. Pedro Juan became captain of the Seventh Brigade of the Ponce Municipal Fire Corps in 1899,[Parque de Bombas de Ponce. Main Second Floor Exhibition Hall. Plaza Las Delicias. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2 March 2011.] while Francisco became mayor of the city of Ponce.
Death
Died on September 25, 1899, in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
. He was buried at Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro
The Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro (English: Román Baldorioty de Castro National Pantheon) is a tract of land in Segundo (Ponce), Barrio Segundo of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, originally designed as the city's cemetery, but ...
in Ponce.
See also
* Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
* List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parra Duperon, Francisco
Lawyers from Ponce
People from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Parra
Puerto Rican businesspeople
1827 births
1899 deaths
Burials at Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro
19th-century Puerto Rican people