Felipe Amoedo

Felipe Amoedo (1828  – 1900) was an Argentine politician, who served as juez de paz, president of the municipality,[1] and intendant of Quilmes (Buenos Aires Province).[2]

Doctor

Felipe Amoedo Canaveri
1st Intendente Municipal of Quilmes
In office
1886–1887
Succeeded byEduardo Casares
Intendente Municipal of Quilmes
In office
1897–1898
Preceded byJoaquín Ramón Amoedo
Succeeded byOlegario Ponce de León
Personal details
BornMay 1, 1828
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedJan 6, 1900
Remedios de Escalada, Argentina
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery
Political partyNational Autonomist Party
Spouse(s)Eduarda Dupuy y Morel
Occupationpolitician
Professionapothecary
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Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires, the eighth child of Hilario Amoedo and Juana Josefa Canaveris, belonging to a distinguished Patrician family. He did his secondary studies in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, and tertiary at the University of Buenos Aires, where obtained his degree in pharmacy in 1856.[3]

He owned several pharmacies in the city, one of them located on the Calle del Buen Orden, No. 536, in Monserrat neighborhood.[4] In 1874, he settled in the town of Quilmes, where he occupied different political positions of the local municipality.[5] He was elected president of the municipal council in 1876, 1877 and 1886, being chosen that same year to occupy the first position of Intendant..[6] He returned to the post of Mayor of Quilmes in 1897, succeeding his nephew Joaquín Amoedo, who held the post of Mayor of Quilmes at various times.[7]

Family

Felipe Amoedo Canaveri was married to Eduarda Dupuy Morel, daughter of José María Dupuy and Indalecia Morel, sister of painter Carlos Morel.[8] He and his wife were the parents of several children including, Felipe Amoedo Dupuy, husband of Amalia Florencia Vilaró. His granddaughters Amalia Felisa and María Petrona Amoedo were married to José Terry Quirno and Mario Canavery Flores, belonging to the families of José Antonio Terry[9] and Héctor Canavery.[10]

His entire paternal family including his grandfather Cecilio Amoedo, born in Galicia and his siblings were linked to the beginnings of medicine in the Río de la Plata. His maternal grandfather Juan Canaveris, an Piedmontese colonial official of French or Irish ancestry, was one of those who attended the Cabildo Abierto during the May Revolution. This man had been the owner of some lands located in the town of Quilmes during the colonial period.[11]

His father in law José Dupuy was killed by the Sociedad Popular Restauradora in 1842. He was descended of Luis Dupuy Ezquerra, born in Hèches, France, and settled in Buenos Aires in 1750.[12]

References
  1. El Fuerte 25 [i.e. veinticinco] de Mayo en Cruz de Guerra. Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province). Archivo Histórico.
  2. El índice cronológico de la historia de Quilmes del Dr: José A Craviotto, ampliado hasta 1916. José Alcides Craviotto. OCLC 657054690.
  3. Historia general de la medicina argentina, Volumen 1. Dirección General de Publicaciones. 1976.
  4. Diccionario de Buenos Aires, ó sea guia de forasteros. Buenos Aires. 1864.
  5. Quilmes de antaño, Volume 1. Talleres Gráficos "América". 1939.
  6. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Provincia. 1886.
  7. Síntesis histórica de Quilmes 1856-1966. Manuel Ales. 1979.
  8. Mar del Plata, ciudad de América para la humanidad: reseña histórica. Roberto T. Barili.
  9. Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Volumes 5-6, Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, 1985
  10. Mar del Plata, ciudad de América para la humanidad: reseña histórica. Municipalidad de General Pueyrredón. 1964.
  11. Historia de Quilmes desde sus orígenes hasta 1941. José Alcides Craviotto.
  12. Boletín interno, Issues 9-50. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
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