José María Quesada

José María Quesada[8] (ca. 1778 – ca. 1858) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 October 1848[9] to 31 December 1848.[10]

José María Quesada
46th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office 1 October 1848 – 31 December 1848[1]
Preceded by	Juan Lacot
Succeeded by	Juan Prats
Personal details
Born	ca. 1778 Spain[2][lower-alpha 1]
Died	ca. 1858
Spouse(s)	Maria del Rosario Perez
Children	José María,[3] Eustaquio,[4] Eustaquia[5]
Occupation	Merchant[6] and Hacendado[7]

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.[11]

Merchant business

In 1826,[12] Quesada and his two male children formed a business corporation in Ponce and established it as a financial services company focused on money lending.[13] 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.[14]

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans
• List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico

References

1. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.277.
2. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 344. ISBN 9781617900563
3. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. pp. 115, 196, 199, 214. ISBN 9781617900563
4. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 344. ISBN 9781617900563
5. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 348. ISBN 9781617900563
6. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 101. ISBN 9781617900563
7. Francisco Antonio Scarano. Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico: the municipality of Ponce, 1815-1849. Appendix A: "On the National Origin of the Hacendados." p. 446. Ph.D. Thesis. Columbia University. 1978. Citing, Archivo General de Puerto Rico (AGPR), Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico [formerly, Record Group # 186 at the National Archives, Washington, D.C.], Political and Civil Affairs, entry 9, box 14, "Lista...de los vecinos blancos...")
8. Municipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Retrieved 9 July 2009.
9. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p.277.
10. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p.277.
11. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. pp. 344-346, 348. ISBN 9781617900563
12. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia. San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto. 2015. p. 295.ISBN 9781617900563
13. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. pp. 344-346. ISBN 9781617900563
14. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 101. ISBN 9781617900563

Notes

1. Citing Archivo General de Puerto Rico (AGPR, Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico [formerly, Record Group # 186 at the National Archives, Washington, D.C.], Political and Civil Affairs, entry 9, box 14, "Lista...de los vecinos blancos..."), Francisco Antonio Scarano states José María Quesada was of Venezuelan nationality. (See Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico: the municipality of Ponce, 1815-1849. Appendix A: "On the National Origin of the Hacendados." page 446. Ph. D. Thesis. Columbia University. 1978. See also Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico: The plantation economy of Ponce, 1810-1830. Appendix A: "National Origins of the Ponce Hacendados." Table A-1: Hacendados in 1827. pp 174-175. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1984. ISBN 0299095800.)

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.)