Ernest Rouquaud
| Ernest Rouquaud Keenton | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 24, 1822 Lot-et-Garonne, France |
| Died |
May 10, 1907 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality |
 French |
| Occupation | Manufacturer |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Ernest Rouquaud (1822-1907) was a French trader and colonizer of Patagonia.[1]
Biography
Ernesto Rouquaud had reached the Río de la Plata in 1841, during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[2] During his early years in Argentina, Rouquaud had an industrial establishment in the suburb of La Boca where processed livestock products.[3]
In 1872, the President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento granted to Ernest Rouquaud, a concession in Santa Cruz. Rouquaud aspired to colonize and exploit marine resources of the South Argentine.[4] On January 22, 1872 sailed from Buenos Aires the boat "Roebuck", of nine hundred tons, the first settler group, led by his eldest son, also named Ernest.[5] In Patagonian territory, The Rouquaud family, planned to install a fishery industry, plus two establishments for the manufacture of oil and the import.[6]
Ernest Rouquaud endured tremendous hardship his son Pablo, died drowned in Santa Cruz River. Time after, his wife María Perichon, dies after suffering an illness.[7]
References
- ↑ Serie C: Biografías navales argentinas, Volumes 9-11. Argentina. Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales.
- ↑ Santa Cruz y Magallanes: historia socioeconómica de los territorios de la Patagonia, Austral, Argentina y Chile. Rosario Güenaga.
- ↑ La masonería en la ocupación del desierto. Alcibíades Lappas.
- ↑ El Plan Evangelizador de Don Bosco Según"Las Memorias de Las Misiones de la Patagonia, Desde el Año 1887 a 1917" Del R.P. Bernardo Vacchina, SDB. Marcos Gabriel Vanzini.
- ↑ Piedra Buena: Su Tierra Y Su Tiempo. Arnoldo Canclini.
- ↑ Versiones de la Patagonia, 1520-1900. Emecé Editores, Jan 1, 2003.
- ↑ Ciento cincuenta y cinco años de la pesca en el mar argentino (1821-1976). Raúl Ricardo Fermepin, Juan Pedro Villemur.