Joseph Zenzano

José Zenzano Ozagre
Notary of Buenos Aires Cabildo
Personal details
Born 1710
Alava, Spain
Died April 28, 1790
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Government
Profession Notary
Religion Catholicism

Joseph Zenzano (c.1710-1790) was a Spanish nobleman, was the Escribano Mayor de Gobierno of Buenos Aires during the viceroyalty of Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo.[1]

Biography

Born in Alava, Zenzano was married to Agripina de Mansilla Ruiz, born in Cádiz, descendant of Gonzalo Fernández de Mansilla born 1432 in Mansilla.[2] Agripina was aunt of the last Regidor Perpetuo of Buenos Aires, don Manuel Mansilla.[3] In 1739 Joseph Zenzano, served as Minister of the Casa de la Contratación, being commissioned to ascertain the alleged excesses occurred at the entrance of the ships to port of Buenos Aires.[4] He served as Royal Notary, public and of government during the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata.[5]

References

  1. El notariado en la colonia y la emancipación: los Rocha, un linaje porteño de fundadores, by Tomás Diego Bernard
  2. Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, by Carlos Calvo
  3. El último regidor perpetuo de Buenos Aires, by José María Sáenz Valiente
  4. Historia general de España y América: los primeros Borbones
  5. Historia de la universidad de Buenos Aires y de su influencia en la cultura Argentina dirigida, Volume 5, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Universidad nacional, Eliseo Cantón, Juan Agustín García
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