Joseph de Toro
Joseph de Toro was mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, starting in 1710.[1]
Joseph de Toro | |
|---|---|
| 4th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1710–? | |
| Preceded by | Aurelio Juan Ramírez de Arellano |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Ortíz de la Renta |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Teniente a guerra |
| Profession | Military |
Background
De Toro was capitán de granaderos (herdsmen captain), a governmental position, during the 1812 mayoral administration of Jose Ortiz de la Renta.[2]
Mayoral term
Eduardo Neumann Gandia states that Joseph de Toro was mayor of Ponce starting in 1710. It is not known with certainty, however, when De Toro ended his mayoral term. However, it is likely he was still the mayor of Ponce three years later when Puerto Rico governor Francisco Danío Granados ordered, in 1713, that together with those of Coamo, Guaynabo, Caguas, Loiza and Santurce, the hato and estancia owners in the Ponce were to contribute a tax for the reconstruction of the San Antonio bridge in San Juan.[3]
References
- Ponce. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1913. San Juan, PR: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1987. pp. 47-48.
- Aida R. Caro Costas. El Cabildo o Regimen Municipal Puertorriqueño el el Siglo XVIII: La Gestión Municipal Puertorriqueña. (Tomo II). San Juan, PR: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1974. p. 116.
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