José María QuesadaMunicipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2009. (ca. 1778 – ca. 1858) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 October 1848"Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p.277. to 31 December 1848."Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p.277.
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.Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. pp. 344-346, 348.
Merchant business In 1826,Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia. San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto. 2015. p. 295. Quesada and his two sons formed a business corporation in Ponce and established it as a financial services company focused on money lending.Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. pp. 344-346. 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.Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 101.
See also
List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
References
Notes
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.)