Cornelio Casablanca

Cornelio Casablanca (1861–1945) was an Argentine financier and politician,[1] who had an active community work in the city of Rosario where he took part in the founding of various health centers.[2] He was a political ally of Lisandro de la Torre, with whom he ran in the elections to governor of Santa Fe Province in 1911.[3]

Cornelio Casablanca
Personal details
Born
Cornelio Casablanca y Liendo

September 16, 1861
San Nicolás, Argentina
DiedApril 11, 1945
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyUnión Cívica
Liga del Sur
Spouse(s)María Elena Canavery
Occupationmanager
politician
Professionfinancier
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He served as manager of various banking entities, including the Banco Español del Río de la Plata[4] and Banco de la Nación Argentina.[5]

Biography

He was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Province of Buenos Aires, the son of Juan Bautista Casablanca and Jesús Liendo, belonging to a family of French and Argentine origin.[6] He carried out his primary studies in the school of Ramallo and the secondary ones in the Colegio de los Padres Salesianos from his hometown.[7]

He began his career in the Directorate of Revenue of Buenos Aires Province in 1880, and two years later he was appointed appraiser in Bahía Blanca. He also served as an employee of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires of that city.[8] Later he worked in the branches of Río Cuarto and Salta of the Banco de la Nación Argentina.[9] He settled definitively in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe in 1900, serving as a bank manager and exercising the presidency in the first National Congress of Commerce of Argentine.[10]

In 1911, he accepted to present itself to the candidacy to the Vicegobernación of Santa Fe Province, offered by the party Liga del Sur.[11] He worked in community tasks, and participated in the foundation of several hospitals and educational centers, including the Hospital Provincial del Centenario[12] and Facultad de Medicina.[13]

Family

Cornelio Casablanca was married on June 25, 1893, to María Elena Canavery, daughter of Adolfo Canavery and Sofía Martínez,[14] belonging to a distinguished family of Irish and Creole roots from Carmen de Areco and San Nicolás de los Arroyos.[15] He and his wife were the parents of numerous children born between 1894 and 1910.[16]

He maintained excellent friendly relations with the British society of Bahia Blanca. In his residence was installed the first English educational establishment of the city known as Colegio Anglo Argentino, directed by the London school teacher, Arturo W. Ogan.[17]

He was also linked to the Argentine aristocracy, member of the Jockey Club of Rosario,[18] and president of the directive committee Rural Society of Santa Fe Province during two periods.[19]

Cornelio Casablanca was a personal friend, relative in law and neighbor of Tomás Onésimo Canavery, parish priest of Ramallo.[20]

References
  1. Arturo Frondizi, historia y problemática de un estadista, Ediciones Depalma, 1986, ISBN 9789504308638
  2. Fray Mocho: semanario festivo, literario, artístico y de actualidades, Números 71-79, Fray Mocho., 1913, 1913
  3. Congreso Nacional de Historia Argentina, Comisión Post Congreso Nacional de Historia Argentina, 1997
  4. Revista, Volume 10, Círculo Médico Argentino y Centro Estudiantes de Medicina, Buenos Aires, 1910
  5. The Argentine Year Book, J. Grant & Son, 1907
  6. Bautismos 1858–1865, Catedral San Nicolás de Bari
  7. Historia de San Nicolás de los Arroyos: Sus prohombres, sus hijos consulares, sus vecinos destracados, José E. de la Torre, 1955
  8. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina, 1887
  9. Historia de San Nicolás de los Arroyos: Sus prohombres, sus hijos consulares, sus vecinos destracados, José E. de la Torre, 1955
  10. Boletín de la Unión Panamericana, Pan American Union, 1911
  11. Lisandro de la Torre y los problemas de su época, Pedro Siegler, 1984, ISBN 9789502500638
  12. Historia de Rosario, Miguel Angel Santiago de Marco, Oscar Luis Ensinck, 1978
  13. Rosario, Fundación Banco de Boston, 1988
  14. Matrimonios 1889–1898, Catedral Todos los Santos
  15. Matrimonios 1866–1874, Catedral San Nicolás de Bari
  16. Historia genealógica de antiguas familias italianas de Rosario, 1870-1900, Sebastián Alonso, María Margarita Guspí Terán, 2005, ISBN 9789870500919
  17. La colectividad británica en Bahía Blanca, Gustavo A. Monacci (Universidad Nacional des Sur)
  18. Obra médica, La Semana médica
  19. Todo es historia, Issues 188–193, Todo es Historia
  20. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province
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