Dionisio Trillo

He was born in Montevideo (Uruguay), the son of Ramón Trillo and Josefa de Alfao, belonging to distinguished families of Cartagena and Barcelona.[3] He began his military career, as a member of the Federal armies of Juan Manuel de Rosas, serving as Lieutenant in the Escuadrón de Dragones Orientales N.° 1.[4] He was wounded and then detained during a confrontation between Unitarians and Federals, returning after his release to the city of Montevideo.[5]

After being promoted to Colonel, Trillo served as Commander of the military detachments of the Uruguayan litoral Río Negro, Uruguay River[6] and in Salto, under the command of Diego Lamas.[7] In Salto he also served as Chief of Police,[8] to later serve as Military Commander of the city of Mercedes, during the presidency of Bernardo Berro.[9]

In 1857, for an initiative of Colonel Trillo, was carried the Salto Company of River Steam Boat (in Spanish, Compañía Salteña de Navegación a Vapor de Salto), a shipping company of British capitals. The company commissioned for the construction of two steamboat, named Montevideo and Salto to the English shipyards T. & J. Thompson.[10]

In 1852, Dionisio Trillo was married in the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen to Carmen Aguiar, daughter of Juan Bernardo Aguiar y Fernandez and Francisca Tejedor Tena, belonging to a distinguished Uruguayan family of Galician and Catalan roots.[11] He and his wife were the parents of Enriqueta Trillo Aguiar, wife of Isabelino Canaveris, a military man, who had had an active participation in the Uruguayan civil conflicts.[12]

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