Eduardo Casey (April 20, 1847 – July 23, 1906), was an Argentine landowner of Irish descent.[1] In 1880 he purchased 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2) of land in Santa Fe Province and founded there the present-day city of Venado Tuerto, named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the founding and funding of the Argentine town of Pigüé, Saavedra in 1884.[2]
Eduardo Casey | |
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| Born | 1847 Lobos, Buenos Aires, |
| Died | 1906 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Landowner entrepreneur |
He was born in Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires, the son of Lawrence Casey, born in Westmeath, and Mary O'Neill, of Wicklow.[3] He was married to María Inés Gahan, daughter of John Gahan and Mary Devitt, belonging to a family of Irish Catholics.[4]
References
edit- ^ Diario de sesiones, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)., 1891
- ^ Congreso de Historia de los Pueblos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1974
- ^ Irlandeses, Eduardo Casey, vida y obra, Roberto E. Landaburu, 1995, ISBN 9789879562406
- ^ Los irlandeses en la Argentina, Eduardo A. Coghlan, 1987, ISBN 9789504316855
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