Ernest Rouquaud

Ernest Rouquaud Keenton
Personal details
Born February 24, 1822
Lot-et-Garonne, France
Died May 10, 1907
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality French
Occupation Manufacturer
Religion Catholicism

Ernest Rouquaud (1822-1907) was a French trader and colonizer of Patagonia.[1]

Biography

Ernesto Rouquaud had reached the Río de la Plata in 1841, during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[2] During his early years in Argentina, Rouquaud had an industrial establishment in the suburb of La Boca where processed livestock products.[3]

In 1872, the President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento granted to Ernest Rouquaud, a concession in Santa Cruz. Rouquaud aspired to colonize and exploit marine resources of the South Argentine.[4] On January 22, 1872 sailed from Buenos Aires the boat "Roebuck", of nine hundred tons, the first settler group, led by his eldest son, also named Ernest.[5] In Patagonian territory, The Rouquaud family, planned to install a fishery industry, plus two establishments for the manufacture of oil and the import.[6]

Ernest Rouquaud endured tremendous hardship his son Pablo, died drowned in Santa Cruz River. Time after, his wife María Perichon, dies after suffering an illness.[7]

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