Ramón López de Osornio

Ramón López de Osornio
Birth name Francisco López de Osornio Merlo de la Mota
Born (1685-08-31)August 31, 1685
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died 1750s
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance Spain
Rank Captain
Unit Milicias Urbanas

Ramón López de Osornio (1685-1750s) was a Spanish landowner and soldier in the Río de la Plata during the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Biography

Born on August 31, 1685, in Buenos Aires Ramón López de Osornio was the second son of Francisco López Osornio and Tomasa Merlo. Some sources indicate that Lopez de Osornio family were descendants of the Dukes of Normandy.[1] Osornio married Margarita Sosa, the daughter of landowners of the northwest of the Province of Buenos Aires.[2]

Osornio inherited from his parents some hectares of land and had his ranch in the town of Magdalena.[3] He was a captain of militia in the Province of Buenos Aires.

Ramón López de Osornio was the uncle of Clemente López de Osornio and the uncle and godfather of Casimiro Alegre.[4]

References

  1. Mushin, Ilana (2001), Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 278, retrieved 13 March 2016
  2. Boletín mensual del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  3. César A. García Belsunce (2003), El pago de la Magdalena: su población, 1600-1765, Academia Nacional de la Historia
  4. José María Fontán Gamarra (1 January 1997), Bautismos de San Nicolas de Bari 1737-1769, Fuentes Históricas y Genealógicas Argentinas
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