Esteban Felipe Achinelly
| Esteban Felipe Achinelly | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Steven Philip Achinelly c.1800 Gibraltar, British Overseas Territories |
| Died |
1845 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | María Antonina Bayá |
| Occupation |
Merchant Business |
| Profession | Financier |
Esteban Felipe Achinelli (Anglicized as Steven Achinelly) (c.1800–1845) was a British business agent .[1] He was the first exchange broker in the city of Buenos Aires, being considered as the man who gave origin to Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires.[2]
Achinelly died murdered in Buenos Aires on June 16, 1845. His murderer, a thief of Basque origin, was hanged in public square by order of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[3]
Biography
Achinelly was born in Gibraltar (British colony), son of Joseph Achinelly and Peregrina Ruano,[4] belonging to a family of Savona (Italy). He arrived at the port of Buenos Aires from London in the company of his future brother in law Juan Manuel Bayá, a well-known Stockbroker from Buenos Aires.[5]
In 1830, he created the first pasta factory in the Argentine territory. Then he set up a business in Florida Street dedicated to buying and selling, foreign money exchange and term loans.[6] Its financial establishment gave rise to the founding of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, whose founding directors included, among others: his nephew, Agustín Bayá Mosqueira[7] and Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell, a British financier, who had served as manager of the Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata.[8]
Achinelly with his relative, Juan Manuel Canaverys had maintained trade ties with the British community of Buenos Aires. By 1835 he had marketed the products purchased to Hodgson & Robinson Co, textile importers from Manchester.[9]
Family
Achinelly was married in Buenos Aires, to Antonina Bayá, daughter of Juan Bayá Más Rossel, born in Catalonia, and María Eugenia Canaveris, born in the city. She was baptized on May 10, 1811, being her godparents Domingo Matheu and María Eugenia Sánchez Galiano. His maternal grandparents were Juan Canaveris, belonging to families from the Western and Southern Europe, and Bernarda Catalina Esparza, daughter of a distinguished family of colonial politicians.
Achinelly and his wife they lived in the neighborhood of San Nicolás.[10] Antonina Bayá was five months pregnant when her husband Esteban Felipe Achinelly was killed during an assault (June 16, 1845).[11] His son, Eduardo Fortunato Achinelly Bayá was born on October 15 1845.[12]
The assassination of Achinelly, had shocked the public opinion of that time. The fact happened in the afternoon of July 16, 1845, in a house located in the streets Bartolomé Mitre and Maipú (current), to where Achinelly had concurred deceived by a citizen of Basque origin to realize a transaction of money.[13] Felipe Achinelly Bayá (who had seen his father leave his house accompanied by a person), was only ten years old, when he accompanied the chief of police (Juan Moreno) in the search of the thief who had killed his father. Felipe recognizing him when he was trying to sell Achinelly's belongings in a jewelry store on Victoria Street, a few meters from the Cabildo.[14]
The thief who assassinated Felipe Achinelly was executed in the square of the Retiro by order of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[15] The same Rosas took charge of the funeral of Achinelli, and headed the donations for the purchase of a new house for his widow Doña Antonina Bayá.[16]
His sons and his descendants maintained the English traditions of their ancestors, Felipe Santiago Achinelly Bayá (1832-1888) was married on May 9, 1860 in the parish Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, to Julia Thompson, born in England, daughter of Carlos Thompson and Eloisa Carolina Thompson. His marriage was authorized by Anthony Dominic Fahy, known Irish priest established in Buenos Aires.[17] The Bayá Mosqueira family (his relatives) had founded the banking company Bayá & Barcker.[18]
In 1893, Esteban F. Achinelly Thompson, was married to Juana Cunningham, daughter of Juan Diego Cunningham, born in England, and Magdalena Cueli, born in the city.[19] He was notary public of the city of La Plata,[20] place where he lived until his death.
A descendant of Esteban Felipe Achinelly and Antonina Bayá Canaveris, Oscar Achinelly (1896-1945) did his tertiary studies in Chicago (United States),[21] city where he obtained his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in the College of Dentistry of the University of Illinois in 1918.[22]
References
- ↑ Promoción 2x1 Historias inesperadas:, Daniel Balmaceda
- ↑ Historia de los italianos en la Argentina:, Jorge F. Sergi
- ↑ La Gaceta mercantil de Buenos Aires 1823-1852:, Antonio Zinny, Arturo Reynal O'Connor
- ↑ Matrimonios 1830-1857, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
- ↑ Tradiciones de Buenos Aires: 1 , 3.- sér, Volume 10, Pastor Servando Obligado
- ↑ Italianos en Argentina, Vittorio Vargiu
- ↑ Fray Mocho: semanario festivo, literario, artístico y de actualidades, Issues 245-258, Argentina
- ↑ Memoria correspondiente al ejercicio del año, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
- ↑ The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth, Llorca, Manuel- University of Leicester
- ↑ El barrio de San Nicolás: breve historia del centro de Buenos Aires, Juan José Cresto
- ↑ Defunciones 1816-1849, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
- ↑ Bautismos 1845-1857, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
- ↑ Historias inesperadas de la historia argentina: Tragedias, misterios y ..., Daniel Balmaceda
- ↑ Historia, Volume 19, Issues 73-76, Ediciones AP
- ↑ Buenos Aires desde setenta años atrás, José Antonio Wilde
- ↑ Tradiciones y recuerdos de Buenos Aires, Manuel Bilbao
- ↑ Matrimonios 1808-1864, Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
- ↑ Fray mocho, Volúmenes 245-257, Fray Mocho., 1917
- ↑ Matrimonios 1893, Inmaculada Concepción
- ↑ Jurisprudencia Argentina, Volume 7, Tomás Jofré, Héctor Lafaille, Manuel V. Ordóñez, Julio César Bustos
- ↑ The alumni record of the University of Illinois, Chicago departments;, University of Illinois
- ↑ The Illio, Volumen 25, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign