Luis Yordán Dávila Explained

Luis Yordán Dávila
Order1:	114th
Office1:	Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:	1917
Term End1:	1918
Predecessor1:	Rafael Rivera Esbrí
Successor1:	Rodulfo del Valle
Birth Date:	12 September 1869^[1]
Birth Place:	Guayanilla, Puerto Rico^[2] ^[3]
Death Date:	29 December 1932^[4]
Death Place:	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:	Puerto Rican
Spouse:	Angela Pasarell Pasarell^[5]
Children:	Luis Angel, Rafael A., Oriol, Belise, and Jorge A.
Profession:	Attorney

Luis Leoncio Yordán Dávila^[6] ^[7] (12 September 1869 - 29 December 1932) was an attorney and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1917 to 1918.

Origin

Some sources state Yordan Davila was born in Guayanilla^[8] while others state he was born in Ponce.^[9] Either way he appears to have been born on 12 September 1869, the son of Ramon Yordan Gonzalez and Cruz Davila Torres.

Family life

Yordán Dávila married Angela Pasarell Pasarell. Their children were Luis Angel Yordan Pasarell, Rafael A. Yordan Pasarell, Oriol Yordan Pasarell, Belise Yordan Pasarell, and Jorge A. Yordan Pasarell.^[10]

Career

Yordán Dávila was a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was also president of the local chapter of the American Red Cross during World War I. He also presided the committee for the erection of the Luis Munoz Rivera statue on Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce.^[11]

In 1905 he was the fiscal commanding officer at the Ponce Firefighters Corps.^[12] In 1909 he co-founded the journal La Conciencia Libre (The Free Conscience) in Ponce. From 1910 to 1930 he was a lawyer and public notary. It was during this time that, in 1916, he became mayor of Ponce.^[13]

Mayoral work

Yordán Dávila is best known for being one of the main proposers of the bronze statue commemorating prominent poet, journalist, and politician Luis Muñoz Rivera that was eventually built and later (1923) unveiled in the Ponce town square that now bears the name Plaza Muñoz Rivera.^[14]

Death

Luis Yordan Davila died on 29 December 1932. Luis Fortuño Janeiro said of him, "Ponce lost one of the factors that most enriched its living."^[15] He was buried at Cementerio Civil de Ponce.^[16]

References

http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Pocen (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
http://www.familias-de-fajardo.com/9500.htm Familia Yordan Davila
https://books.google.com/books?id=7nhsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA232 Register of Porto Rico for 1903. By the Hon. Charles Hartzell, secretary of Puerto Rico. October 1903. Page 232.
http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
Pablo Ojeda O'Neill, Curator. Museo Parque de Bombas. Second Floor, Historical Records Hall. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2 March 2011.
http://historiador-rosalia.wikispaces.com/Familias+Pasarell+y+Tossas ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas.
http://www.anadon.biz/ponce/ponce.shtml Ponce: La Capital del Sur de Puerto Rico.
Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133230962/luis-yord%C3%A1n_d%C3%A1vila