Santiago Oppenheimer Explained

Santiago Oppenheimer
Order1:111th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1906
Term End1:1906
Predecessor1:Luis P. Valdivieso
Successor1:Simón Moret Gallart
Birth Date:23 May 1869[1] [2]
Birth Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Death Date:ca. 1930
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Spouse:Isabel Fugurull
Children:Alfonso Oppenheimer
Residence:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Profession:politician

Santiago Oppenheimer Van Rhyn[3] [4] (23 May 1869 – ca. 1930) was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1906. He was also a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico.[5]

Oppenheimer was born in Ponce on 23 May 1869.[6] His parents were Carlos Juan Oppenheimer-Bettini[7] and Ana Van Rhyn Mitchell. He married Isabel Fugurull and they had a son named Alfonso.[8] There is a historic house in Ponce named Casa Oppenheimer.

Mayoral term

Several sources state that Oppenheimer was the Ponce mayor who received U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt during his trip to Puerto Rico on 21 November 1906.[9] [10]

Honors

In Ponce, there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after Oppenheimer.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795 - 1925
  2. Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=mDwwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269 Commercial guide and business directory of Porto Rico. 1910. Page 269.
  4. According to Fay Fowlie de Flores (Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 330. Item 1650.), Santiago Oppenheimer's second last name was Bettini.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=mDwwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269 Commercial guide and business directory of Porto Rico. 1910. Pages 85, 91, and 94.
  6. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10/07/1901 - 06/30/1948; NAI Number: 2945834; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85. See also, "Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962." Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operation, Inc., 2012; see also, Selected Crew List and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  7. Carlos Juan Oppenheimer-Bettini (b. ca. 1839 (1869-30 =1839)) was likely brother of Santiago Oppenheimer Bettini (b. ca. 1843), who was the son of Guillermo Gustavo Oppenheimer and Ysabel Bettini, married Enriqueta Dalmau, and had 5 children: Jaime, Ysabel, Enriqueta, Jorge, and Angelina (See: Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce, desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del Siglo XX. 2017. page 159.)
  8. https://www.geni.com/people/Santiago-Guillermo-Jimmy-Oppenheimer/6000000032937532987 Santiago Guillermo 'Jimmy' Oppenheimer.
  9. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1906-11-22/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1906&index=0&rows=20&words=Ponce+Roosevelt&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=New+York&date2=1906&proxtext=%22Ponce%22+%2B+%22Roosevelt%22&y=15&x=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 President in Porto (sic) Rico: Tells people he favors making them citizens.
  10. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1906-11-22/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1906&index=1&rows=20&words=Ponce+Roosevelt&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=New+York&date2=1906&proxtext=%22Ponce%22+%2B+%22Roosevelt%22&y=15&x=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 President in Island, Porto (sic) Ricans Cordial: he tells them he will work to have them made citizens.

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