Bordaberry family

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Bordaberry family
Current regionUruguay
Place of originFrench Basque Country, France
Founded
FounderJacques Bordaberry
Titles

The Bordaberry family is a Uruguayan political family that has been prominent in Uruguayan politics and the cattle industry. It is associated with the Colorado Party.[1]

History

The Bordaberry family originated in the French Basque Country region, France.[2] The Uruguayan family branch is descended from Jacques Santiago Bordaberry Oyhamburu, who migrated from the commune of Pagolle to the rural area of the Durazno Department in 1865.[3] There he began to work as a shepherd of flocks of sheep until he managed to acquire a plot of land northwest of the village of Carlos Reyles, which belonged to descendants of Fructuoso Rivera.[4] He founded the "Santa María" ranch and became a stockgrower. In 1900 he began importing Hereford cattle from England.[5]

In 1879, Bordaberry married Isabel Elissondo, who was also of French-Basque descent. They had five children: Santiago, Isabel, Maclovia, María and Domingo. In 1916 the family acquired the "El Paraíso" ranch, and in 1937 the first artificial insemination of sheep in South America was carried out there.[6]

Domingo Bordaberry managed the family ranch as a stockgrower, as well as a lawyer and politician.[7] A member of the Colorado Party, he belonged to the ruralist faction, which initiated the Bordaberry family's long association with rural affairs.[8] He was married to Elisa Arocena Folle, with whom he had four children between 1927 and 1931, Domingo, Juan María, Luis Ignacio and Elisa.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Matías, hijo de Pedro Bordaberry hizo su primer discurso en acto público". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. ISSN 1134-6582
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  3. ^ "Un poco de historia..." El Baqueano (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  4. ^ Padrón, Oscar (2015). Historia de la educación en Durazno: Aportes para su estudio desde los orígenes hasta mediados del siglo XX [History of education in Durazno: Contributions for its study from the origins to the mid-20th century.] (PDF) (in Spanish). Durazno: Instituto de Formación Docente de Durazno.
  5. ^ "Bordaberry: Una tradición familiar desde 1865 que cada mañana "empieza de vuelta..."". Rurales | El País. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  6. ^ "Se cumplen 80 años de la primera inseminación artificial en ovinos". Rurales | El País. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  7. ^ "Bordaberry y Un Solo Uruguay". www.carasycaretas.com.uy (in European Spanish). 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  8. ^ "Carta abierta a Pedro Bordaberry. Las raíces de nuestro árbol | La Mañana" (in Spanish). 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  9. ^ Arregui, Miguel. "El peso del apellido". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-23.