Eduardo Casey was an

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born of

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parents in 1847 in

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. In 1880 he purchased of land in

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and founded there the present-day city of

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, named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the founding and funding of the Argentine town of

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, Saavedra in 1884. He was born in Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires, the son of Lawrence Casey, born in

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, and Mary O'Neill, of

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. He was married to María Inés Gahan, daughter of John Gahan and Mary Devitt, belonging to a family of Irish Catholics.

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1847 births 1906 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Irish descent {{Argentina-bio-stub