Santiago Oppenheimer Van Rhyn
[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.] (23 May 1869 – ca. 1930) was the Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
in 1906. He was also a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico.
Oppenheimer was born in Ponce on 23 May 1869. His parents were Carlos Juan Oppenheimer-Bettini
[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.)] and Ana Van Rhyn Mitchell. He married Isabel Fugurull and they had a son named Alfonso. 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.
''President in Island, Porto (sic) Ricans Cordial: he tells them he will work to have them made citizens.''
New York Tribune. New York, NY. 22 November 1906. (Vol. LXVI, No.21921) Page 1.
Honors
In Ponce, there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes
Magueyes is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, Montes Llanos, Portugués, Sabanetas, and Tibes, Magueyes is one of the municipality's eight interior barrios. ...
named after Oppenheimer.
See also
* List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or ...
* List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
Notes
Footnotes
References
Further reading
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 244. Item 1240.
* Luis Munoz Rivera. "Consummatum est." ''Obras Completas: prosa, febrero, 1889 - diciembre, 1890.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 154-157. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
* 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 Bettini. ''Informe al pueblo de Ponce y al Gobernador de Puerto Rico sobre las gestiones administrativas y el estado de la Hacienda municipal durante el año económico de 1905 a 1906 por el alcalde de la ciudad.'' Ponce, Puerto Rico: Tipografía de El Ideal Católico. 1906. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce)
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1655.
* Ponce. Oficina del Alcalde. ''Al pueblo de Ponce y el Hon. Gobernador de Puerto Rico.'' Tipografía Baldorioty. 1902-1906. (Universidad de Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.)
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Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1869 births
1930s deaths
Year of death uncertain
19th-century Puerto Rican people
20th-century mayors of places in Puerto Rico