Pedro Juan Rosaly
{{short description|Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico}}
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|name = Pedro Juan Rosaly
|image = Pedro J. Rosaly, Mayor of Ponce, PR (02-DSC00550).jpg
|caption = Mayor Pedro J. Rosaly
|order1 = 105th
|office1 = Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
|term_start1 = 23 December 1900
|term_end1 = 28 February 1901
|predecessor1 = Albert L. Myer
|successor1 = José de Guzmán Benítez
|birth_date = 21 April 1862[https://books.google.com/books?id=73hsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60 Biographical Sketches: P. J. Rosaly.] William H. Hunt. Secretary of Puerto Rico. 27 July 1901. San Juan: San Juan News Press. Register of Porto Rico. Page 60. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
|birth_place = Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
|death_date = 8 March 1912
|death_place = Ponce, Puerto Rico
|restingplace = Cementerio Catolico San Vicente de Paul
|nationality = Puerto Rican
|party =
|spouse = Enriqueta Cabrera Paz (1871 – 19 Dec 1961)1910 United States Federal Census.[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188289853/enriqueta-rosaly Enriqueta Cabrera Paz Vda de Rosaly.] Find-a-grave.com Accessed 21 May 2019.
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|children = Sarah Albizu, aka, Sara Rosaly Cabreara (1891–1980),
Pedro Juan Rosaly Cabrera (1892–1951),
Enriqueta Rosaly Cabrera Vda. de Vivas (1893–1978),
Matilde Rosaly Cabrera (1895–1920),
Lillian Rosaly Cabrera (b. ca. 1899)1910 United States Federal Census.[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188289853/enriqueta-rosaly Enriqueta Cabrera Paz Vda de Rosaly.] Find-a-grave.com Accessed 21 May 2019.
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|occupation = Hacendado,1910 United States Federal Census. Banker[https://enciclopediapr.org/encyclopedia/ponce-antiguo-banco-de-ponce/ Ponce, Antiguo Banco de Ponce.] Enciclopedia Puerto Rico. 25 January 2010. Accessed 6 February 2019. See also, Ponce: Ciudad Museo, 2001. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 2001.
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Pedro Juan Rosaly Capó (21 April 1862 – 8 March 1912) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 23 December 1900 until 28 February 1901.Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 413.
Political career
After the elections of 6 November 1900, Rosaly was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives as a representative by the District of Ponce. He joined three other representatives from Ponce and all from the Republican Party: Francisco Parra Capó, Pedro Juan Besosa, Ulpiano R. Colom.Bolivar Pagan. Historia de los Partidos Politicos Puertorriqueños. (1898–1956). Tomo I CAPITULO CUATRO: Se establece el régimen civil. Las elecciones de 1900 y 1902.
Hacendado and homeowner
File:Rosaly-Batiz Residence on southeast corner of Calle Villa and Calle Mendez Vigo, Barrio Primero, Ponce, PR (IMG 3455).jpg, was designed by Manuel Domenech, another political figure.]]
Pedro Juan Rosaly is best remembered for having a magnificent residence (the Rosaly-Batiz House) built at the corner of Villa and Mendez Vigo streets by renowned architect Manuel V. Domenech and who, four years later, in 1904, himself became mayor of Ponce.United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Nomination Form #86002768. Rosaly Residence (a.k.a., Batiz Residence) September 29, 1986. Page 3.
Banker and businessman
Rosaly became the president of Banco de Ponce in the 1940s and established the first branch outside Puerto Rico, in New York City.[https://enciclopediapr.org/encyclopedia/ponce-antiguo-banco-de-ponce/ Ponce, Antiguo Banco de Ponce.] Enciclopedia Puerto Rico. 25 January 2010. Accessed 6 February 2019. See also, Ponce: Ciudad Museo, 2001. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 2001. In 1901, Rosaly became the first person to be granted a franchise to develop local and long-distance telephone service in Puerto Rico. The business plan, however, did not proceed as it was not approved by the president of the United States.[http://ut.pr/biblioteca/LibroPR/LPR_Eng/Chapter_%20X._COMMERCE,_FINANCE_AND_COMMUNICATIONS.pdf El libro de Puerto Rico: Capítulo X: Comercio, Finanzas y Comunicaciones: Telegraph, Telephone, and Cable Service.] Manuel Rodriguez Braschi. (E. Fernandez Garcia, editor. Francis W. Hoadley & Eugenio Astol, editors. San Juan, Puerto Rico: El Libro Azul Publishing Company. 1923.) p. 711. Accessed 29 July 2019.{{efn|See also http://ut.pr/biblioteca/LibroPR/LPR_Esp/Capitulo_%20X_%20COMERCIO,_FINANZAS_Y_COMUNICACIONES.PDF, "Capítulo X
Comercio, Finanzas y Comunicaciones", the same material, but in Spanish.}}
Death and legacy
Rosaly died in Ponce on 8 March 1912 and was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul. In Ponce, there is a public housing development named after him.
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| before = Albert L. Myer
| title = Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
| after = José de Guzmán Benítez
| years = 23 December 1900 – 28 February 1901}}
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Category:Burials at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
Category:Businesspeople from Ponce
Category:Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Category:People from Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
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Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Puerto Rico