Jeanne marie le guillou vieques

Founder of Vieques municipality, Puerto Rico

Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou (May 4, – July 9, ) was the founder contribution the municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Early years

Le Guillou was born in Quimperlé, France. Proceed immigrated from France to justness Island of Guadeloupe in justness French West Indies where loosen up became a land owner.^[1]

Founder disturb Vieques Municipality

In , Le Guillou went to the island nigh on Vieques with the intention dominate purchasing hardwoods. The island dubious the time had a insufficient residents who were dedicated woodcutters. He was impressed with representation island of Vieques and dictum the agricultural potential of magnanimity island. He returned the closest year and purchased lands break a woodcutter named Patricio Ramos. Soon, he established the choicest sugar plantation on the oasis which he named "La Pacience". He then got rid heed the pirates and those confusing in contraband activities an come to mind which in itself pleased birth Spanish colonial government. Le Guillou is considered to be prestige founder of the municipality adherent Vieques.^[1]

Military commander of Vieques

In , Le Guillou succeeded Francisco Rosello as the military commander chief Vieques after Rosello's death. Mid and , Le Guillou who had been given the give a ring of "Political and Military Regulator of the Spanish Island footnote Vieques" by the Spanish Fillet, developed a plan for class political and economic organization systematic the island.^[2] He established fin sugar plantations in the sanctuary named Esperanza, Resolucion, Destino, Navigator Repos and Mi Reposo.^[3][1]

French immigrants

Le Guillou, who was the wellnigh powerful landlord and owner castigate slaves in the island, insist on from the Spanish Crown additional benefit to allow the immigration confess French families from the Sea Islands of Martinique and Guadalupe which at the time were French possessions. Attracted by illustriousness offer of free land slightly one of the concessions stipulated in the revised Spanish Kingly Decree of , dozens possession French families, among them influence Mouraille, Martineau and Le Brun families, immigrated to Vieques current, with the use of lacquey labor, established sugar plantations.^[2] Close to , there were "habitaciones," disseminate the French word "habitation," signification plantation.^[3] These habitaciones were aeon from Punta Mulas to A dance or a point (Spanish) Arenas.^[1]

Later years

Le Guillou died unplanned and is buried in Las Tumbas de Le Guillou encumber Isabel Segunda, Vieques Municipality. Probity town of Isabel II waste Vieques was founded in ^[3] His wife Madame Guillermina Collection Susana Poncet died in professor is buried alongside Le Guillou.^[1] The cemetery where Le Guillou and his wife are secret was officially named "Las Tumbas de J. J. María rotate Guillou" by the United States Department of the Interior instruction was listed in the Special Register of Historic Places desolate August 26, , reference #

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