Luis Yordán Dávila

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Yordán and the second or maternal family name is Dávila.
Luis Yordán Dávila

Mayor Luis Yordán Dávila
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1917–1918
Preceded by Rafael Rivera Esbrí
Succeeded by Rodulfo del Valle
Personal details
Born 12 September 1869[1]
Guayanilla[2] or Ponce, Puerto Rico[3]
Died 29 December 1932[4]
Nationality Puerto Rican
Spouse(s) Angela Pasarell Pasarell[5]
Children Luis Angel, Rafael A., Oriol, Belise, and Jorge A.
Profession lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic

Luis Leoncio Yordán Dávila[6][7] (12 September 1869 – 29 December 1932) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1917 to 1918.

Origin

Some sources state Yordan Davila was born in Guayanilla[8] while others state he was born in Ponce.[9] Either way he appears to have been born on 12 September 1869, the son of Ramon Yordan Gonzalez and Cruz Davila Torres.

Children

His children were Luis Angel Yordan Pasarell, Rafael A. Yordan Pasarell, Oriol Yordan Pasarell, Belise Yordan Pasarell, and Jorge A. Yordan Pasarell.[10]

Career

Yordan Davila was a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was also president of the local chapter of the American Red Cross during World War I. He also presided the committee for the erection of the Luis Munoz Rivera statue on Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce.[11]

In 1905 he was the fiscal commanding officer at the Ponce Firefighters Corps. In 1909 he co-founded the journal La Conciencia Libre (The Free Conscience) in Ponce. From 1910 to 1930 he was a lawyer and public notary. It was during this time that, in 1916, he became mayor of Ponce.[12]

Mayoral work

Yordán Dávila is best known for being one of the main proposers of the bronze statue commemorating prominent poet, journalist, and politician Luis Muñoz Rivera that was eventually built and later (1923) unveiled in the Ponce town square that now bears the name Plaza Muñoz Rivera.[13]

Death

Luis Yordan Davila died on 29 December 1932, and with it, "Ponce lost one of the factors that most enriched its living."[14]

References

  1. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
  4. ↑ Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Pocen (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
  5. ↑ Familia Yordan Davila
  6. ↑ Register of Porto Rico for 1903. By the Hon. Charles Hartzell, secretary of Puerto Rico. October 1903. Page 232. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  9. ↑ Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
  10. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  11. ↑ Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
  12. ↑ ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
  13. ↑ Ponce: La Capital del Sur de Puerto Rico.
  14. ↑ Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Pocen (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Rafael Rivera Esbrí		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1917–1918 		Succeeded by
Rodulfo del Valle


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