Gregoria Matorras de San Martín

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1738  -  Spain  -  Not applicable  -  She was born on 12 March 1738, Paredes de Nava, Spain.
1767  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She moved to Buenos Aires in 1767 and lived here until 1770
1770  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She married Juan de San Martín on 1 October 1770.
1770  -  Corrientes  -  Unknown  -  She moved to Yapeyú, Corrientes in 1770 and lived here for a few years.
1813  -  Spain  -  Unknown  -  She died in Orense, Spain.

Connections:

Female relatives of past and future leading political/military/ cultural figures
San Martín, women connected to

Biography:
Born in Paredes de Nava, Spain, on 12 March 1738, she was the daughter of María del Sur and Domingo Matorras of noble blood. They moved to Buenos Aires in 1767 where she married Juan de San Martín on 1 October 1770. They were transferred to Yapeyú, where José Francisco de San Martín was born. They returned to Spain some years later where Juan died. She managed to educate their four children. On 1 June 1803, in Madrid, she testified "puedo asegurar que el que menos costo me ha sido el don José Francisco". She died in Orense, Spain in 1813. (Sosa de Newton, 396)

References:

Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas