María del Tránsito de Oro de la Roza

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1799  -  San Juan  -  Not applicable  -  She was born in San Juan de la Frontera on 13 August 1799.
1817  -  San Juan  -  Unknown  -  She married José Ignacio de la Roza on 12 January 1817.
1820  -  Peru  -  Unknown  -  Her husband was imprisoned and exiled to Peru.
1835  -  Peru  -  Unknown  -  Her husband died in exile on 13 May 1835.
1858  -  San Juan  -  Unknown  -  She was elected president of the Sociedad de Beneficencia.
1866  -  San Juan  -  Unknown  -  She was treasurer of the Sociedad de Beneficencia.
1868  -  San Juan  -  Unknown  -  She was Consejera of the Sociedad de la Beneficencia.
1877  -  San Juan  -  Unknown  -  She died in San Juan.

Connections:

Female relatives of past and future leading political/military/ cultural figures
Roza family
Sociedad de Beneficencia, Argentina
Women awarded pensions

Biography:
She was born on 13 August 1799, and married José Ignacio de la Roza, governor of San Juan, on 12 January 1817. He was imprisoned in 1820 by his brother-in-law during the rebellion of the 1º regiment of the Andes. He was sentenced to death, commuted to exile, where he died near to Lima on 13 May 1835. She was elected first president of the Sociedad de Beneficencia, founded in 1858. Sarmiento authorised a pension for her. She died in San Juan in 1877. (Sosa de Newton, 458)




Born in San Juan de la Frontera, Argentina. She married José Ignacio de la Roza on 12 January 1817, when she was 18 and beautiful. Their child, Rausaurio, was baptised on 22 December 1819. She was a founder member of the Sociedad de Beneficencia in 1858 (founded by the government in San Juan?). She was treasurer in 1866, and Consejera in 1868. She died suddenly in 1877. (Guerrero, 53-57)





Sister-in-law of Manuela de la Roza

References:

Guerrero Lira, Cristian (2002) La contrarevolución de la independencia en Chile
Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas