Teresa Jado

Teresa Josefa Jado y Urbina[lower-alpha 1] (October 20, 1819 – May 1, 1910) was the First Lady of Ecuador from 1852 to 1856 as the wife of President José María Urbina.

Teresa Jado
First Lady of Ecuador
In office July 13, 1852 – October 16, 1856
Preceded by	Tomasa Carbo y Noboa
Succeeded by	Carmen de Santistevan y Avilés
Personal details
Born	Teresa Josefa Jado October 20, 1819 Guayaquil, Spanish Empire
Died	May 1, 1910 (aged 90) Lima, Peru
Resting place	General Cemetery of Guayaquil
Spouse(s)	José María Urbina

Early life

Teresa Jado was born in the city of Guayaquil on October 20, 1819, the daughter of Manuel Mauro Jado Goenaga and María Josefa Urbina y Llaguno.[1][2]

Marriage and offspring

On March 28, 1845, a few days after the death of her brother Francisco, she met her uncle José María Urbina, who was half-brother to her mother Josefa. Both showed signs of mutual affection and were promised to each other in a future marriage, which took place in the parish of El Sagrario in Guayaquil four years later, on January 14, 1849, when the groom was 41 years old and she was 30.[3]

The couple had five children:

• María Mercedes Urbina y Jado (1850-1879), married Antonio de Lapierre Cucalón in 1874, without offspring
• María Ana de Jesús Rosa de las Mercedes Urbina y Jado (1856-1919), died single and without offspring
• José María de las Mercedes Manuel Adriano Urbina y Jado (1857-1900), died single and without offspring
• Francisco Urbina y Jado (1859-1926), with offspring
• Gabriel Antonio Urbina y Jado (1864-1895), with offspring[lower-alpha 1][4]

Public life and exile

Tomb of Teresa Jado in the General Cemetery of Guayaquil

Jado was a practicing Catholic, coming to defend the cause of the Jesuits who unexpectedly arrived in Guayaquil when they were expelled from the Republic of New Granada in 1851.[5] In 1855, she and her husband were chosen as baptismal sponsors of Emilio Estrada Carmona, who in 1911 would also become President of Ecuador.[6]

In March 1864, President Gabriel García Moreno ordered General Juan José Flores, then Governor of Guayas, to impose exile on Teresa and her four small children, who were unable to attend the wake of her grandmother who had died just twenty hours before.[7] The family moved to Peru, where General Urbina had been sent as Ecuador's Minister of Business in 1847 and then remained in exile. Reunited, they settled in Paita until 1867, when they moved to El Callao.

On January 30, 1876, after the death of García Moreno, the family was able to return to Ecuador when General Urbina was called to be part of the National Constituent Assembly, after which their fortunes improved substantially.[8] During Independence festivities in October 1881, Jado was recognized by the Municipality of Guayaquil, along with Baltazara Calderón de Rocafuerte, Dolores R. de Grimaldo, Adela S. de Vélez, Zoila Dolores Caamaño, and Bolivia Villamil de Ycaza, for philanthropy and carrying out works for the benefit of the indigent and most needy.[9]

Death

Teresa Jado died on May 1, 1910 in Lima, Peru.[4] Her remains were transferred to Ecuador and she was buried in the General Cemetery of Guayaquil, in the same place as her husband, children, and other members of the immediate family.

Notes

1. The spelling "Urbina" is consistently used for Teresa and her children, but both "Urbina" and "Urvina" are used for her husband in various sources.

References

1. Estrada Guzmán, Eduardo; Leví C., Roberto; Monteverde Granados, Carlos; Sánchez Bravo, Mariano (1997). Historia marítima del Ecuador [Maritime History of Ecuador] (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Navy, Institute of Maritime History. pp. 13, 38. ISBN 9789942020475. Retrieved February 6, 2019 – via Google Books.
2. Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Jado y Urbina Francisco". Archivo Biográfico Ecuador, tomo I (in Spanish). Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
3. Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Urbina conquista a su sobrina" [Urbina Conquers His Niece]. Ecuador Profundo, tomo II (in Spanish). Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
4. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Historia, Issues 121-123 (in Spanish). La Prensa Católica. 1973. p. 35. Retrieved February 6, 2019 – via Google Books.
5. Establecimiento de la Compañía de Jesús en la República del Ecuador en el año de 1851 [Establishment of the Society of Jesus in the Republic of Ecuador in the Year 1851] (in Spanish). I. Miranda. 1851. pp. 45–47. Retrieved February 6, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
6. "El Ogro lleno de calidad humana" [The Ogre Full of Human Quality]. La Hora (in Spanish). June 13, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
7. Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Jado Urbina Teresa". Archivo Biográfico Ecuador (in Spanish). Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
8. Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Francisco Urbina Jado". Diccionario Biográfico del Ecuador, tomo III (in Spanish). Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
9. Cordero Aroca, Alberto (2006). Homenaje a la Memoria de Doña Baltazara Calderón Garaycoa de Rocafuerte en el bicentenario de su natalicio – Enero 6 1806–2006 [Tribute to the Memory of Doña Baltazara Calderón Garaycoa de Rocafuerte on the Bicentenary of Her Birth – January 6 1806–2006] (in Spanish). Biblioteca Municipal de Santiago de Guayaquil. p. 220. ISBN 9789978923863.