Tránsito de Oro de Rodríguez

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

She was born in San Juan on 11 August 1789, the daughter of María Elena Albarracín and Juan Miguel de Oro and sister of Paula de Oro de Sarmiento, godmother of D.F. Sarmiento. She married José Genaro Rodríguez in 1822. In 1839 Sarmiento made her rectora of the Colegio de Pensionistas de Santa Rosa under the direction of her brother, Fray Justo Santa María de Oro. She continued to run this for a year after Sarmiento went into exile. Sarmiento asked permission to marry her daughter Elena, but it came to nothing. She died in San Juan on 8 November 1856. (Sosa de Newton, 458-459)

Life Events

Born	1789	She was born in San Juan on 11 August 1789.
Married	1822	She married José Genaro Rodríguez.
Other	1839	She became rectora of the Colegio de Pensionistas de Santa Rosa.
Died	1856	She died in San Juan on 8 November 1856.

References

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

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