Matilde Pombo y O’Donnell

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

From Bogotá, she was married to José Rafael Arboleda. Her brother, Miguel Pombo was executed by the royalists in Bogotá in July 1816. (Monsalve, 138)

She was the mother of writers Julio and Sergio Arboleda Pombo. She educated Sergio (b.1822) at home. (Ardila, 52.)

Life Events

Other	1816	Her brother was executed by the royalists in July 1816.
Other	1822	Her son, Sergio, was born.

References

Ardila A, Hector M., (1984), Hombres y letras de Colombia

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Publications

There is no writing by this subject in the database.

Links

Resource id #25 (111)

Resource id #29 (112)

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