| THE FIRST PAZ SOLDAN IN AMERICA The Paz Soldán family of Perú has produced famous historians, writers, doctors and lawyers. Manuel de Paz Soldán (b. Panama city 1760, d. Arequipa 1833) was the first one born in America, son of Manuel Antonio Paz y Castro, born in Carrión de los Condes, a small town near Palencia, Spain. Manuel Antonio came to America as Captain in an infantry batallion assigned to Panama City. His son Manuel, married Gregoria Ureta y Araníbar and had 11 children, all born in Arequipa, Peru. Since then the Paz Soldan surname has been associated with intellectual achievement in Perú and Bolivia. PAZ SOLDAN NOTABLES The elder son of Manuel, Mariano Domingo Paz Soldán y Ureta, is sent to Bolivia shortly after the independence from Spain and founded the university of San Simon de Cochabamba (www.umss.edu.bo) as well as the Bolivian branch of the family. One of his direct descendants, Edmundo Paz Soldan is a Latin American Literature professor in Cornell (in 1999) and winner of the 1997 Juan Rulfo Short Story prize. Mariano Domingo's brother José Gregorio (1808-1875) was Senator and Prime Minister of Perú. He bought the San Isidro hacienda, now a residential district as well as the financial district of Lima. Mateo (1812-1857) was a mathematician, geographer, astronomer and mastered 10 languages. He wrote books on astronomy and trigonometry and was friend of french mathematician Cauchy. Authored the a geographical atlas of Perú, published posthumously by his brother Mariano Felipe. The younger child of Manuel, Mariano Felipe (1821-1886), wrote a landmark history book ("Historia del Perú Independiente") and was Minister of Justice and Education of Peru. Manuel Rouaud y Paz Soldán (1839-1872) explored the Amazon river. In the first trip he lost a leg due to arrow wounds from a skirmish with natives and in a second exploration trip he died from an infectious disease. Pedro Paz Soldán y Unanue (aka Juan de Arona) (1839-1895), poet, journalist, traveller and keen observer of his times. Wrote the first dictionary of peruvian slang "Diccionario de Peruanismos" in 1883. Francisco Alayza y Paz Soldán (1873-1946) was Minister of State for two presidents of Peru. Luis Alayza y Paz Soldan (b. 1883), lawyer, President of the Central Bank of Perú, Minister of Justice. He writes a ten volume compendium of peruvian folklore "Mi País". Carlos Enrique Paz Soldán y Paz Soldán (1885-1972), Doctor, a pioneer in social medical policy and research. Participated in the organization of the World Health Organization, founder of the Peruvian Medicine History Society, national chess champion. Luiz Ortiz de Zevallos Paz Soldán, (b. 1910) founder of the Urban Studies Institute. José Pareja Paz Soldán was professor and director of the Diplomatic Academy of Perú, wrote many textbooks on diplomacy. He has published books on history, geography, constitutional law and airspace law. SURNAMES RELATED TO THE PAZ SOLDAN'S Surnames descendant from Manuel (Peru): Rada, Botto, Bustamante, García, de la Puente, Pareja, Moreyra, Alayza, de Romaña, Velarde, Belaúnde, Florez, Castro, Palacios, Ortiz de Zevallos, Escudero, Gastañeta, Revilla, Miro Quesada, Canaval, Wiese, Durand, Ballén, Hernández de Agüero, Barrios. Surnames of descendants from Mariano Domingo (Bolivia): Tardio, Rosetti, Quiroga, Torrico, del Granado, Rojas, Rollano, Morales, Vargas, Orellana, Sevilla, Patiño, Garcia Mesa, Pereira, Frontanilla, Kevlin, Cremer, Urquidi, Duran, Vlahovic, Arispe, Canelas, Zegarra, Guzman, Irreberry, Valenzuela, Saravia, Calderon, Cossio, Eterovic, Marquina, Guillani, Diez de Medina, Ibernagaray, Berdeccio, Saavedra. |
Los Paz Soldán de Perú y Bolivia
Updated September 20, 2003 |
Juan Pedro Paz-Soldan |
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