José Armando Bermúdez

José Armando Bermúdez Rochet[nb 1] (28 April 1871 – 4 October 1941) was a Dominican Republic businessman and the founder of J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., C. por A. The José Armando Bermúdez National Park is named in his honour.

This article is about the businessman born 1871. For his grandson, see Poppy Bermúdez. For the national park, see José Armando Bermúdez National Park.

He was born on 28 April 1871 to Erasmo Bermúdez Jiménez (1825–1907), a Venezuelan immigrant, and Petronila Rochet Gómez (1839–1889), the daughter of a French immigrant of Belgian Walloon and French descent.[1]

In 1899 he married Ana Luisa Ramos de Peña and begat six children, all males: José Ignacio (1899–1968), Aquiles (1901–1970), Domingo Octavio (1902–1967), Luis Francisco "Frank" (1904–1949), Víctor Manuel "Tontón" (1906–1959) and Fernando Arturo (1909–1955).[1]

Bermúdez died on 4 October 1941.[1]

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Rochet.

References
  1. Espinal, Edwin (29 August 2009). "Los apellidos del ron: Bermúdez". Cápsulas Genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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