| Ham |
| Irish
Place Names and Landmarks in Argentina |
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| History
of the Toponym |
| Guillermo
Ham (1859-1928). He was the son of Peter Ham (1813-1869),
who 'came to this country in the year 1842. He was a steady,
upright man. He lived to a good age, and has left behind him
a family of which he might well feel poud (sic) in
his last moments. Mr. Ham, through his persevering industry
and uprightness, amassed an inmense (sic) fortune (about
eightteen million, currency) since his arrival in the Plate'
(The Southern Cross). [1] Also
see San Andrés de Giles. |
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| Description
& History of the Place |
| On
16 February 1893, Guillermo Ham donated 6,321 m2 to the Ferrocarril
de Buenos Aires al Pacífico (Judge: Arturo Gamboa. Notary
Public: A. P. Lagos. 651/1903/San Nicolás). [2] |
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References |
| [1]
Coghlan 1987:____ |
| [2]
Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Departamento de Investigación
Histórica y Cartográfica, Dirección de Geodesia (Provincia
de Buenos Aires). José Pedro Thill, May, 2002. |
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