Person - Casanova Rius, Pascual (1909-?)

Casanova Rius, Pascual (1909-?)

Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Casanova Rius, Pascual (1909-?)

Fechas de existencia:

El Vendrell (Tarragona, España)  1909 - desconocida

History:

Spanish lawyer who exiled in Mexico. He was member of a humble family that worked as traders in El Vendrell. He carried out his basic studies in El Vendrell, and the higher secondary-education course and his teacher education in Tarragona. He graduated in Laws in 1930 and started his political activity. He was one of the founders of the Republican Left of Catalonia in 1931.

When he finished his studies, he worked as lawyer in El Vendrell and later joined togehter with another lawyer and opened a lawyer's office in Barcelona. During the Spanish Civil War, he was designated Legal Adviser of the "Consejería de Defensa" of the Government of Catalonia, and then was Magistrate in Vilanova i la Geltrú.

In March 1939, he went to France and lived first in Prades and later in Montpellier. He managed to obatin the visa in 1942 so they could go to Mexico in the last Spanish refugees expedition of the "Nyassa" ship. Among the friends he was related to in France are the teacher Pablo Casals.

He moved to Mexico City from Veracruz and started working in the Casa Bayer, and later in one of its headquartes in Guadalajara (Jalisco) until he retired. He got married to a daughter of Spanish exiled people, but she was born in Mexico. They had three children. He met his parents in the fifies in Mexico. He went back to Spain just for a visit.

Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

 

Occupations

Abogados between 1930 and 1939

Places

Barcelona (España)  Obs.:  Lugar de trabajo

Lugar de Residencia:

Guadalajara (Jalisco, México) in 1945

Lugar de Residencia:

Prades (Tarragona, España) in 1939

Tarragona (España) between 1926 and 1930 Obs.:  lugar de formación académica

Lugar de Llegada:

Veracruz (México) in 1942-09-01

Lugar de Residencia:

Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona, España) in 1937 Obs.:  ejercio como juez

Lugar de Nacimiento:

El Vendrell (Tarragona, España) in 1909

Subjects

Sources

. Pla Brugat, Dolores. Catálogo del fondo de historia oral : refugiados españoles en México : Archivo de la Palabra. 1ª ed.. Dolores Pla Brugat (coordinadora). México D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2011. 1 CD-ROM. 978-607-484-184-8.

Carreras Selleras, Juan. Pla Brugat, Dolores. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista al señor Juan Carreras Selleras. realizada por Dolores Pla [para el Instituto de Antropología E Historia de México y el Ministerio De Cultura De España]. [s.L.: S.N.]: 1979]. 126 P..

Related Authorities

Casals, Pau (1876-1973)  ( Es colega/ amigo de )

Associative relations :

Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya  ( Es fundador de )