Los hermanos Pérez Baños y Manuel Paulín, emigrantes de Viguera (La Rioja) en la Sevilla dieciochesca

Abstract

The study offers their biographies following the unpublished documentation found in the 18th century, files mainly looked up in Seville’s archives (parochial books, historical documentation and notarial records). The main interest is on commercial activities developed in the city, enriched citizens by the Carrera de Indias, achieving public positions in the Cabildo. They married to women of the Sevillian bourgeoisie to get involved in the social life, also with the support of other migrants of Cameros. They also participated in public and religious festivities, whereas they embellish the ornamentation of the altars of the Colegial del Salvador; after death, they were buried in leading churches. The study has been completed with the information gathered about their children; most of them kept the commercial activities of their progenitors, while others took up on civil, military and religious professional positions, marrying themselves with enriched trade members of the bourgeoisie from La Rioja.