Enrico Mosconi

He married María Juana Canavery,^[8] born in the city to Tomás Canaverys and Macedonia Castillo, belonging to a distinguished patrician family.^[9] She was the great-granddaughter of Juan Canaverys, an Italian of French or Irish ancestry who had an active participation during the May Revolution.

He and his wife made several trips to southern European cities, including Milan, Italy, where his daughter Ernestina was born. His wife died on September 14, 1881, in Nice, France, after giving birth to Ricardo Mosconi. Enrico Mosconi returned to Buenos Aires that year with the two youngest children, leaving the older children in a prestigious school located in the Alpes-Maritimes region.^[10]

His second wife was María Luisa Matti, born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Guillermo Matti and Hermenegilda Pagani, natives of Switzerland.^[11] His father-in-law was an entrepreneur, linked to the construction of the Buenos Aires Campana railway).^[12]

In Buenos Aires he maintained friendly ties with distinguished members of the local aristocracy, including Roque Sáenz Peña, Adolfo Alsina, godfather of María Mosconi Canavery, and Carlos Pellegrini, godfather of Guillermo Mosconi Matti.^[13] He also had excellent relations with the British and Irish community of Argentina. His niece Sara Mosconi was married to Juan Bird Guillon, belonging to a family of Galway.^[14]

In 1888 Enrico Mosconi acquired land in the town Los Algarrobos (San Martín Department), belonging to Agustín Hamilton Johnston, born in Newcastle. Mosconi suggested the change of the denomination of the town in honor of his friend Carlos Pellegrini,^[15] whose mother Mary Bevans Brigh was originally from London, England.^[16]

• Matrimonios 1871-1874
• Bautismos 1878