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TOLEDANO Rafael Manuel Domingo (Manuel, native of the city of Cordoba, province of Andalucia in Spain, and Margarita BENOI, native of this city), b. Mar. 19, 1797, bn. Dec. 20, 1795, pgp. Christoval TOLEDANO, native of Fernannunes in the Diocese of Cordoba, and Antonia BALENZUELA, native of Montemayor in the Diocese of Cordoba, mgp. Nicolas BENOI, native of the German Empire, and Elena MONTANARY, native of this city, s. Rafael RAMOS Y VILCHES, honorary commissioner of war, comptroller of the Royal Hospital, and his wife, Francisca ALBERT (SLC, B14, 27).
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Toledano, Albert, residence 2221 Esplanade avenue, New Orleans; was born at
Reserve plantation, parish of St. John the Baptist, La., Sept. 27, 1858; son
of Jules R. and Apolline (Boudousquié) Toledano, the former of whom was born
in New Orleans, 1820, and the latter at Reserve plantation, parish of St.
John the Baptist, 1832. A great-grandson of Manuel Toledano y Valenzuela,
who was a son of Christobal Toledano of Cordova, Spain, and Antonia
Valenzuela of Monte Mayor, Spain. Manuel Toledano y Valenzuela was born at
Cordova, Spain, in 1763. He came to America and located at New Orleans in
the latter part of the Galvez administration, and was later married to
Marguerite Benoist, of New Orleans, Nov. 2, 1787. He was a Spanish officer
and occupied many important positions under the Spanish domination, among
others that of chief officer of the customs, department general, royal
revenues of the Province of Louisiana. Albert Toledano was educated in
private schools at New Orleans and later studied architecture in the office
of the late James Freret, architect. After having completed his studies,
he began the practice of his profession in 1883, and during the 10 years
dating from that year to 1893 was a member of the architectural firm of
Sully & Toledano. In the latter year he formed a new partnership, and
during the 7-year period extending from 1893 to 1900 he was associated with
Mr. F. Reusch, under the firm name of Toledano & Reusch. In the year 1900
the firm of Toledano & Wogan, architects, was formed, with Albert Toledano
as the senior member, and under this name the business has continued to grow
and expand from that then to the present. Mr. Toledano has designed many of
the most splendid and impressive modern buildings that have been erected in
New Orleans in recent years, as well as a number of similar structures in
other cities. Among these substantial evidences of his professional ability
that may be seen in New Orleans today may be mentioned the handsome
structures of the Hotel Monteleone, the De Soto hotel, the Macheca building,
the Werlein music house, the Lorrainne apartments, the Winter Garden (now
conducted as the Hippodrome), the Union brewery, the New Orleans sanitarium
(now the Presbyterian hospital), the Orleans Parish Medical Society
building, and the beautiful Monteleone Memorial entrance to Citypark. Among
the numerous palatial New Orleans residences that have been designed by Mr.
Toledano should be noted those of Isidor Newman, W. T. Jay, Nicholas Burke,
Henry P. Dart and Peter Fabacher. Mr. Toledano was also associate architect
in designing the Pickwick club building and the magnificent new Grunewald
hotel. Mr. Toledano is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and is
affiliated with the following organizations: The Boston club, Louisiana
Historical society, Athenee Lonisianais, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and the Louisiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. On
Oct. 28, 1886, Mr. Toledano was married to Miss Anna Wogan, daughter of C.
N. and Adeline Augustin Wogan of New Orleans.
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TOLEDANO, Manuel, m. Marta BENOI, Nov. 2, 1787, w. Vicente LLORCA, Antonio XIMENEZ, Josef MARTINEZ (SLC, M5, 54)
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