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Felipe Amoedo (1828-1900) was an Argentine politician, who served as juez de paz, president of the municipality, and intendant of Quilmes (Buenos Aires Province).
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Felipe Amoedo Canaveri was born in May 1, 1828 in Buenos Aires, and was baptized on May 7, of the same year in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, being the eighth child of Hilario Amoedo Garazatúa, an apothecary born in Galicia and Juana Josefa Canaveris Esparza, belonging to a distinguished Creole family of European descent. His maternal grandfather Don Juan Canaveris, was a French-Italian official, who was owner of lands in Quilmes by 1800s. He had been one of the neighbors who attended the open Cabildo of 1810.
After receiving his title of pharmacist at the University of Buenos Aires, Felipe opened a pharmacy located in calle Buen Orden (Bernardo de Irigoyen), 536 neighborhood of Monserrat. In 1874, he settled in the town of Quilmes, where he occupied different political positions of the local municipality.
Felipe Amoedo was married to Eduarda Dupuy Morel, daughter of José María Dupuy, killed by the Mazorca, and Indalecia Morel, sister of painter Carlos Morel. The Dupuy family was descended from Luis Dupuy Ezquerra (born in Hèches, France), settled in Buenos Aires in 1750. His granddaughter, Amalia Amoedo Vilaró, was married to José Antonio Terry Costa son José Antonio Terry and Leonor Quirno Costa.