Remedios (14) married José Francisco de San Martín (34) (born on February 25, 1778 in Reducción de Yapeyú Misiones Guaraníes, Virreinato del Río de la Plata; son of Juan (de San Martin y Gómez) de San Martín and Gregoria (Matorras) Matorras del Ser) on November 12, 1812 in Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]. Their daughter was Mercedes Tomasa de San Martín (1816–1875).[4].
At the end of 1816, while the Army of the Andes (Ejército de los Andes) was being formed in Mendoza, her husband asked her to provide a flag, which she embroidered in a few days along with other local ladies. She did not spend much time with her husband, though, as his duties and her poor health kept the couple apart and Remedios returned to Buenos Aires in 1819.
Remedios died on August 3, 1823 in Buenos Aires, from tuberculosis, aged 25.[5]In spite of the difference in age, José de San Martín always called her "his greatest friend".
Sources
↑ Baptism record for Maria de los Remedios Carmen Rafaela Feliciana Escalada y de la Quintana, Buenos Aires, 1797, "Argentina, Capital Federal, registros parroquiales, 1737-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-XT16-5?cc=1974184&wc=MDBK-XZ9%3A311514201%2C316597501%2C316730601 : 19 May 2014), Ciudad de Buenos Aires > Nuestra Señora de La Merced > Bautismos 1791-1801 > image 421 of 666; parroquias Católicas, Buenos Aires (Catholic Church parishes, Buenos Aires)
↑ Marriage record of Remedios de Escalada with José de San Martín, Buenos Aires, 1812, "Argentina, Capital Federal, registros parroquiales, 1737-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-V3ZR-T?cc=1974184&wc=MDBK-G38%3A311514201%2C316597501%2C317409101 : 19 May 2014), Ciudad de Buenos Aires > Nuestra Señora de La Merced > Matrimonios 1809-1823 > image 100 of 305; parroquias Católicas, Buenos Aires (Catholic Church parishes, Buenos Aires
↑ Death record of Maria Remedios de Escalada, 1823, "Argentina, Capital Federal, registros parroquiales, 1737-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-VB97-MJ?cc=1974184&wc=MDBK-V66%3A311514201%2C316597501%2C317179601 : 19 May 2014), Ciudad de Buenos Aires > Nuestra Señora de La Merced > Defunciones 1816-1849 > image 208 of 641; parroquias Católicas, Buenos Aires (Catholic Church parishes, Buenos Aires).