Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameAVANT, Ira Marshall , GGG Grandson
Birth Date21 Dec 1865
Birth PlaceSomerset, Bexar County, Texas
Death Date18 Jan 1939 Age: 73
Death PlaceCalca, Provincia de Calca, Cusco, Peru
FatherAVENT, Francis Marion Sr. (1823-1902)
MotherHUMPHRIES, Margaret Pious (1828-1897)
Spouses
Birth Date28 Nov 1890
Birth PlaceCusco, Provincia de Cusco, Peru
Death Date6 Sep 1944 Age: 53
Death PlaceLima, Peru
Misc. Notes
Esther was born in Cusco, Peru in 1890 to parents Maximilano Recharte (Uriona) and Maria Magdalena Massit (Flores ).

She worked as a midwife - nurse in Cusco, Peru area. In 1916 she met and married American, Ira Marshall Avant (Avent) from San Antonio Texas who was working in Bolivia on the construction of the road and mining for gold in the region. They married and resided in Cusco, Peru and at their Hacienda "Sauqui", on the Paucartambo River. They had five sons, Wendall, Teddy-Humphrey, Franklin, William and John (who died at age 5).

She was a Protestant by birth and active with the Evangelical British mission - the Urco Farm near Calca, Peru. She spoke three languages, Spanish, English and Quecheua. Her husband, Ira Avant was a friend of Thomas Paine, who ran the British Missionary Urco Farm.

When her children were school age, they attended the Missionary boarding school there. Ira Avant is buried at the cemetery of the Urco Farm at Calca, next to his friend Thomas Paine.

After the death of her husband, in 1938, she moved from Cusco to live with her brother's family, Julio Recharte (Massit) in Miraflores, Lima.

She tragically lost her life in a bus accident in Lima in 1944. She is remembered by her sons families who today live in the United States, Canada, and Peru. She was remembered as a strict, yet modern parent who wanted the best for her children.
Marr Date12 May 1916
Marr PlaceCusco, Peru
ChildrenWendell Marshall (1917-2003)
 John Recharte (Died as Child)
 Teddy Humphrey (1921-1979)
 Benjamin Franklin (1923-2005)
 William David (1927-2011)
Last Modified 23 May 2022Created 1 Mar 2024 by Robert Avent