Dani Ibargüen (Peter, the Basque) Visits His Family
And now we come to Donald Peter “Dani” Ibargüen, known as Peter the Basque. As we stated, he was born on May 13, 1932, though his military file shows that he was born on May 13, 1929, meaning he either served at the age of 15, or falsified his birthdate to make it look like he was 18; we assume this because there are no others named Donald P. Ibargüen in the New York phone books.
We don’t have much information about his first 30 years, which we suppose he spent in New York, given that his address in 1947 was 33 East 84th. Adventurer and athlete, he practiced many sports, including skydiving. He was very proud of his dive with the ikurriña flying, as can be seen in the photo below.
Another anecdote about his character and his love of his forebears’ home, his personalized license plate read “EL VASCO”
|
|
|
|
Donald’s (Dani’s) visit to his family
A few years after the death of his father and his mother’s 1961 visit, Donald took the plunge to cross the pond and meet the family of his that had stayed in the Basque lands he’d never known.
He reached Balmaseda not speaking a word of Spanish, and showed up at his cousins’ house, leaving them speechless. They took him in with love and excitement, getting to meet a relative who had come from so far just to meet them.
During his stay, he joined them on a tour of the Basque lands while he told them of his life in New York. During one of those conversations, he told his family that his father, Ignacio Ibargüen, was one of those on the beam high above the city of skyscrapers.
Donald Peter Ibargüen (at the time, then Peter D. Ibargüen), died of bone cancer on Sept. 1, 2000, aged 68, as can be seen on his FamilySearch page.
Photo gallery of Donald Ibarguen with his family
Thanks
Thanks to Javier Ibargüen for all the information he provided to write these articles. Thanks also to Iñaki Ibargüen (RIP) and his wife Mari Carmen Artatxo. Thanks to all of them and to the person who brought us all this information in a dossier, which made writing it a breeze..
Warm greetings to the Ibargüen family, hoping to see if anyone else has any more information they’d like to share.
Harresi – /3/2021 – Euskadi
Dani Ibargüen (Peter, el Vasco) visita a su familia
Y ahora vamos con Donald Peter (Dani) Ibargüen, conocido como Peter, el vasco. Ya quedó indicado que nació el 13/05/1932, aunque en su ficha militar figura que nació el 13 de mayo de 1929, servicio que realizó con tan solo 15 años, a no ser que falsificara la fecha de nacimiento para hacer creer que tenía 18 años, porque no figura ningún otro Donal P. Ibarguen en los listados de Nueva York.
(Follow) (Automatic translation)
⇑List
Last Updated on Mar 19, 2021 by About Basque Country