process of obtaining a divorce from Luis Jacoby.

25 Luis had become one of the most successful

businessmen in Mexico by that time. As Jacoby & Company expanded their financial holdings,
Luis became more influential in the economic and political life of Mexico. The company would
not be free of controversy and some financial failures in 1908, reportedly due to
misappropriation of funds by Martin Jacoby in the cotton market. In any event, Luis was closely
connected to President Profio Diaz and his finance minister José Ives Limentour, hence Jacoby
& Company was protected.26
On November 4, 1871 Concepción stood as godmother to Amalia’s first child, Maria
Adriana Padilla, born September 9 of that year. The baby died a few weeks later. In 1875 she
was godmother to Amalia’s first son, Raphael Carlos Padilla, born on July 24, 1872 (she now
adds the name Jacoby). A second son named Conrado Francisco de Paula Padilla was born in
1873 (the church record is not available at this time, but it is likely that Concepción was
godmother). It seems that Concepción served as godmother for her sister’s only surviving
daughter Francisca De Paula Clara Padilla, since after the death of her sister in 1890, Concepción
brought Clara to live with her in Spain. On July 10, 1885 Concepción stood as godmother to
Amalia’s last child, José Joaquin Padilla, born August 28, 1884.

Return to Spain
It is clear from the fact that her son was born in Madrid, and the subsequent photo at the
Obrajuelo, that Concepción traveled back to Spain and maintained her ties to her native country.
She would eventually move back there, probably in the period of separation and divorce from
Luis Jacoby. As late as May 1887 Mexico City newspapers commented on her presence at
significant social events such as the grand ball at the Casino Español.27
Pujol names four residences in Spain owned by Concepción. In Valencia she lived on the
opulent, fashionable Paseo de la Alameda. She also had a rustic house in the Cabañal area of
Valencia, close to the beach and the new spa. She had a splendid farm in the surroundings of
Alicante that she called La Cachupina. (A gapuchina is a Mexican phrase for Spanish woman
living in Mexico.) Finally, she had an impressive villa in the Barcelona suburb of San Gervasio,
on the calle de Ballester at the foot of Puxtet hill.28

25
“In the year of 1898 his [Iñigo Noriega Laso] house in Mexico City was on Calle de Capuchinas Number 12, his
offices were on Calle de La Cadena number 16, at that time he was on the cusp, his successes allowed him enormous
influence and recognition among the richest in society, he participated as attorney-in-fact for Doña Concepción
Gómez de Jacoby in the divorce trial of this woman, wife of Don Luis Jacoby, one of the largest businessmen in
Mexico, power obtained due to a trial separation of property due to divorce, between the Jacoby spouses.” (En el
año de 1898 su [Iñigo Noriega Laso] casa en la ciudad de México estaba en la calle de Capuchinas Número 12, sus
oficinas se encontraban en la calle de La Cadena número 16, en ese momento se encontraba en la cúspide, sus
éxitos le permitieron una enorme influencia y reconocimiento entre los más ricos de la sociedad, participó como
apoderado de Doña Concepción Gómez de Jacoby en el juicio de divorcio de esta mujer, esposa de don Luis
Jacoby, uno de los mayores empresarios de México, el poder lo obtuvo debido a un juicio de separación de bienes
por causa de divorcio, entre los esposos Jacoby.) See “Un indiano de leyenda. La Increíble Historia de Don Iñigo
Noriega Laso” on the blog: https://elblogdeacebedo.blogspot.com/2012/12/inigo-noriega-laso-un-indiano-de-
leyenda.html
26
For a highly critical contemporary report on the scandal, see Carlo de Fornaro, Diaz Czar of Mexico (S.l.,
International Publishing Co., 1909), p. 107.
27
El Diario del Hogar: Periodico de las Familias vi/ 197 (5/5/87), pp. 1-2 (“Ecos de la semana”), notes the
presence of “La Sra. Gómez de Jacoby was wrapped in salmon brocade and plaid blue, and displayed magnificent
diamonds. (La Sra. Gómez de Jacoby staba envuelta en brocade salmon y azul plaido, y lució magníficos brillantes)
28
The Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona has files for three separate building and restoration requests for
Concepción’s property from 1906 (shelfmark Q127 FO 1779), 1913 (Q127 FO 743), and 1915 (Q127 FO 63). The