When Alvaro Emilio Contreras Madrid was born in 1921, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, his father, Jose Vicente Flavio Contreras Falco, was 37 and his mother, Maria De Los Angeles Madrid Bonilla, was 30. He died on 24 January 2003, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, at the age of 82, and was buried in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
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United States recognizes Obregón government.
Plutarco Elías Calles elected president.
Miguel Alemán Valdés presidency. Industrialization, public works, and creation of a new campus for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México--UNAM).
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Miguel, Francisco, Guadalupe, Roberto, Mario, Pedro. Portuguese Duarte, Ligia, Paulo, Wenceslao.
Spanish: habitational name from Conteraras, a place in the province of Burgos, named from Late Latin contraria ‘surrounding area, region’ (from the preposition contra ‘opposite, against, hard by’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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