When Nelitón Guerrero was born about 1865, in Cunday, Tolima, Colombia, his father, Juan Guerrero, was 14 and his mother, Felipa Sanchez, was 9. He married Ubaldina Rubio Lozano about 1890, in Cunday, Tolima, Colombia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 9 February 1908, in his hometown, at the age of 44.
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Thousand Days' War. Around 120,000 people die in civil war between Liberals and Conservatives. Panama becomes an independent state.
Panama seceded from Colombia with U.S. backing and allows U.S. control over the strip of land now known as the Panama Canal zone.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Luis, Manuel, Carlos, Francisco, Raul, Miguel, Jorge, Pedro, Roberto. Portuguese Wenceslao, Ligia, Anatolio, Calixtro, Lidio, Omero, Paulo.
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian: nickname for an aggressive person or for a soldier, from an agent derivative of guerra ‘war’. Compare Guerra .
Hispanic (Mexico): probably also a habitational name from Guerrero, the name of a state in Mexico.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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