Brief Life History of Maria De Jesus
Maria De Jesus Torres was born on 20 October 1782, in Siánori, Topia, Durango, Mexico as the daughter of Antonio Torres and Manuela Inges Angulo. She had at least 1 daughter with Jose Ma Meza. She died in her hometown.
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1821
Age 39
1822
Age 40
1823
Age 41
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Rafael. Portuguese Ligia, Anatolio, Catarina, Paulo, Albeiro, Gonsalo, Joaquim, Lidio, Omero, Wenceslao.
Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’ (see Torre ). As a Jewish name, it was often adopted at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics. Compare De Torres .
Italian: habitational name from Torres in Belluno or Porto Torres in Sassari. In southern Italy the surname is sometimes of Spanish origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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