When Eugenio Rivera Morales was born in 1850, in Puerto Rico, his father, Jose Marcial Rivera Morales, was 45 and his mother, Victoriana Morales Gonzalez, was 36. He married Maria Clotilde Morales Y Velasquez on 19 February 1876, in Peñuelas, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Santo Domingo, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico in 1910. He died on 5 November 1929, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, at the age of 79.
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Slavery is abolished in the Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico.
Under the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is ceded by the Spanish to the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War.
U.S. Congress institutes civil government in Puerto Rico under the Foraker Act. U.S. maintains strict control over island affairs, prompting demands for more local control.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Angel, Miguel, Manuel, Francisco, Jesus, Pedro, Jorge, Roberto.
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called Rivera, from ribera ‘bank, shore’ (from Late Latin riparia). Compare De Rivera .
Catalan and Italian (southern): variant of Ribera , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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