Brief Life History of Maria Mercedes
When Maria Mercedes Mendes Ingar was christened on 4 November 1821, in Carhuaz, Áncash, Peru, her father, Manuel Mendez y Milla Palma, was 22 and her mother, Maria Peregrina Ingar Orive, was 20.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Maria Mercedes Mendes, "Perú, bautismos, 1556-1930"
- Maria Mercedes Mendes Yngar, "Perú, bautismos, 1556-1930"
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World Events (3)
1823
Simon Bolivar led an army from Venezuela and Colombia into Peru to help fight the Spanish.
1824
Antonio Jose de Sucre defeated the Spanish at Ayacucho. Peru becomes the last colony in Latin America to gain its independence.
1827
General Jose de la Mar became the first Peruvian president.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Mario, Pedro, Alberto, Sergio, Armando, Cesar, Domingos, Francisco, Luis. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Paulo, Agostinho, Amadeu, Armanda, Guilherme, Henrique, Sebastiao, Valentim.
Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from the personal name Mendo, a shortened form of Menendo (see Menendez ).
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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