When Anselmo Rosas Palma Guerrero was born in 1842, in Carhuaz, Áncash, Peru, his father, Justo Pérez de la Palma León, was 32 and his mother, Vitalia Guerrero Obregón, was 28. He married Jacoba Carmen Guardia Mejía in 1868, in Carhuaz, Áncash, Peru. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 15 August 1917, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in San Pedro, Carhuaz, Carhuaz, Áncash, Peru.
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Chinese workers numbering up to 100,000 arrive in Peru as menial laborers.
Peruvian-Spanish war. Peru wins war with Spain.
Peru and Bolivia are defeated by Chile during the Pacific War in which Peru loses territory in the south to Chile.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Luis, Juan, Manuel, Mario, Miguel, Rafael, Ruben, Alfredo, Alfonso, Francisco. Portuguese Godofredo, Joaquim, Ligia, Wenceslao. Italian Antonio, Angelo, Lorenzo, Palma, Caesar, Carlo, Caesar, Cecilio, Clemente, Constantino, Dino, Domenic.
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places called with Latin palma ‘palm’.
Italian: from the personal name Palma ‘palm’, bestowed with reference to the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem before his arrest and crucifixion. The personal name is used for both sexes, though predominantly for females.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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