Brief Life History of Maria Rafaela
When Maria Rafaela Barrios Ramos was born on 1 November 1801, in Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, her father, Miguel Anastacio Barrios, was 36 and her mother, Maria de Santiago Francisca De La Luz Ramos Rodriguez, was 28. She married Ciriaco Acosta Zaldaña on 24 April 1818, in Nieves, General Francisco R. Murguía, Zacatecas, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 13 May 1870, in San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango, Mexico, at the age of 68, and was buried in San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango, Mexico.
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- Maria Rafaela del Guajolote, "México, San Luis Potosí, registros parroquiales, 1586-1970"
- Rafaela Barrios en el registro de Domingo Santos, "México, Durango, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1604-1985"
- Rafaela Barrios en el registro de Jesus Acosta, "México, Durango, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1604-1985"
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World Events (6)
1821
Colonization grant given to Moses Austin to settle Texas. Plan of Iguala proclaims Mexican independence. Augustín de Iturbide and Spanish envoy sign Treaty of Córdoba recognizing Mexico's independence. treaty not honored by Spanish government, however.
1822
Army of the Three Guarantees occupies Mexico City under Iturbide's command. Iturbide becomes emperor of Mexico as Agustín I. Iturbide deposed, and republic proclaimed by Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón.
1841
Conservative rebellion against Bustamante. Santa Anna's dictatorship.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Manuel, Jorge, Jesus, Francisco, Mario, Angel, Pedro, Guadalupe.
Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Spanish barrio ‘outlying suburb’ (especially an impoverished one), ‘slum’, from Arabic barr ‘suburb, dependent village’. It may also be a topographic name for someone originating from a barrio.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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