When Francisco Meliton Vigil was born on 5 July 1879, in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States, his father, Miguel Antonio Vigil, was 29 and his mother, Maria Emiliana Bustos, was 17. He married Filomena Garcia on 27 April 1904, in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 6, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 10 North Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1910. He died on 21 December 1921, in Huerfano, Colorado, United States, at the age of 42.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
On Nov 8 1881, Denver becomes the state capitol, due to an economic boom the city experienced in the 1880s.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Carlos, Orlando, Alfonso, Luis, Ramon, Arturo, Francisco, Eloy, Ricardo.
Asturian-Leonese: Castilianized form of a habitational name from a place called Vixil, in the district of Siero, Asturias (Spain).
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