Jose Vicente Vigil

Brief Life History of Jose Vicente

When Jose Vicente Vigil was born on 1 April 1868, in Huerfano, Colorado, United States, his father, Juan Baustista Vigil, was 43 and his mother, Juana Maria Ortega, was 37. He married Maria Guadalupe Gonzales on 30 August 1890, in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 26, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died in December 1959, in Huerfano, Colorado, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Saint Marys, Huerfano, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jose Vicente Vigil
1868–1959
Maria Guadalupe Gonzales
1870–1936
Marriage: 30 August 1890
Gilbert Vigil
1891–1976
Jose Ramon Vigil
1910–1957
Maria Ucia Vigil
1894–1979
Adela Vigil
1896–1987
Maria Mercedes Vigil
1898–
Maria Onofre Vigil
1902–1959
Della Vigil
1904–
Agustin Vigil
1904–1970

Sources (12)

  • Vicente Vijil, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jose Vicente Ferrer Vigil, "United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931"
  • J V Vigil, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870

Historical Boundaries: 1870: Huerfano, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Huerfano, Colorado, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

Name Meaning

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).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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