When Manuel de Jesus Ramos Altamirano was born on 2 September 1888, in Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, his father, Bernardo Ramos Barrantes, was 24 and his mother, Guillerma Miranda Altamirano Jaen, was 22. He died about 1975, at the age of 88.
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Civil War. Rafael Angel Calderon Guradia refuses to step down for election winner Otilio Ulate. Don Pepe Figueres Ferrer leads the revolution against Calderon and topples the government after 40 days of fighting.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Pedro, Francisco, Miguel, Ramon, Raul, Jorge. Portuguese Joaquim, Paulo, Joao, Albano, Armanda, Catarina, Adao, Agostinho, Duarte, Heitor, Ilidio, Marcio.
Portuguese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the towns called Ramos in Portugal and Spain, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a thickly wooded area, from ramos ‘branches’ (from Latin ramus). Compare De Ramos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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