When Josefa Gonzalez Medrano was born on 26 November 1868, in San Salvador, El Salvador, her father, Juan Gonzalez, was 22 and her mother, Maria Francisca Medrano, was 20. She died in her hometown.
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El Salvador fights a brief war with Honduras. Thousands of Salvadoran illegal immigrants are evicted from Honduras. El Salvador retaliates.
Anti-government guerrilla activities intensify. Reports of increased human rights violations by government troops and death squads. General Carlos Romero is elected president.
Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande, S. J. is assassinated by a death squad.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Carlos, Luis, Manuel, Jesus, Jorge, Pedro, Francisco, Miguel, Ramon, Raul, Mario.
Spanish (González): patronymic from the personal name Gonzalo . Compare De Gonzalez , Gonsales , Gunsalus , and Portuguese Goncalves .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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