When Calixto Castillon Meza was born in 1850, in Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico, his father, Mateo Castillon Contreras, was 42 and his mother, Margarita Mesa Salcedo, was 36. He married Maria Cleotilde Vallarta Ramos on 12 February 1885, in Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 4 May 1918, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, at the age of 68, and was buried in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Carlos, Manuel, Luis, Francisco, Jorge, Miguel, Roberto, Javier, Mario. Portuguese Ligia, Godofredo.
Spanish: variant of Mesa .
Slovenian (Meža): probably a nickname derived from mežati ‘to have one's eyes (half-)closed’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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