When Elvira Sanchez Jimenez was born on 22 February 1923, in Nopala de Villagrán, Nopala de Villagrán, Hidalgo, Mexico, her father, Silviano Sanchez Martinez, was 47 and her mother, Maria Josefa Luisa Jimenez, was 36. She had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Agustín Núñez Quintanar. She died on 25 November 1987, in Mexico City, Mexico, at the age of 64, and was buried in Nopala de Villagrán, Nopala de Villagrán, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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Plutarco Elías Calles elected president.
Anticlerical policies spark Cristero Rebellion.
Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Miguel, Jorge, Pedro, Ramon, Raul, Roberto.
Spanish (Sánchez): patronymic from the personal name Sancho . In the US, this surname is also found among Native Americans (mainly Pueblos). Compare De Sanchez .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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