Maria Dolores Mestas

Brief Life History of Maria Dolores

When Maria Dolores Mestas was born on 13 March 1847, in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, United States, her father, Jose Felipe Mestas, was 63 and her mother, Maria Soledad Tafoya, was 31. She died on 11 April 1848, at the age of 1, and was buried in Rancho, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jose Felipe Mestas
1784–1860
Maria Soledad Tafoya
1816–1899
Maria Rita Mestas
1837–1884
Maria Candelaria Maestas
1840–
Francisco Antonio Mestas
1842–1843
Maria Dolores Mestas
1843–1844
Jose Meliton Mestas
1844–
Maria Dolores Mestas
1847–1848
Jose Pablo Mestas
1849–
Juan Jose Mestas
1850–1850
Antonio Jose Maestas
1851–1912
Juan Jose Mestas
1851–1851
Jose Dolores Maestas
1854–1928

Sources (2)

  • Maria Dolores Mestas, "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918"
  • Maria Dolores Mestas, "New Mexico, Births and Christenings, 1726-1918"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Conrado, Manuel, Eduardo, Juan, Roberto, Abelardo, Alfonso, Alfonzo, Alonzo, Aniceto, Armondo, Carlos.

Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from a Castilianized form of Les Mestes, the name of a town and several villages in Asturias (Spain), all named with the plural of mesta ‘common (sheep) pasture’ (from Latin mixtas, plural past participle of miscere ‘to mix, to mingle’).

Spanish: habitational name from Las Mestas in Cáceres province, of the same etymology as in 1 above.

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

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