When Felipe Hernandez Morales was born on 1 May 1913, in Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, his father, Hemeterio Morales, was 35 and his mother, María De Los Angeles Hernández Gómez, was 37. He married María Candelaria Agustin López on 4 February 1939, in Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 22 November 1999, in his hometown, at the age of 86.
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Guatemala declares war on the Axis powers.
Jorge Ubico, the dictator, was forced to resign and a social and economic revolution began in Guatemala.
Colonel Enrique Peralta becomes president following the assassination of Castillo.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Mario, Raul, Ramon, Roberto.
Spanish (Hernández): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando ). The surname has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there. Hernandez (including in the sense 2 below) is the eleventh most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Hernandez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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