Brief Life History of Polidoro Romulo
When Polidoro Romulo Chaves was born on 12 February 1842, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, his father, Jose Maria Chaves, was 32 and his mother, Maria Isabel Apodaca, was 23. He married Maria Luisa Gallegos on 29 January 1868, in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Spain. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He was buried in Peralta, Valencia, New Mexico, United States.
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- Polidoro Chaves, "United States Census, 1880"
- Polidoro Romulo Chaves, "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918"
- Polidor Chaves, "New Mexico, Marriages, 1751-1918"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Bernalillo, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Juan, Roberto, Ruben, Cesar, Francisco, Jesus, Jorge, Mario. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Agostinho, Duarte, Goncalo, Ilidio, Ligia, Vasco.
Portuguese: habitational name from a place in the province of Tras-os-Montes named Chaves, from Latin (aquis) Flaviis ‘(at the) waters of Flavius’. The place was the site of sulfurous springs with supposedly health-giving properties, around which a settlement was founded in the 1st century AD by the Emperor Vespasian.
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Chaves, generally from the plural of chave ‘key’, from Latin clavis.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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