Brief Life History of Maria Teresa
When Maria Teresa Aguirre Sangüeza was born in October 1884, in Sacaca, Alonzo de Ibáñez, Potosí, Bolivia, her father, Modesto Aguirre, was 21 and her mother, Timotea Sangüeza, was 26. She married Manuel C Matos Sierra in January 1932, in Oruro, Bolivia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in January 1932, in Cercado, Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the age of 47, and was buried in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Maria Tereza Aguirre, "Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996"
- Teresa Aguirre in entry for Maria Ofelia Delicia Matos, "Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996"
World Events (3)
1903
Bolivia loses the rubber-rich province of Acre to Brazil.
1920
Rebellion by indigenous peoples.
1932
Bolivia loses territory to Paraguay after it is defeated in the Chaco War.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Jesus, Carlos, Raul, Miguel, Pedro, Mario, Francisco, Jorge.
Basque: Castilianized form of Agirre, a topographic name from ager, agir ‘open space, pasture’. This is found as the first element of several placenames, reflected in Basque surnames such as Aguirrezabal ‘broad open space’. The surname Aguirre may also be a shortening of any of these. Compare Aquirre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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