Brief Life History of Modesto
When Modesto Aguirre was born in 1863, in Sacaca, Alonzo de Ibáñez, Potosí, Bolivia, his father, Elias Aguirre, was 30 and his mother, Remigia Bustos, was 40. He married Timotea Sangüeza in 1888, in Sacaca, Alonzo de Ibáñez, Potosí, Bolivia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter.
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Sources (9)
- Unknown, "Bolivia, registros parroquiales, 1566-1996"
- Modesto Aguirre in entry for Maria Tereza Aguirre, "Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996"
- Modesto Aguirre in entry for Modesto Aguirre Sanhuera, "Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996"
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Siblings (16)
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World Events (7)
1879
Bolivia becomes landlocked after losing mineral-rich, coastal territory in the Atacama to Chile.
1903
Bolivia loses the rubber-rich province of Acre to Brazil.
1920
Rebellion by indigenous peoples.
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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