Brief Life History of Fidel Salas
When Fidel Salas Canlas was born about 1932, in Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines, his father, Remigio David Canlas, was 38 and his mother, Macaria Lagman Salas, was 34. He died about 1956, at the age of 26.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Fidel Salas Canlas, "Philippines Deaths and Burials, 1726-1957"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (3)
1935
Filipino people approve constitution creating the Philippine Commonwealth with Manuel Quezon y Molina as the first president. The Philippines is promised full independence within 10 years.
1941
Japan attacks the Philippines by air and invades two weeks later.
1944
U.S. forces retake the islands.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Marcelo, Alfredo, Cesar, Domingo, Eduardo, Efren, Emiliano, Lourdes, Rolando, Abelardo, Aguedo, Amalia.
Hispanic (Philippines): possibly an altered form of a habitational name from Las Canles in Ourense province, Galicia (Spain), named from Galician canle ‘channel’ (from Latin canal).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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