Brief Life History of David
When David Lopez Rodríguez was born on 13 January 1891, in San Benito, Cameron, Texas, United States, his father, Clemente Lopez Cisneros, was 27 and his mother, Severa Rodriguez Mejia, was 17. He married Eustolia Esparza on 5 January 1913, in Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Cameron, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 15 January 1967, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, at the age of 76, and was buried in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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- David Lopez in household of Clemente Lopez, "United States Census, 1910"
- David R Lopez en el registro de Abel E Lopez, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- David Lopez Rodriguez en el registro de Daniel Lopez Noyola, "México, San Luis Potosí, Registro Civil, 1859-2000"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907
Historical Boundaries: 1907: Cameron, Texas, United States
1911
Rebellion spreads throughout Mexico. After attack on Ciudad Juárez, Díaz resigns. Madero returns in triumph to Mexico City and is elected to presidency. Emiliano Zapata publishes Plan of Ayala demanding quick reforms.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Ramon, Mario.
Spanish (López): patronymic from the medieval personal name Lope ‘wolf’. This is one of the commonest of all Spanish surnames. In the US, it is the twelfth most frequent surname. Compare De Lopez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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