When Maria Cruz Guizar Palacios was born in 1898, in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, her father, Rafael Guizar, was 25 and her mother, Juana Palacios Meza, was 20. She died in 1988, in her hometown, at the age of 90.
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Constitution changed to allow for six-year presidential term.
Proclamation against Díaz issued by the liberals in St. Louis, Missouri.
United States recognizes Obregón government.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Mario, Miguel, Ramon, Angel, Braulio, Francisco, Jesus, Jose Luis, Luis, Manuel, Margarita.
Hispanic (mainly Mexico): shortened form of Basque Jaureguizar, Castilianized form of Jauregizar, a topographic name from jauregui ‘palace, manor house’ + zar ‘old’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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