Brief Life History of Vicenta Emilia
When Vicenta Emilia Gómez Dobles was born on 5 April 1883, in Pedro Zaraza, Guárico, Venezuela, her father, Vicente José Joaquin GómezToro, was 43 and her mother, Inés María Dobles Alvarez, was 29. She married Pedro César Zurita Gamez in 1906, in Santa María de Ipire, Guárico, Venezuela. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 18 March 1973, in Pariaguán, Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pariaguán, Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
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- Vicenta Emilia Gómez Doble, "Venezuela, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1577-1995"
- Vicenta Emilia Gomez, "Venezuela, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1577-1995"
- Emilia Gomez, "Venezuela, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1577-1995"
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World Events (7)
1899
An international tribunal in Paris ruled on a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana (Guyana). Britain received most of the claim for the Essequibo region, close to 111,000 square miles. Venezuela was represented by 2 U.S. judges and the chairman of the panel was Russian jurist Frederic de Martens. Venezuela rejected this decision in the 1960s.
1899
Cipriano Castro served as president of Venezuela.
1914
Venezuela's 1st oil gusher was drilled near Lake Maracibo.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Miguel, Pedro, Jorge, Ramon, Rafael.
Spanish (Gómez): from a medieval personal name, probably of Visigothic origin, from guma ‘man’. Compare De Gomez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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