Maria Del Pilar Porras Escovedo
10 February 1822–
Villa de Casas, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Life of Maria Del Pilar
When Maria Del Pilar Porras Escovedo was christened on 10 February 1822, in Villa de Casas, Tamaulipas, Mexico, her father, Leandro Porras, was 52 and her mother, Ma. Sabina Escobedo, was 52.
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Family Time Line
Leandro Porras
1770–
Ma. Sabina Escobedo
1770–
Maria Del Pilar Porras Escovedo
1822–
Lorenzo Porras
–
Jose Florencio Porras Escobedo
1824–
Ma. De Los Dolores Porras Escobedo
1826–
Maria Apolinaria Porres Escovedo
1831–
Maria Magdalena Porras Escobedo
1839–
Parents and Siblings
1770–Male
1770–Female
siblings
(6)
1822–Female
1824–Male
1826–Female
1831–Female
1839–Female
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1823
Guadelupe Victoria becomes first Mexican president.
1824
Federal republican government is established under new constitution. Guerrero becomes president.
1828
Santa Anna repels Spain's attempt to regain control of Mexico. Guerrero abolishes slavery as means of discouraging migration of United States southerners to Texas.
Name Meaning
1 Spanish: habitational name from Porras, a town in Andalusia, or nickname from the plural of porra ‘cudgel’, ‘club’, nickname either for a stockily built person or for a tiresome person. ‘Porras!’ is also used as an idiomatic expression meaning ‘Go to the Devil’.2 Galician: habitational name from any of three places in Lugo province named Porras.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Maria Del Pilar Porras Escovedo, "México, bautismos, 1560-1950"
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