Brief Life History of Maria Casilda Leona
When Maria Casilda Leona Lopez was christened on 11 April 1883, in Otumba de Gómez Farías, Otumba, State of Mexico, Mexico, her father, Maximino Lopez Reyes, was 9 and her mother, Paula Castruita Enciso, was 45.
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- Maria Casilda Leona Lopez, "México, bautismos, 1560-1950"
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World Events (3)
1884
Mining code reformed. Subsoil ownership given to landowners. Reelection of Díaz.
1888
Constitution changed to allow Díaz to succeed himself.
1891 · The Garza Revolution
The Garza Revolution was a conflict fought between the residents of Coahuila and Texas. It began when a campaign to start an uprising against Porfirio Diaz. Even though it was a minor conflict, it is seen as a precursor to the Mexican Revolution.
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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