Brief Life History of Juana Maria
Juana Maria Hernandez was born on 11 November 1881, in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States as the daughter of Marcelo Hernandez and Maria Anastasia Martinez.
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1882 · The Big One
On Nov 7 1882, Denver was hit with a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. It was the largest earthquake to hit in the history of Colorado.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Mario, Raul, Ramon, Roberto.
Spanish (Hernández): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando ). The surname has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there. Hernandez (including in the sense 2 below) is the eleventh most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Hernandez .
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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