Brief Life History of Francisca Segura
When Francisca Segura Medina was born on 2 December 1867, in Trujillo, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico, her father, Simon Medina, was 21 and her mother, Maria Damasia Segura, was 19.
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Sources (5)
- Legacy NFS Source: Francisca Segura Medina - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Francisca Segura Medina
- Francisca Medina Segura, "Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980"
- Francisca Medina Segura, "Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980"
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World Events (8)
1872
Death of Juárez. Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada inaugurated president.
1873
Reform Laws incorporated into Mexican constitution confirming separation of church and state.
1904
Constitution changed to allow for six-year presidential term.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Ramon, Mario, Rafael. Portuguese Lidio, Ligia, Anatolio, Duarte, Joao.
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of several places, as for example Medina-Sidonia in Cádiz province and Medina del Campo in Valladolid province, so called from Arabic madīna ‘city’.
Jewish (Sephardic): also an 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 Catholic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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