When Maruja Gálvez Villafuerte was born in 1918, in Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, her father, Arnaldo F. Gálvez Usubillaga, was 38 and her mother, Otilia Villafuerte Triviño, was 35. She died in 1990, in her hometown, at the age of 72.
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Peru invades the Amazonian of El Oro. The two countries go to war. Contention continues through much of the 20th century.
Banana trade brings prosperity.
Military rule begins.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Jorge, Carlos, Juan, Luis, Miguel, Jesus, Manuel, Rafael, Roberto, Mario, Ramon.
Spanish (Gálvez): patronymic from the medieval personalname Galve (Arabic Ghālib ‘triumphant’), which wasborne by various Moorish chieftains in Spanish history and legend,notably the father-in-law of Al-Mansūr, the 10th-century vizier ofCórdoba.
History: General Bernardo de Gálvez was Spanish governor of LA in 1777,and fought against the British in the American Revolution. The city ofGalveston, TX, is named for him.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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