Maruja Gálvez Villafuerte

Brief Life History of Maruja

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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Family Time Line

Arnaldo F. Gálvez Usubillaga
1880–1925
Otilia Villafuerte Triviño
1883–1928
María Senaida Gálvez Villafuerte
1907–1964
Maria Semira Gálvez Villafuerte
1909–1991
Francisco Gálvez Villafuerte
1909–1929
Carlos Arnaldo Gálvez Villafuerte
1912–1993
Arnaldo Gálvez Villafuerte
1913–1980
Francisco Gálvez Villafuerte
1914–1929
Homero Gálvez Villafuerte
1916–1950
Homero Alcides Galvez Villafuerte
1916–1993
Rosa Gálvez Villafuerte
1918–1930
Maruja Gálvez Villafuerte
1918–1990
José María Gálvez Villafuerte
1923–1964

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    World Events (6)

    1941

    Peru invades the Amazonian of El Oro. The two countries go to war. Contention continues through much of the 20th century.

    1948

    Banana trade brings prosperity.

    1963

    Military rule begins.

    Name Meaning

    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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