Gabriel Mendez Olivarez was born on 29 March 1927, in Petlalcingo, Puebla, Mexico. He died on 29 January 1991, in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, at the age of 63, and was buried in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Raul, Jorge, Rafael. Portuguese Ligia, Godofredo, Ilidio, Paulo, Serafim.
Galician (Méndez): patronymic from the personal name Mendo (see Mendes , of which this is the Galician equivalent).
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian 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.
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