Brief Life History of Tiburcio
When Tiburcio Torres was born in 1863, in La Rioja, Argentina, his father, Inocencio Torres, was 24 and his mother, Carmen Tobares, was 24. He died in 1963, in Argentina, at the age of 100.
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Parents and Siblings
1840–1940 Male
1840–1940 Female
Siblings (1)
1863–1963 Male
World Events (2)
1943
Age 80
1945
Age 82
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Rafael. Portuguese Ligia, Anatolio, Catarina, Paulo, Albeiro, Gonsalo, Joaquim, Lidio, Omero, Wenceslao.
Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’ (see Torre ). As a Jewish name, it was often adopted 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. Compare De Torres .
Italian: habitational name from Torres in Belluno or Porto Torres in Sassari. In southern Italy the surname is sometimes of Spanish origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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