Brief Life History of Segundo Serafin
When Segundo Serafin Garofalo Mestanza was born on 12 January 1915, in San Vicente, San Miguel, Bolívar, Ecuador, his father, Nicolas Garofalo Ortiz, was 42 and his mother, Rosa Abigail Mestanza Torres, was 25. He married Aurelia Zenaida Medrano Monar about 1940, in San Miguel, Bolívar, Ecuador. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 18 January 1999, in his hometown, at the age of 84.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Serafín Garofalo Mestanza, Segundo, "Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011"
Spouse and Children
1915–1999 Male
1921–2006 Female
Children (3)
1941–1986 Male
1943–2021 Male
–2017 Female
Parents and Siblings
1872–1957 Male
1889–1958 Female
Siblings (10)
1875–1960 Male
1909–1984 Male
1912–1978 Male
1915–1999 Male
1915–1999 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1941
Age 26
1948
Age 33
1963
Age 48
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Mario, Sal, Carmine, Gasper, Alfonso, Giovanni, Santo, Antonino, Antonio, Camillo, Domenic, Fausto, Fernando, Roberto, Rosario.
Italian (southern): from garofalo ‘carnation’, from Greek karyophyllon, standard Italian garofano. This is presumably a nickname for one who habitually sported a carnation, a topographic name for someone who lived where carnations grew, or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of these flowers. Compare Garofano and Garofolo .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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