Brief Life History of Pedro Luis
When Pedro Luis Rey Torrao was born on 21 June 1920, in Lima, Lima, Peru, his father, Alejandro Marcelino Rey Lagomarsino, was 34 and his mother, Maria Rosa Torrao Mejia, was 26. He died on 12 January 1978, in his hometown, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Pedro Luis, "Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992"
- Pedro Luis Rey, "Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996"
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World Events (2)
1929
Chile returned Tacna to Peru.
1975
Quechua, the language of the Inca, was made an official language along with Spanish of Peru.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Luis, Juan, Alfredo, Roberto, Alfonso, Angel, Eduardo, Jesus, Mariano, Carlos.
Spanish, Galician, and French (Occitan): from Spanish and Old French rey ‘king’ (from Latin rex, genitive regis), which may have denoted someone in the service of a king, or it may have been from the title of someone in a brotherhood or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities. Compare Del Rey and Galician Rei .
English (Somerset): variant of Ray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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