Brief Life History of Petra Felix
When Petra Felix Moreno was born on 25 September 1914, in Nogales, Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States, her father, Jose Palafox Moreno, was 30 and her mother, Guadalupe Felix, was 27. She lived in Pima, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Supervisorial District 2, Pima, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 18 November 1994, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Petra Moreno in household of Jose Moreno, "United States Census, 1930"
- Petra Moreno, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- PETRA M. WARD, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Mario, Jorge, Miguel, Francisco, Ruben, Raul. Portuguese Gonsalo, Ligia, Omero, Vasco.
Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): nickname for someone with dark hair and/or a swarthy complexion, from Spanish and Portuguese moreno ‘dark, brown, swarthy’ or ‘dark-skinned, dark-haired’, from Late Latin maurinus, a derivative of classical Latin Maurus ‘Moor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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