Petra Felix Moreno

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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Family Time Line

Jose Palafox Moreno
1884–1947
Guadalupe Felix
1887–
Mary Moreno
1907–1994
Maria Dolores Moreno
1910–1994
Petra Felix Moreno
1914–1994

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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1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1935 · The FBI is Established

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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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