Brief Life History of John Sonny
John Sonny Torres was born on 31 March 1955, in Kern, California, United States. He died on 9 August 2009, in Milpitas, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 54.
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Sources (6)
- John Sonny Torres Obituary
- John Or Sonny Torres, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- John Sonny Torres, "United States Social Security Death Index"
World Events (3)
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
Age 1
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Age 3
1960
Age 5
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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