John Sonny Torres

Male31 March 1955–9 August 2009

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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  • 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

With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Age 3

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

1960

Age 5

Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

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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