Marie Adela Vargas

Female29 September 1957–24 December 2002

Brief Life History of Marie Adela

When Marie Adela Vargas was born on 29 September 1957, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, United States, her father, Ignacio S Vargas, was 32 and her mother, Ella Mae Gideon, was 37. She died on 24 December 2002, in Goldendale, Klickitat, Washington, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Goldendale, Klickitat, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ignacio S Vargas
1925–1995
Ella Mae Gideon
1920–1985
Marie Adela Vargas
1957–2002

Sources (3)

  • Marie A Vargas, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Marie D Vargas, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
  • Marie Vargas, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Age 1

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

1961 · Seattle Space Needle is Built

Age 4

Construction on the Seattle Space Needle was constructed on April 17, 1961, and was opened on April 21, 1962. It was built for the World’s Fair in 1962. The space needle is an observation tower that is iconic to Seattle and a landmark of the Pacific Northwest. It was meant to only be lite for 75 nights per year or less to reduce light pollution. On September 11, 2001 the lights of the space were left on for 11 days straight.

1971 · The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Age 14

The Twenty-sixth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens who are eighteen years old or older.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Manuel, Pedro, Francisco, Jorge, Jesus, Rafael, Miguel, Roberto. Portuguese Paulo, Ligia, Vasco, Catarina, Conceicao, Joao, Omero, Serafim, Wenceslao.

Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name, probably from Vargas in Cantabria, or a topographic name from vargas, plural of varga, a dialect term meaning ‘(thatched) hut, steep slope’ or ‘fenced pastureland which becomes waterlogged in winter’. Compare Bargas and De Vargas .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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