Jose Medellin Galvan

Male2 August 1925–22 May 1952

Brief Life History of Jose

Jose Medellin Galvan was born on 2 August 1925, in Texas, United States as the son of Jose Santos Galvan Castañeda and Maria Ventura Medellin Rios. He died on 22 May 1952, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jose Santos Galvan Castañeda
Maria Ventura Medellin Rios
1890–1974
Jose Medellin Galvan
1925–1952
Juan Medellin Galvan
1927–1982

Sources (4)

  • Jose Angel Galvan in household of Jose Angel Cisneros, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Joe Medllin Galvan, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Joe Medellin Galvan, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1927

Age 2

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Age 4

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 10

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, Pedro, Jesus, Carlos, Javier, Sergio, Alfredo, Ernesto, Guadalupe, Luis, Manuel.

Spanish (Medellín): habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province, Latin (Caecilia) Metellina, derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain, Cecilio Metello Pio.

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

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