Adela Rodriguez was born in 1875, in Puerto Rico as the daughter of Antonio Rodriguez and Bautista Mercado. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Juan Bautista Figueroa. She lived in Palma Escrita, Las Marías, Puerto Rico in 1910 and Maricao Afuera, Maricao, Puerto Rico in 1935. She died on 28 December 1965, in Maricao, Maricao, Puerto Rico, at the age of 90.
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During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Francisco, Jorge, Pedro, Raul, Miguel, Roberto, Ramon, Rafael. Portuguese Wenceslao, Ligia, Catarina, Paulo, Joaquim, Omero, Joao, Wenseslao, Adauto, Albeiro, Godofredo.
Spanish (Rodríguez) and Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Rodrigo . Rodriguez (including in the sense 2 below) is the ninth most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Rodriguez and Rodriquez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see above) 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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