Brief Life History of Carmelo
When Carmelo Tarcaya was born on 10 May 1930, in San Pedro de Quemes, Nor Lípez, Potosí, Bolivia, his father, Tomas Tarcaya, was 45 and his mother, Bernardina Pantoja Castillo, was 32. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Antonia Quiquinte Coronel. He died on 2 July 1978, in Perico, El Carmen, Jujuy, Argentina, at the age of 48.
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World Events (7)
1932
Bolivia loses territory to Paraguay after it is defeated in the Chaco War.
1943
Juan Perón rises to power.
1945
Juan Perón and Eva Marie Duarte (Evita) are married.
Name Meaning
Of early Christian origin, referring to ‘Our Lady of Carmel’, a title of the Virgin Mary. Carmel is the name (meaning ‘garden’ or ‘orchard’ in Hebrew) of a mountain in the Holy Land near modern Haifa, which was populated from very early Christian times by hermits. They were later organized into the Carmelite order of monks. The name is used mainly by Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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