Brief Life History of TORIBIO
When TORIBIO HERRERA SAAVEDRA was born on 1 May 1891, in Chillepin, Salamanca, Choapa, Chile, his father, Jesus Herrera Astudillo, was 33 and his mother, Juana Saavedra Escorza, was 27. He died on 23 September 1978, in Cunlagua, Salamanca, Choapa, Chile, at the age of 87.
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- Toribio del Carmen Herrera I Saavedra, "Chile, Registro Civil, 1885-1932"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Jorge, Francisco, Raul, Rafael, Mario, Roberto.
Spanish: habitational name from any of various places in the provinces of Seville and Badajoz named Herrera, from a word meaning ‘iron smithy, blacksmith's forge’ (a derivative of hierro ‘iron’, Latin ferrum). In the US, it is also found among Native Americans (Pueblos) in NM. Compare De Herrera and Errera .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 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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