When Juan Melesio Martínez Dueñas was born on 12 February 1917, in Toro, La Unión, Arequipa, Peru, his father, Leonidas Martinez Urquizo, was 17 and his mother, Julia Dueñas Montes, was 19. He had at least 1 son with Maria Ninfa Martinez Mota. He died on 12 April 1978, in Cotahuasi, La Unión, Arequipa, Peru, at the age of 61.
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Chile returned Tacna to Peru.
Quechua, the language of the Inca, was made an official language along with Spanish of Peru.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Raul, Mario, Jorge, Roberto, Ruben. Portuguese Ligia, Paulo, Armanda, Catarina, Gonsalo, Marcio, Wenceslao, Anatolio, Godofredo, Lidio, Sil, Zulmira.
Spanish (Martínez): patronymic from the personal name Martin . This surname has also been established in southern Italy since the period of Spanish dominance there. In the US, it is the tenth most frequent surname. Compare De Martinez .
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