When Santos Carrera Rochel was born about 1918, in Durango, Mexico, her father, Jorge Carrera, was 51 and her mother, Perfecta Rochel, was 49. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Antonio De La Cruz Martinez. She died on 4 November 2007, in Durango, Durango, Mexico, at the age of 90.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Jesus, Luis, Pedro, Carlos, Ruben, Guadalupe, Mario, Miguel, Ramon. Italian Antonio, Salvatore, Geno, Mauro, Sal, Vito, Eliseo, Flavio, Gabino, Aldino, Aldo, Alessandro.
Italian: of multiple origin: in part a topographic name from carrera ‘thoroughfare’ or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word. In northern Italian it may also be from carrera ‘barrel’, no doubt as a metonymic occupational name.
Spanish and Italian (Sicily): topographic name for someone living by a main road, carrera ‘thoroughfare’, originally denoting a road passable by vehicles as well as pedestrians (from Late Latin carraria (via), a derivative of carrum ‘cart’), or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word.
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