Brief Life History of Santos
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.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Santos Carrera en el registro de Emigdio de la Cruz, "México, Durango, Registro Civil, 1861-1995"
Spouse and Children
1913–1988 Male
about 1918–2007 Female
Children (6)
about 1935–2002 Female
about 1941–1996 Female
1946–1948 Male
1947–1995 Female
about 1950–1999 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1868– Male
1870– Female
Siblings (1)
about 1918–2007 Female
World Events (8)
1920
Age 2
1923
Age 5
1946
Age 28
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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