Santos Carrera Rochel

Femaleabout 1918–4 November 2007

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

Antonio De La Cruz Martinez
1913–1988
Santos Carrera Rochel
about 1918–2007
Julia De La Cruz Carrera
about 1935–2002
Maria De Los Angeles De La Cruz Carrera
about 1941–1996
emigdio de la cruz carrera
1946–1948
Basilia De La Cruz Carrera
about 1950–1999
Maria del Refugio De La Cruz Carrera
1947–1995
Emigdio De la Cruz
1956–1958

Sources (1)

  • Santos Carrera en el registro de Emigdio de la Cruz, "México, Durango, Registro Civil, 1861-1995"

Spouse and Children

Children (6)

+1 More Child

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1920

Age 2

Obregón rebels. Carranza dies. Obregón elected president.

1923

Age 5

United States recognizes Obregón government.

1946

Age 28

Miguel Alemán Valdés presidency. Industrialization, public works, and creation of a new campus for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México--UNAM).

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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