Jorge Marquez Romero
1854–1954 (Age 100)
Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela
The Life of Jorge
When Jorge Marquez Romero was born in 1854, in Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela, his father, Francisco Marquez, was 25 and his mother, Francisca Romero, was 21. He married Belen Martínez De La Cruz on 4 November 1879, in Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela. He died before 1954, in his hometown, at the age of 99.
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Family Time Line
Jorge Marquez Romero
1854–1954
Belen Martínez De La Cruz
1854–1894
Marriage: 4 November 1879
Spouse and Children
1854–1954Male
Belen Martínez De La Cruz
1854–1894Female
MARRIAGE
4 November 1879
Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela
4 November 1879
Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela
Parents and Siblings
Francisco Marquez
1829–1929Male
Francisca Romero
1833–1933Female
siblings
(1)
1854–1954Male
World Events (7)
1859
Age 5
The Federal War began in Venezuela. Ezequiel Zamora (1817-1860) led the Federalist Army until his assassination on Jan 10, 1860.
1860
Age 6
Ezequiel Zamora (1817-1860), leader of the Federalist Army in Venezuela, was assassinated.
1899
Age 45
An international tribunal in Paris ruled on a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana (Guyana). Britain received most of the claim for the Essequibo region, close to 111,000 square miles. Venezuela was represented by 2 U.S. judges and the chairman of the panel was Russian jurist Frederic de Martens. Venezuela rejected this decision in the 1960s.
Name Meaning
Spanish (Márquez): patronymic from the personal name Marcos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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