Juan Antonio Torres Fuentes

Brief Life History of Juan Antonio

When Juan Antonio Torres Fuentes was born on 26 June 1903, in Puchuncaví, Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile, his father, Felipe Torres Y Castro, was 46 and his mother, Juana Fuentes Perez de Torres, was 40.

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Family Time Line

Felipe Torres Y Castro
1857–
Juana Fuentes Perez de Torres
1863–
Maria Rufina Torres Fuentes
1886–
Edelmira Torres Y Castro
1888–
Josefina del Carmen Torres Y Castro
1890–1894
Margarita Torres Castro
1891–
Felipe Santiago Torres Fuentes
1893–1894
Juana Segunda del Carmen Torres Fuentes
1895–1895
Desiderio Torres Fuentes
1896–
Felipe Santiago Torres Fuentes
1898–1918
Dominga del Carmen Torres Fuentes
1899–1902
Dominga del Carmen Torres Fuente
1899–
Pedro Pablo Torres Fuente
1901–
Juan Antonio Torres Fuentes
1903–

Sources (2)

  • Juan Antonio, "Chile, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1633-2015"
  • Juan Antonio Torres Fuentes, "Chile, bautismos, 1585-1932"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Rafael. Portuguese Ligia, Anatolio, Catarina, Paulo, Albeiro, Gonsalo, Joaquim, Lidio, Omero, Wenceslao.

Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’ (see Torre ). As a Jewish name, it was often adopted at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics. Compare De Torres .

Italian: habitational name from Torres in Belluno or Porto Torres in Sassari. In southern Italy the surname is sometimes of Spanish origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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