Brief Life History of Francisco
When Francisco Hidalgo was born in 1769, in Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, his father, Joseph Hidalgo, was 23 and his mother, Isabel Zambrana Morales, was 24. He married Maria Diaz on 28 September 1801, in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 June 1833, in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Francisco Hidalgo, "Louisiana, Marriages, 1816-1906"
- Francisco Hidalgo, "Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Conveyances, 1770-1957"
- Francisco Hidalgo in entry for Francisco Alemand and Maria Hidalgo, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Mario, Miguel, Jorge, Ricardo, Julio, Pedro, Ramon.
Spanish: from hidalgo ‘nobleman’, a shortening of the phrase hijo de algo ‘son of something’. The expression hijo de (from Latin filius ‘son’ + de ‘of’) is used to indicate the abundant possession of a quality, probably influenced by similar Arabic phrases with ibn; algo (from Latin aliquid ‘something’) is used in an elliptical manner to refer to riches or importance. As in the case of other surnames denoting high rank, the name does not normally refer to the nobleman himself, but is usually an occupational name for his servant or a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.
Hispanic (Mexico): probably also a habitational name from Hidalgo, the name of a state in Mexico.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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