Jesse Baptista

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Baptista was born on 26 April 1910, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Manuel Baptista, was 31 and his mother, Maria De Jesus Teixeira, was 29. He died on 9 October 1987, in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77.

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Jesse Baptista
1910–1987
Hilda DeMello
1916–1985

Sources (6)

  • Jesse Baptiste in household of Manuel E Baptiste, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Jessie Baptiste, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Jesse Baptista, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Luis, Jorge, Alvaro, Augusto, Alfredo, Carlos, Eduardo, Fernando, Helio, Mauricio. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim.

Portuguese and Spanish: from the personal name Baptista ‘baptist’, derived from the distinguishing epithet of Saint John the Baptist (see Baptiste ).

Americanized form of Italian Battista , a cognate of 1 above.

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

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