Brief Life History of Nazaria Elvira
When Nazaria Elvira López Y Soto was born on 28 June 1881, in Lares, Puerto Rico, her father, Bernardino López De Victoria Pujols, was 27 and her mother, María de los Angeles Soto Segarra, was 24. She married Ildefonso Molina Borrero on 14 September 1900, in Lares, Puerto Rico. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Lares, Lares, Puerto Rico in 1930. She died on 25 January 1967, in Piletas, Lares, Puerto Rico, at the age of 85.
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- Elvira Lopez De Molina, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sara, "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001"
- Nasaria Lopez Y Soto De Molina in household of Ildefonso Molina Y Borrero, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (7)
1898
Under the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is ceded by the Spanish to the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War.
1900
U.S. Congress institutes civil government in Puerto Rico under the Foraker Act. U.S. maintains strict control over island affairs, prompting demands for more local control.
1917
Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Ramon, Mario.
Spanish (López): patronymic from the medieval personal name Lope ‘wolf’. This is one of the commonest of all Spanish surnames. In the US, it is the twelfth most frequent surname. Compare De Lopez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 above) 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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