Consuelo Zabala y Matheus

Brief Life History of Consuelo

When Consuelo Zabala y Matheus was born on 22 March 1901, in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, her father, Gabriel Zabala y Medina, was 34 and her mother, Francisca Soto y Matheus, was 29. She married Agustine Rivera on 18 December 1920, in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in San Sebastián, Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión, El Salvador in 1935 and Piedras Blancas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Agustine Rivera
1895–1944
Consuelo Zabala y Matheus
1901–
Marriage: 18 December 1920
Edna Concepcion Rivera y Zabala
1922–
Jaime Rivera y Zabala
1923–
Aida Rivera y Zabala
1924–1925
Luz del Carmen Rivera y Zabala
1926–1926
César Augusto Rivera y Zabala
1927–1927
Rafael Rivera y Zabala
1929–1929
Luz Delia Rivera y Zabala
1929–1929
Gabriel Rivera y Zabala
1930–1934
Luz Delia Rivera y Zabala II
1931–
Consuelo Rivera y Zabala
1932–1932
César Rivera y Zabala
1935–1936

Sources (19)

  • Consuelo Zabala De Rivera, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Consuelo Zavala in entry for Jaime Rivera y Zavala, "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
  • Consuelo Zabala Y Matchu in household of Gabriel Zabala Y Medina, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (7)

1917

Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.

1932

Partial self-government granted. The Congress of United States approved a law to change back the name of the island Porto Rico, to its original name, Puerto Rico.

1936

Women given full suffrage.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Luis, Carlos, Jaime, Jose, Juan, Manuel, Angel, Efrain, Julio, Pedro, Salvador, Alba.

Basque: habitational name from any of various places called Zabala, in Biscay and Araba/Álava provinces (Basque Country, Spain), named with Basque zabal ‘large, broad’ + the definite article -a. In some cases the surname may have arisen as a nickname from the same word. Compare Sabala , Savala , and Zavala .

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

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