Maria Mirante
1902–before July 2009 (Age 107)
Diócesis de Almería, Spain
The Life of Maria
When Maria Mirante was born in 1902, in Diócesis de Almería, Spain, her father, João Mirante, was 25 and her mother, Maria Martins, was 20. She married Ignacio Melerio on 6 August 1921, in Dourado, São Paulo, Brazil. She died before July 2009, in Brazil, at the age of 107.
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Family Time Line
Ignacio Melerio
1900–2000
Maria Mirante
1902–2009
Marriage: 6 August 1921
Spouse and Children
1900–2000Male
1902–2009Female
MARRIAGE
6 August 1921
Dourado, São Paulo, Brazil
6 August 1921
Dourado, São Paulo, Brazil
Parents and Siblings
1877–2000Male
1882–2000Female
siblings
(1)
1902–2009Female
World Events (8)
1912 · Prime Minister Jose Canalejas assassinated
Age 10
Spain's first prime minister, after the fall of Segismundo Moret's government, is assassinated by rebel Manuel Pardinas.
1914
Age 12
World War I, Spain remained neutral.
1930 · Signing of San Sabastian pact
Age 28
On Aug 17th 1930, the Republican aliance comes together with all the political parties, except for the Spanish Federal Party, to plan the end of Alfonzo XII's reign and proclaim the Second Spanish Republic. Despite the title, no documents are written or signed at the convention.
Name Meaning
1 Southern Italian: from a short form of Almirante, an occupational or honorific name (or possibly a nickname for someone with a self-important manner), from Spanish almirante ‘admiral’, which is from Arabic al amīr ‘commander’.2 Portuguese: possibly a habitational name from any of the places so named, from mirante ‘watch tower’, ‘look out’, or from the same word in the sense ‘watch’, ‘vigilance’, ‘sentry duty’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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