Melquiade Candelaria Pastoriza
1912–2 May 1979 (Age 67)
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The Life Summary of Melquiade
When Melquiade Candelaria Pastoriza was born in 1912, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, his father, Pedro Candelaria Rivera, was 34 and his mother, Justa Pastoriza Pastoriza, was 28. He died on 2 May 1979, in Puerto Rico, at the age of 67.
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Family Time Line
Pedro Candelaria Rivera
1878–1956
Justa Pastoriza Pastoriza
1884–
Melquiade Candelaria Pastoriza
1912–1979
Pedro Restituto Candelaria Pastoriza
1915–
Parents and Siblings
1878–1956Male
1884–Female
Siblings
(2)
1912–1979Male
1915–Male
World Events (5)
1917
Age 5
1917
Age 5
Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
1932
Age 20
1932
Age 20
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
Age 24
1936
Age 24
Women given full suffrage.
Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese:1. from the Marian epithet (Maria de la) Candelaria, referring to the Catholic feast of the Purification of the Virgin. The name derives from Latin candela ‘candle’, since on this day candles were blessed by a priest and then lit to invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary. 2. habitational name from a place in Tenerife called Canelaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Melquioda Candelaria Pastoriza, "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
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