Brief Life History of Maria Cleotilde
When Maria Cleotilde Arana Trujillo was born on 24 June 1905, in Sinaloa, Mexico, her father, Pedro Arana Peña, was 34 and her mother, Librada Trujillo Benites, was 31. She died in 1985, in her hometown, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Cleotilde Arana, "Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929"
- María Clotilde Arana Jillo, "México, Sinaloa, registros parroquiales, 1671-1968"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1906
Proclamation against Díaz issued by the liberals in St. Louis, Missouri.
1908
Díaz states his intention of not seeking reelection in interview. Francisco I. Madero publishes The Presidential Succession of 1910 .
1926
Anticlerical policies spark Cristero Rebellion.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Jesus, Juan, Manuel, Ramon, Beatriz, Enrique, Francisco, Jaime, Mario, Cesar.
Basque: topographic name from aran ‘valley’ + the definite article -a, or a habitational name from any of several places so named in Treviño (province of Burgos, where Basque was still spoken during the early Middle Ages) and Biscay (Basque Country, Spain).
Spanish (Araña; Canary Islands): from araña ‘spider’, a nickname for a weaver or perhaps for an industrious or opportunistic person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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