Elvira Ortiz Montano was born about 1900, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Andrés Ibáñez, Santa Cruz, Bolivia as the daughter of Carmelo Ortiz Taborga and María M Montano. She married Castulo Chavez Egüez on 27 October 1913, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Andrés Ibáñez, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1974, in her hometown, at the age of 75.
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Bolivia loses the rubber-rich province of Acre to Brazil.
Rebellion by indigenous peoples.
Bolivia loses territory to Paraguay after it is defeated in the Chaco War.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Manuel, Francisco, Jesus, Miguel, Angel, Jorge, Pedro, Ramon.
Spanish: patronymic from the Basque personal name Orti, from Latin Fortunius (see Fortuno ). Compare Urtiz .
History: Nicolas Ortiz Ladron de Guevara, a native of Mexico City, came to Santa Fe, NM, in June 1694 with his wife and children and other families recruited to recolonize New Mexico after the Pueblo Indian revolt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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