When Celza Higueros Roman was born on 9 January 1894, in Tecpán, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, her father, Antonio Higueros, was 25 and her mother, Balvina Román Barrera, was 20. She had at least 6 sons and 1 daughter with Benjamín Román Castañeda. She died on 24 August 1988, in Guatemala, Guatemala, at the age of 94.
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The United States company called the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita Brands International) began developing banana plantations in Guatemala.
Guatemala declares war on the Axis powers.
Jorge Ubico, the dictator, was forced to resign and a social and economic revolution began in Guatemala.
Hispanic (Guatemala): probably an altered form of Spanish Higueras, plural of higuera ‘fig tree’ (see Higuera ), with the male suffix -os for matching with the sex of the bearer of the surname.
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