Juana Mendoza Alvarado

1878–21 November 1969 (Age 91)
Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador

The Life Summary of Juana

When Juana Mendoza Alvarado was born in 1878, in Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador, her father, Geronimo Mendoza, was 25 and her mother, Soledad Alvarado, was 20. She married Manuel Ayala Melendez on 22 April 1904, in Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 21 November 1969, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, at the age of 91.

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Family Time Line

Manuel Ayala Melendez
1878–1945
Juana Mendoza Alvarado
1878–1969
Marriage: 22 April 1904
Nicolas Ayala Mendoza
1906–1976
Romualdo Ayala Mendoza
1908–1958
Eulalia Ayala Mendoza
1911–2013
Alfonso Ayala Melendez
1913–1994
Juana Francisca Ayala Mendoza
1916–1946
Laureano Ayala Mendoza
1918–1936
Arcadio Ayala Mendoza
1920–1965
Maria Eustaquia Ayala Mendoza
1924–1998

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 April 1904Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (1)

    1969
    Age 91
    El Salvador fights a brief war with Honduras. Thousands of Salvadoran illegal immigrants are evicted from Honduras. El Salvador retaliates.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Jesus, Carlos, Luis, Francisco, Miguel, Ramon, Pedro, Roberto, Jorge. Portuguese Anatolio, Godofredo, Anabela, Catarina, Ligia, Marcio, Paulo, Sil.Basque: habitational name from any of several places in the provinces of Araba/Álava and Biscay in the Basque Country called Mendoza, named with Basque mendi ‘mountain’ + otz ‘cold’ + the definite article -a.Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Mendosa
    Mandoza

    Sources (7)

    • Legacy NFS Source: Juana Mendoza - Individual or family possessions: death: 21 November 1969; Santa Ana, El Salvador
    • Juana Mendoza en el registro de Apolinario Aviles, "El Salvador Registro Civil, 1704-2001"
    • Juana Mendoza en el registro de Juana Ayala Mendoza, "El Salvador Registro Civil, 1704-2001"

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