When Otoniel Agustín Villalta Calderón was born in 1917, in San José, San José, Costa Rica, his father, Adriano Villalta, was 25 and his mother, Vicenta Calderon, was 20. He died on 25 January 2003, in his hometown, at the age of 86.
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Civil War. Rafael Angel Calderon Guradia refuses to step down for election winner Otilio Ulate. Don Pepe Figueres Ferrer leads the revolution against Calderon and topples the government after 40 days of fighting.
The Central American countries sign a peace plan. Devised by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez, it is signed by the Central American countries of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala which have been in the midst of civil wars. Arias wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Jorge, Mauricio, Francisco, Luis, Carlos, Fernando, Gregorio, Mario, Rafael, Ana.
Spanish: habitational name from a place in Burgos province named Villalta, from villa ‘(outlying) farmstead, (dependent) settlement’ (see Villa ) + alto ‘high(lying)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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