Brief Life History of Miguel
When Miguel Lopez was born on 29 September 1893, in Real de Catorce, Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, his father, Maximiano Lopez, was 46 and his mother, Ignacia Esparza, was 44. He had at least 1 son with Filomena Cardenas Lopez. He died on 20 November 1944, in Laredo, Webb, Texas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Miguel Lopez, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Miguel Lopez, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Miguel Lopes in entry for Cisto Lopes, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
Spouse and Children
1893–1944 Male
1896–1981 Female
Children (1)
1934–1937 Male
Parents and Siblings
1847– Male
1849– Female
Siblings (5)
1873– Female
1884– Female
1893–1944 Male
1897–1972 Female
1904–1987 Female
World Events (8)
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Age 1
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 3
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 14
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Ramon, Mario.
Spanish (López): patronymic from the medieval personal name Lope ‘wolf’. This is one of the commonest of all Spanish surnames. In the US, it is the twelfth most frequent surname. Compare De Lopez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish 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.
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