Ecolastica-Trinidad Herrera Saucedo was born on 3 February 1921, in Orange Cove, Fresno, California, United States. She had at least 1 daughter with Carlos Eduardo Sanchez Obregon. She died on 26 March 2003, in Old Gilroy, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 82.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Jorge, Francisco, Raul, Rafael, Mario, Roberto.
Spanish: habitational name from any of various places in the provinces of Seville and Badajoz named Herrera, from a word meaning ‘iron smithy, blacksmith's forge’ (a derivative of hierro ‘iron’, Latin ferrum). In the US, it is also found among Native Americans (Pueblos) in NM. Compare De Herrera and Errera .
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.
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