Juan Nieves Santiago
1879–20 August 1979 (Age 100)
Lares, Puerto Rico, United States
The Life Summary of Juan
When Juan Nieves Santiago was born in 1879, in Lares, Puerto Rico, United States, his father, José Cornelio Nieves Celedoida, was 34 and his mother, Juana María Santiago, was 34. He died on 20 August 1979, in his hometown, at the age of 100.
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Family Time Line
José Cornelio Nieves Celedoida
1845–
Juana María Santiago
1845–
Margarita Nieves Santiago
1867–1897
Evarista Nieves Santiago
1870–
Antonia Nieves Santiago
1872–1889
Joba o Jovita o Juana Nieves Santiago de Rodriguez
1879–1949
Juan Nieves Santiago
1879–1979
Bautista Nieves Santiago
1890–1960
Parents and Siblings
1845–Male
1845–Female
Siblings
(6)
1867–1897Female
1870–Female
1872–1889Female
1879–1949Female
1879–1979Male
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 3
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 3
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898
Age 19
1898
Age 19
Under the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is ceded by the Spanish to the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War.
Name Meaning
Spanish:1. religious byname, from the title María de las Nieves ‘Mary of the Snows’, given particularly to children born on 5 August, on which date the Virgin allegedly once caused it to snow in Rome. It is possible that the surname derives in part from a nickname for someone with snow-white hair. 2. Castilianized form of the Galician and Asturian-Leonese habitational name Neves .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Neves
Sources (1)
- Juan Nieves Y Santiago, "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001"
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