When Jose Rodriguez Cazares was born on 9 April 1925, in Jacona, Michoacan, Mexico, his father, Francisco Rodriguez, was 35 and his mother, Juana Cazares, was 26. He died in 1960, at the age of 35.
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Anticlerical policies spark Cristero Rebellion.
Constitution of 1917 amended to extend presidential term to six years.
Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Francisco, Jorge, Pedro, Raul, Miguel, Roberto, Ramon, Rafael. Portuguese Wenceslao, Ligia, Catarina, Paulo, Joaquim, Omero, Joao, Wenseslao, Adauto, Albeiro, Godofredo.
Spanish (Rodríguez) and Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Rodrigo . Rodriguez (including in the sense 2 below) is the ninth most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Rodriguez and Rodriquez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 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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