Brief Life History of Virginia
When Virginia Cortes Maldonado was born on 15 October 1909, in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, her father, Francisco Cortes, was 25 and her mother, Cresencia Maldonado, was 23. She married Bienvenido Olivo Soto on 30 March 1924. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Caimital Bajo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico in 1930 and Higüey, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico for about 10 years. She died on 25 June 1985, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, at the age of 75.
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Sources (14)
- Virginia Cortes Vda Olive, "United States 1950 Census"
- Virginia Maldonado, "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001"
- Virginia Cortes de Liro, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (5)
1917
Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
1932
Partial self-government granted. The Congress of United States approved a law to change back the name of the island Porto Rico, to its original name, Puerto Rico.
1936
Women given full suffrage.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Juan, Luis, Jorge, Miguel, Manuel, Pedro, Jesus, Rafael, Jaime, Javier.
Spanish (Cortés), Catalan (Cortès), and Portuguese (Cortês); Italian (Sardinia): from a word meaning ‘courteous, polite’, a derivative of corte ‘court’ (see Corte ), used as a nickname for a refined person, sometimes no doubt given ironically.
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal named with cortes, plural of corte ‘court’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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