Brief Life History of Felipa
Felipa López Morales was born on 31 December 1902, in Aguas Buenas, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico as the daughter of Joaquín López and María Morales de López. She married Lorenzo Pedro Morales Díaz on 19 January 1950, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She lived in Santa Olaya, Bayamón, Puerto Rico in 1930 and Distrito Senatorial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico in 1950. She died on 5 July 1985, in Dajaos, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Felipa Lopez De Morales, "United States Census, 1950"
- Felipa Lopez-Morale, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Felipa Lopez Morales, "Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001"
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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 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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