Brief Life History of Ramon Barela
When Ramon Barela Lopez was born on 30 August 1921, in New Mexico, United States, his father, Francisco Lopez, was 20 and his mother, Amelia Barela, was 11. He lived in Lake Arthur, Chaves, New Mexico, United States in 1930. He died on 16 October 1995, in Grant, Washington, United States, at the age of 74.
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Sources (5)
- Ramon Lopes, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ramon B Lopez, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Ramon B Lopez, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Oil is Discovered on the Navajo Reservation
Oil was discovered on the Navajo Reservation in the 1920's. The Navajos did not want to lease any of the land towards the exploration for oil and gas. They were soon made a deal that they would be hired for all unskilled work if they would lease the land and, reluctantly, they gave in. Albert Fall, a Senator from New Mexico and was extremely hostile towards Indian rights.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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