Brief Life History of Nora Virtudes
When Nora Virtudes Torres Bryan was born on 11 March 1939, in Ciudad Acuña, Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, her father, Jose Enrique Agüero Bryan, was 32 and her mother, Maria Guadalupe Mejia Torres, was 34. She immigrated to Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States in 1955. She died on 25 October 2009, in Ciudad Acuña, Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, at the age of 70.
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Sources (3)
- Nora Bryan in entry for Olga B Barrera, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Nora Bryan-Torres, "Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953"
- Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964
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World Events (8)
1940
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.
1949 · 1950s Texas Drought
One of most intense, costly, and devastating droughts ever recorded in the state of Texas. The entire state was in a state of drought by the summer of 1951. Less than 30-50% of the normal rainfall was received during this period. The state was plagued with dust storms similar to those from the infamous Dust Bowl. The drought ended in a destructive manner throughout 1957; storms, hail, tornadoes, and deadly floods.
1958
Adolfo López Mateos presidency. Increased foreign investments in Mexico and control of economy by foreign (mainly United States) interests. Land redistribution policies and increased agricultural production. Greater participation of minority parties in political process.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Rafael. Portuguese Ligia, Anatolio, Catarina, Paulo, Albeiro, Gonsalo, Joaquim, Lidio, Omero, Wenceslao.
Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’ (see Torre ). As a Jewish name, it was often adopted 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. Compare De Torres .
Italian: habitational name from Torres in Belluno or Porto Torres in Sassari. In southern Italy the surname is sometimes of Spanish origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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