When Miguel Ledesma Becerra was born on 5 July 1883, in Jalisco, Mexico, his father, Jose Santos Ledesma Rodrigues, was 54 and his mother, María Antonia López González, was 38. He had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Maria de Jesus Justa Velasco. He lived in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 1 April 1937, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Mining code reformed. Subsoil ownership given to landowners. Reelection of Díaz.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Miguel, Luis, Salvador, Javier, Mario, Carlos, Rafael, Alberto.
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Ledesma, in the provinces of La Rioja, Salamanca, and Soria. The placename is ancient and probably derives from a superlative form of a Celtic adjective meaning ‘broad, wide’.
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