Juan Mariano Cortés y Pérez

Brief Life History of Juan Mariano

When Juan Mariano Cortés y Pérez was born on 8 April 1910, in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, his father, Juan Ramon Cortés y Rodríguez, was 43 and his mother, Maria Joaquina Perez y Baez, was 36. He had at least 2 daughters with Ramona Quinones. He died on 10 June 1988, in Utuado, Puerto Rico, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Juan Mariano Cortés y Pérez
1910–1988
Ramona Quinones
Margarita Cortés Quinones
1905–1998
Migdalia Cortés Quinones
1946–2012

Sources (14)

  • Mariano Cortes Perez in household of Juan Francisco Cortes Perez, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mariano Cortes Perez - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mariano Cortes Perez
  • Mariano Cortes Perez, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (4)

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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