Dora Marcella Monreal

Brief Life History of Dora Marcella

When Dora Marcella Monreal was born on 26 April 1913, in California, United States, her father, Thomas E. Francisco Monreal, was 40 and her mother, Rosa Martos Miranda, was 36. She married Lucian Desoto on 3 July 1937, in Orange, California, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Orange, Orange, California, United States in 1950. She died on 14 December 2007, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.

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Foy Luevanos Montoya
1917–1996
Dora Marcella Monreal
1913–2007
Marriage: after 1988

Sources (13)

  • Dora M Montoya, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dora Marcella Monreal, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Doris M Monreal, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Francisco, Jesus, Ricardo, Jaime, Luis, Pedro, Amador, Guadalupe.

Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Monreal, for example in Cuenca, Teruel, and Zaragoza provinces.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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