Brief Life History of Ruperta
Ruperta Caldera was born as the daughter of Hilarion and Juana Caldera. She died in March 1996, in Santa Rosalía, Portuguesa, Venezuela.
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World Events (3)
1899
An international tribunal in Paris ruled on a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana (Guyana). Britain received most of the claim for the Essequibo region, close to 111,000 square miles. Venezuela was represented by 2 U.S. judges and the chairman of the panel was Russian jurist Frederic de Martens. Venezuela rejected this decision in the 1960s.
1899
Cipriano Castro served as president of Venezuela.
1914
Venezuela's 1st oil gusher was drilled near Lake Maracibo.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Francisco, Mario, Miguel, Gustavo, Jesus, Leticia, Roberto, Carlos, Javier. Portuguese Joaquim.
Spanish:
metonymic occupational name for a tinker or maker of large cooking vessels, from caldera ‘kettle’ (from Latin caldaria ‘pot for heating water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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