Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas

Brief Life History of Adelaida

When Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas was born on 29 July 1955, in San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, her father, Candelario Tajtaj Pérez, was 43 and her mother, Maria Guadalupe Callejas, was 37. She died on 18 June 2007, in her hometown, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Candelario Tajtaj Pérez
1912–1985
Maria Guadalupe Callejas
1917–about 1997
Josefina Tajtaj Esquit
1936–2007
María Carlota Tajtaj Callejas
1939–2019
Horacio Tajtaj Callejas
1948–1988
Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas
1955–2007

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas
  • Adelaida Tajtaj Callejos en el registro de José Antonio Argueta Xicón, "Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Registro Civil, 1877-1994"
  • Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas, "Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006"

World Events (6)

1963

Colonel Enrique Peralta becomes president following the assassination of Castillo.

1976

A major earthquake struck Guatemala causing around 23,000 deaths and $700 million in damage.

1982

General Efrain Rios Montt seized power from Pres. Lucas Garcia. Under his 17-month rule the army burned Indian villages and killed thousands of suspected leftists. Montt established the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG).

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Roberto, Juan, Miguel, Ana, Luis, Mario, Orlando, Ricardo, Salvador, Carlos, Jorge.

Spanish: topographic name from the plural of calleja ‘lane’ (see Calleja ).

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

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