Brief Life History of Maria del Consuelo
When Maria del Consuelo Matamoros Calderon was born on 10 June 1912, in San Marcos de Colón, Choluteca, Honduras, her father, Ermilo Agresio Matamoros Godoy, was 27 and her mother, Loreta Mercedes Calderon Sandoval, was 24. She had at least 2 sons with Salomon Giron. She died on 2 April 2007, in Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán, Honduras, at the age of 94.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Consuelo Matamoros de Jirón, “Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965”
- Maria del Carmen Matamoros, "Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968"
- Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZK-1XBQ?cc=2135627&wc=QZPK-9JW%3A367247001%2C367544501%2C367257402
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World Events (4)
1969
Brief but costly war with El Salvador over heavy immigration and disputed border.
1975
Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro take power.
1998
Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Andres, Aurelio, Juan, Luis, Manuel, Mario, Carlos, Gustavo, Miguel, Rafael, Raul.
Spanish: from Matamoros meaning ‘killer of Moors’, a title given to Spain's patron saint, Saint James, in the Middle Ages (from matar ‘to kill’ + moros ‘Moors’). According to legend, the saint appeared to a 9th-century Spanish king during a battle, and enabled him to massacre 60,000 Saracens.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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