Maria del Consuelo Matamoros Calderon

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

Salomon Giron
–1970
Maria del Consuelo Matamoros Calderon
1912–2007
Marco Antonio Jiron Matamotos
1945–1980
Agresio Giron Matamoros
–2023

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

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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