Brief Life History of Jose Cecilio
When Jose Cecilio Benavidez was born on 22 November 1874, in Wagon Mound, Mora, New Mexico, United States, his father, Valentin Benavides, was 17 and his mother, Maria Aniceta Martinez, was 14. He married Fannie Louise Brigg on 28 July 1895, in Wagon Mound, Mora, New Mexico, United States. He died on 29 June 1963, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Sisilio Benabides in household of Valentin Benabides, "United States Census, 1880"
- Joseph Cecelia Benavidez, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Cecilio Benavides, "New Mexico, Marriages, 1751-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Jose, Manuel, Ruben, Jesus, Roberto, Armando, Ricardo, Fernando, Andres, Carlos, Guadalupe.
Spanish (Benavídez): variant of Benavides .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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