Brief Life History of Raquel
When Raquel Anaya Hernandez was born on 11 April 1937, in Mexico City, Mexico, her father, Francisco Anaya Calette, was 29 and her mother, Maria Del Refugio Hernandez Villafranco, was 29. She died on 28 March 1988, at the age of 50.
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World Events (8)
1940
Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
1946
Miguel Alemán Valdés presidency. Industrialization, public works, and creation of a new campus for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México--UNAM).
1952
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency. Women's suffrage extended to national level. Beginning of political stability through appointment of PRI candidates to presidency.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Jesus, Juan, Manuel, Luis, Francisco, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Jorge, Arturo. Portuguese Ligia.
Basque: Castilianized form of Anaia, from a personal name or byname based on anai ‘brother’ + the definite article -a.
Spanish: habitational name from either of two places called Anaya, in Salamanca and Segovia provinces. The placename is probably of Arabic origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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