Brief Life History of Pedro A
Pedro A Quinones was born in 1928, in Puerto Rico. He died on 24 September 1952, at the age of 24.
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- Pedro A Quinones, "United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957"
World Events (3)
1932
Partial self-government granted. The Congress of United States approved a law to change back the name of the island Porto Rico, to its original name, Puerto Rico.
1936
Women given full suffrage.
1947
United States Congress passed the Elective Governors Act, allowing Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor, President Harry Truman signed the act.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Jesus, Manuel, Juan, Pedro, Carlos, Miguel, Rafael, Angel, Jorge, Julio.
Spanish and Asturian-Leonese (Quiñones): habitational name from any of the places called Quiñones, in León and Murcia provinces, so named from quiñón (from Latin quinio ‘group of five’, genitive quinionis, a derivative of quinque ‘five’), denoting a piece of land that was shared out among a group of five co-tenants for sowing.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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