Teresa Avella

Female–May 1999

Brief Life History of Teresa

Teresa Avella was born as the daughter of Rosalba Ortiz. She died in May 1999, in New York, United States.

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    World Events (3)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

    Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Italian Nicola, Angelo, Gino, Francesco, Pietro, Rocco. Spanish Francisco, Adriana, Alberto, Amparo, Gerardo, Jaime, Javier, Josue.

    Italian: habitational name from a place called Avella, in Avellino province, Campania, named Abella in Latin.

    Catalan (mainly Majorca; Avellà): derivative of the Latin personal name Abellius + the placename suffix -anus, or a topographic name from avellà ‘hazel’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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