Maria Elena Gomez

Female1933–12 May 1993

Brief Life History of Maria Elena

When Maria Elena Gomez was born in 1933, in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, her father, Julio Cesar Gomez, was 35 and her mother, Matea Samayoa Lopez, was 39. She died on 12 May 1993, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

Julio Cesar Gomez
1898–1967
Matea Samayoa Lopez
1894–1967
ismael gomez samayoa
1927–2013
Maria Elena Gomez
1933–1993
Enrrique Gomez S.
1934–
Ester Gomez S.
1938–1993

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    World Events (7)

    1941

    Age 8

    Guatemala declares war on the Axis powers.

    1944

    Age 11

    Jorge Ubico, the dictator, was forced to resign and a social and economic revolution began in Guatemala.

    1952

    Age 19

    The government began to take over privately owned land and distribute it among landless peasants. Large areas owned by the United Fruit company were taken as part of this government program.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Miguel, Pedro, Jorge, Ramon, Rafael.

    Spanish (Gómez): from a medieval personal name, probably of Visigothic origin, from guma ‘man’. Compare De Gomez .

    Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.

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

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