Benancia Peralta

Female1 April 1932–29 June 1988

Brief Life History of Benancia

Benancia Peralta was born on 1 April 1932, in Santo Tomás, San Salvador, El Salvador as the daughter of Balentin Mejia and Francisca Peralta. She died on 29 June 1988, at the age of 56.

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Family Time Line

Balentin Mejia
Francisca Peralta
Benancia Peralta
1932–1988

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (3)

    1969

    Age 37

    El Salvador fights a brief war with Honduras. Thousands of Salvadoran illegal immigrants are evicted from Honduras. El Salvador retaliates.

    1977

    Age 45

    Anti-government guerrilla activities intensify. Reports of increased human rights violations by government troops and death squads. General Carlos Romero is elected president.

    1977

    Age 45

    Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande, S. J. is assassinated by a death squad.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Manuel, Rafael, Miguel, Francisco, Ramon, Jorge, Pedro, Luis, Sergio. Italian Antonio, Fausto, Girolamo, Lucio, Dante, Eliseo, Federico, Heriberto, Leonardo, Marco, Rocco, Romeo.

    Aragonese, Catalan, and Spanish: habitational name from any of the places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre (Spain) called Peralta, from Latin petra alta ‘high rock’. This surname is also found in Italy. Compare De Peralta .

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

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