When Juan Medellin Pedraza was born in 1914, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Zacatecas, Mexico, his father, José Norberto Medellin Ortíz, was 46 and his mother, Maria Benita Pedroza de Medellin, was 45.
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United States troops land at Veracruz. Huerta defeated and forced into exile.
Obregón turns against Villa. Villa continues to fight and raids United States border towns for next five years. Carranza recognized by United States as chief of government forces.
"General John J. ""Blackjack"" Pershing's punitive expedition pursues Villa and provokes bitterness between Mexico and United States."
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Pedro, Jesus, Carlos, Javier, Sergio, Alfredo, Ernesto, Guadalupe, Luis, Manuel.
Spanish (Medellín): habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province, Latin (Caecilia) Metellina, derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain, Cecilio Metello Pio.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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