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Logan Lerman (born 1992) actor; (Mexican-born paternal grandmother of Russian Jewish descent) George J. Lewis (1903–1995) Mexican-born American actor (Zorro (1957 TV series)) Sebastián Ligarde (born 1954) telenovela actor; Iyari Limón (born 1976) actress [55] Natalia Livingston (born 1976) Emmy Award-winning actress
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
Mexican Republican: New Mexico: March 4, 1865: March 4, 1867: Lost re-election Feb 20, 1869: March 4, 1871: Lost re-election Trinidad Romero (1835–1918) Mexican Republican: New Mexico: March 4, 1877: March 4, 1879: Retired Mariano S. Otero (1844–1904) Mexican Republican: New Mexico: March 4, 1879: March 4, 1881: Retired Tranquilino Luna ...
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [3] He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. [4]
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army , Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire .
The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry.It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several highly valued plantations, mostly making their money in tobacco farming.
Jimmy, the first president to use his nickname in an official capacity, rather than his first name James. [155] Jimmy Cardigan, got the nickname after he wore a sweater instead of a suit one day [17] The Peanut Farmer, [156] he owned a peanut farm and fostered this image in his early campaigns, as a contrast to elite Washington insiders.