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Re: what does Trejo mean?
Posted by: Enrique Trejo Date: December 14, 2001 at 06:36:41
In Reply to: what does Trejo mean? by Cristina Elizondo of 107

That is a good question. I remember when I was a child I saw a genealogy book of last names in the library and looked up my last name. It said that Trejo means "the one signals a ceasefire in a battle." I rather like that definition.

When I was in graduate school, I assisted a professor who was researching the earlier years of Nueva Vizcaya - the land that is now Chihuahua and New Mexico. I remember finding references to a "trejo" as the name given to the one who buys and sells trigo.

However, we know that Trejo is an old name and that it existed before the late 1500s. I hope people keep looking because I would like a more definitive answer.




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