Brief Life History of María
When María Arce Holguín was born about 1722, in Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, her father, Francisco Arce Camargo y Antolinez, was 48 and her mother, Maria Holguin Barbosa, was 47. She married N. Escobar about 1744, in Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
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World Events (3)
1810
The King of Spain is overthrown by Napoleon.
1814
Spain sends troops to South America to quell an uprising of colonists.
1819
Battle of Boyaca. General Simon Bolivar defeats royalist forces. The Republic of Colombia (also known as Gran Colombia) is proclaimed, consisting of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Francisco, Jesus, Manuel, Angel, Efrain, Jorge, Miguel, Ricardo.
Spanish: habitational name from Arce, a place in Cantabria and Burgos.
Basque: Castilianized form of a habitational name from Artzi (Castilian Arce), a place in Navarre, or any other place called with Basque artze ‘stony place’ (from arri ‘stone’ + the suffix -tze denoting abundance).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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