When Juan Andrés Galarza Murguía was christened on 4 December 1735, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, his father, Juan Galarza Echarri, was 37 and his mother, María de Murguía Bulano, was 28. He married María Cruz Bacaicoa Ymaz on 18 May 1761, in Santa María, Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Luis, Jose, Juan, Carlos, Jesus, Miguel, Raul, Jorge, Julio, Guillermo, Ignacio, Javier.
Basque: Castilianized form of Galartza, a topographic name from galar ‘kindling, dead wood’ + the suffix -tza denoting abundance.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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