When Rosa Barreto Miraballes was born in 1854, in Treinta y Tres, Uruguay, her father, Camilo Barreto Medina, was 32 and her mother, María Ignacia MIRABALLES MEDINA, was 29. She died on 13 July 1931, at the age of 77.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Angel, Carlos, Juan, Manuel, Jorge, Raul, Roberto, Francisco, Miguel, Rafael. Portuguese Joaquim, Paulo, Henrique, Joao.
Portuguese: metonymic occupational name for a cap maker, from barreto ‘cap’. This surname is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
Spanish: of Portuguese origin (see 1 above) or possibly a derivative of bara ‘crowbar’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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