When Francisco Diaz Moreno was born about 1782, in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, his father, Pedro Nicolás Díaz del Mazo y Guerra Peláez, was 57 and his mother, María del Carmen Moreno López de la Sierra, was 36. He married María Correa Ángel on 4 July 1812, in San Jerónimo, Antioquia, Colombia. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in his hometown, and was buried in Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, San Jerónimo, Antioquia, Colombia.
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The King of Spain is overthrown by Napoleon.
Spain sends troops to South America to quell an uprising of colonists.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Jorge, Rafael, Miguel, Pedro, Roberto.
Spanish (Díaz): patronymic from the medieval personal name Didacus (see Diego ).
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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