Brief Life History of Maria
Maria Hernandez was born in 1820, in Chovellén, Pelluhue, Cauquenes, Chile as the daughter of Juan de la Cruz Hernandez and Vibiana Recabal.
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1817– Male
1820– Female
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World Events (3)
1830
Age 10
1830
Age 10
1830
Age 10
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Mario, Raul, Ramon, Roberto.
Spanish (Hernández): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando ). The surname has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there. Hernandez (including in the sense 2 below) is the eleventh most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Hernandez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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