When Maria Jacoba Arin was christened on 2 August 1749, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, her father, Miguel Arin, was 25 and her mother, Maria Francisca Ixurco, was 26. She died on 29 March 1764, in her hometown, at the age of 14.
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Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
Spanish (Arán): habitational name from any of several places called Arán in the Basque Country and Galicia.
Turkish: ornamental or topographic name from regional aran ‘sheltered nook’, also ‘summer camping ground of nomads’.
Indian: topographic name from Sanskrit aranya ‘grove’. This is one of the ten surnames borne by members of the Dasnami order of monks, whose name is based on the place where the sadhu who funded the clan was initiated.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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