When Joseph Antonio Oscoz Zumeta was born on 13 May 1770, in Berástegui, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, his father, Joaquin Oscoz Churdangui, was 37 and his mother, Maria Theresa Zumeta Arrue, was 35.
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French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
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Hispanic (mainly El Salvador): altered form of Basque Zumeta, a topographic name composed of zume ‘willow’ + the collective suffix -eta ‘place or group of’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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