Brief Life History of Manuel
When Manuel Zumeta Arrue was born on 5 November 1742, in Berástegui, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, his father, Jacinto Zumeta Obineta, was 35 and his mother, Maria Magdalena Arrue Azcue, was 33. He married Lucia Elizalde Zugasti on 28 January 1782, in Berástegui, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.
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- Manuel de Zumeta de Arrue, "España, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1307-1985"
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World Events (5)
1763
Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
1808
French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
1808 · Peninsular war
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
Name Meaning
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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