When Maria Ramus Oscoz Zumeta was born on 4 April 1762, in Berástegui, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, her father, Joaquin Oscoz Churdangui, was 29 and her mother, Maria Theresa Zumeta Arrue, was 26.
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Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
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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