When Jacinto Oscoz Zumeta was born on 6 January 1766, in Berástegui, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, his father, Joaquin Oscoz Churdangui, was 33 and his mother, Maria Theresa Zumeta Arrue, was 30.
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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.
First Carlist War
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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