When Maria Francisca Lizarraga Arana was christened on 18 October 1757, in Arbizu, Nafarroa, Spain, her father, Bernardo Lizarraga Arbizu, was 38 and her mother, Maria Catalina Arana Lazcoz, was 27. She married Joseph Thomas Armendáriz Echarri about 1782, in Arbizu, Nafarroa, Spain. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in September 1834, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, at the age of 76.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Ernesto, Francisco, Jesus, Luis, Manuel, Mario, Miguel, Raul, Rodolfo, Alberto.
Basque: habitational name from any of the three places called Lizarraga, in Navarre, Araba/Álava, and Gipuzkoa provinces (Basque Country, Spain), which are named from Basque lizarr ‘ash tree’ + the locative suffix -aga ‘place or group of’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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