Brief Life History of Maria Josepha
When Maria Josepha Armendariz was christened on 24 January 1738, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, her father, Joseph de Armendariz, was 52 and her mother, María de Miguel de Echarri, was 28.
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- Maria Josepha de Armendariz, "España, bautismos, 1502-1940"
- Maria Josepha De Armendariz, "España, bautismos, 1502-1940"
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World Events (3)
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
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Juan, Ruben, Alfredo, Arturo, Jesus, Raul, Armando, Enrique, Fernando.
Basque: Castilianized form (Armendáriz) of Armendaritz, which is either a patronymic from Armentari, from the Latin occupational name armentarius ‘herdsman’, or a habitatonal name from the village of Armendaritze (in French: Armendarits) in Lower Navarre (now in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), most likely named from the same Latin word (derivation from the elements arri ‘rock’ + mendi ‘mountain’ + aritz ‘oak’ is probably a folk etymology). Compare Almendarez , Almendariz , and Armendarez .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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