When Maria Antonia Gomez was born about 1819, in San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, her father, Juan Antonio de Jesus Gomez, was 34 and her mother, Maria Josepha de los Dolores Gallegos, was 34. She married Francisco Tomas Duran on 7 September 1835, in Nuevo México, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States in 1860 and Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States in 1870. She was buried in San Antonio Cemetery, Chacon, Mora, New Mexico, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Miguel, Pedro, Jorge, Ramon, Rafael.
Spanish (Gómez): from a medieval personal name, probably of Visigothic origin, from guma ‘man’. Compare De Gomez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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