When Juan Jose Arguello was born in October 1799, in Trampas, Taos, New Mexico, United States, his father, Joseph Arguello, was 46 and his mother, Manuela De La Luz Cordova, was 37. He died on 7 February 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Trampas, Taos, New Mexico, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Eduardo, Mario, Juan, Manuel, Francisco, Ramon, Roberto, Ana, Jorge, Luis.
Spanish (Argüello): topographic name from argüello, a term denoting a sort of thorny, prickly grass.
Spanish: nickname for an emaciated person or someone in bad health, from a nominalization of the verb arguellarse ‘to be emaciated or in bad health’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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