When Francisca Fernandez Valerio was born about 1711, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, her father, Martín Fernández Valerio, was 30 and her mother, María Antonia Montoya, was 28. She married Antonio de Santistevan on 30 September 1728, in Santa Cruz de la Canada, Nuevo México, New Spain. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1768, in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 58.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Jorge, Miguel, Fernando, Mario, Jesus, Pedro, Francisco. Portuguese Ligia, Joao, Armanda, Godofredo, Wenceslao.
Spanish (Fernández): patronymic from the personal name Fernando . The surname (and to a lesser extent the variant Hernandez ) has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there.
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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