When Maria Ysidora Montoya Arguello was born about August 1804, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, her father, Felipe de Jesus Garduno, was 57 and her mother, Maria de la Luz Quintana, was 19. She married Felipe de Jesus Arguello on 5 February 1817, in Picuris Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Mario, Ruben, Jesus, Jorge, Ramon, Francisco, Miguel. Portuguese Godofredo, Marcio.
Spanish: topographic name based on monte ‘mountain’, or a habitational name from an unidentified place with this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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