Adelaida Arce Fonseca

Brief Life History of Adelaida

When Adelaida Arce Fonseca was born in 1876, in Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica, her father, Jose Arce Barquero, was 18 and her mother, Maria Fructuosa Fonceca, was 16. She married José María de Jesús Araya Alvarado on 30 April 1917, in Heredia, Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 14 February 1944, in San Isidro, Heredia, Costa Rica, at the age of 68, and was buried in San Isidro, Heredia, Costa Rica.

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Family Time Line

José María de Jesús Araya Alvarado
1878–
Adelaida Arce Fonseca
1876–1944
Marriage: 30 April 1917
Lidia Ofelia de Jesús Araya Arce
1918–1919

Sources (10)

  • Cecilia Adelaida Arse, "Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992"
  • Adelaida Arce in entry for Lidia Ofelia de Jesús, "Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992"
  • Adelaida Arce Fonseca, "Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Francisco, Jesus, Manuel, Angel, Efrain, Jorge, Miguel, Ricardo.

Spanish: habitational name from Arce, a place in Cantabria and Burgos.

Basque: Castilianized form of a habitational name from Artzi (Castilian Arce), a place in Navarre, or any other place called with Basque artze ‘stony place’ (from arri ‘stone’ + the suffix -tze denoting abundance).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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