Maria Luisa Besazza Cuevas was born in 1946 as the daughter of Luisa Cuevas Chavarria. She died in August 2002, in Santiago, Chile, at the age of 56.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Jesus, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Raul, Pedro, Ramon, Roberto, Ruben, Fernando.
Spanish: topographic name from the plural of cueva ‘cave’ (see Cueva ), or a habitational name from any of numerous places called (Las) Cuevas. Compare Cuebas and Quave .
History: Juan Jose de Cuevas from Algamitas in Seville married Marie-Helene Ladner on Cat Island, MS, c. 1794. Their surname was altered to Quave in the early 1800s.
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