When María Agripina Arroyo Soto was born on 24 June 1871, in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, her father, Juan Arroyo y Segarra, was 27 and her mother, Margarita Soto y Batista, was 22. She married Esteban Olivieri Morales on 7 March 1891, in Peñuelas, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Peñuelas, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico for about 10 years and Canas, Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1930. She died on 16 October 1962, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, at the age of 91.
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Slavery is abolished in the Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico.
Under the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is ceded by the Spanish to the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War.
U.S. Congress institutes civil government in Puerto Rico under the Foraker Act. U.S. maintains strict control over island affairs, prompting demands for more local control.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Jesus, Manuel, Carlos, Miguel, Rafael, Francisco, Javier, Angel, Jorge.
Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places called with arroyo ‘watercourse, irrigation channel’ (a word of pre-Roman origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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