Brief Life History of Josepha
When Josepha Arco Llosa was christened on 7 March 1729, in Las Carreras, Abanto Zierbena, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, her father, Simon Arco Monasterio, was 40 and her mother, Lucia Llosa Revilla, was 36.
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Family Time Line
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- Josepha del Arco de la Llosa, "Spain Baptisms, 1502-1940"
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World Events (3)
1763
Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
1808
French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
1808 · Peninsular war
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Emilio, Alberto, Carlos, Celestino, Juanita, Manuel, Miguel. Italian Angelo, Nino.
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Arco in Spain and Portugal, or a topographic name from arco ‘archway’.
Italian: metonymic occupational name for a bow maker or bowman, from arco ‘bow’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word, as for example Arco Felice in Naples province.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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