Brief Life History of Maria Juana Josefa
Maria Juana Josefa Gomez Soro was born on 29 January 1836 as the daughter of Diego Gomez and Barbara Soro.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Maria Juana Josefa Gomez Soro, "España, bautismos, 1502-1940"
Parents and Siblings
– Male
– Female
Siblings (3)
1831– Female
1832– Female
1836– Female
World Events (3)
1837 · Confiscation of Mendizabal
Age 1
1839 · Amistad Mutiny
Age 3
1846 · Second Carlist War
Age 10
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Miguel, Pedro, Jorge, Ramon, Rafael.
Spanish (Gómez): from a medieval personal name, probably of Visigothic origin, from guma ‘man’. Compare De Gomez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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