On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:20 PM, Vivian Christy wrote:
> My grandmother lied about her age. She also lied on her S.S. record
> and said she was born in 1900 which is wrong.
I've found "errors" on census records of a lot of my Azorean
relatives. Especially ages, year of marriage and arrival in this
country. I don't think they were deliberately lying--maybe they had
forgotten. Or another family member gave the census taker the info.
As far as names, one family went by the mother's last name until the
kids entered school and then they changed to the father's last name.
It certainly makes for interesting puzzle pieces to try to put together!
Also, someone in the Azores (Sao Jorge, actually) whose mother was a
Homen told me that the women in his family did not like the surname
"Homem" ("man") and would use a religious name instead.
Mary Bordi
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