Hello David All that has been said about the the Netto (Neto) is true. However, In S. Miguel, according to Carlos Machado, the name dates back to at least the mid 1500's as a surname in the person of Briolanja Netto, daughter of the Joao Alves Netto, "juiz do mar" in Angra at the time of her marriage and according to Mr. Guill there is even a family armorial for that surname, indicating an even earlier origin. Just my two cents worth. Hope that helps. Hermano
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:49:50 -0800Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: NETTO SurnameFrom: gfsjo...@gmail.comto: azo...@googlegroups.comdavid,The Netto/Neto surname undoubted got it's start as a nickname or alcunha. "Neto" means grandson and would be appended to the "real" surname (example: Manuel Silva Neto would be the grandson of Manuel Silva). The son of Manuel Silva may have been known as Manuel Silva Filho (filho means son). Sometimes the Alcunha sticks, becomes the surname and the "real" surname is dropped. All that being said, I would venture to say that if you traced your gggrandmother's line back a few more generations you would find a case similar to what I have described. Furthermore, these situations happen on all the islands so that it is probably not likely that you could really confirm the island of origin of the Neto surname.good luck,John vasconcelos On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew where the NETTO surname comes from inthe Azores. From my family research, I think my g.g. grandma LuziaNETTO immigrated from the island of Grasiosa, which I found on herdeath certificate. However, I don't have any other information aboutthe town or if Grasiosa is the correct island. Thanks, David_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
