I have a lady on someone's Genealogy, that her names was Francisca Das Quarenta Horas, i asked a priest why would she be named Francisca of the forty hours, the expalanation she might have been born during lent an she was named after the 40th hour of Christ's suffering. Nonw of her family takes the name ay at all at least the one daughter that i have her descendants and they are from Rosario lagoa i have her ancestors l also.
George On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi group. I have an ancestor, Manuel Joaquin Medeiros Quarenta. As far > as I know, Quarenta means "forty." Are there other surnames that are > numbers or is this a special exception? > > If anyone is interested, Manuel was born in 1876 in Atalhada SM and > died in 1950 in Fall River. He had twelve or thirteen children and was > married to Filomena da Gloria Rego (1877-1946). Just this morning, I > looked up his obituary in the diario de noticias and Filomena's > surname was listed as Rego Mendonca, so I will have to investigate > that. > > > > -- http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
