Most Azorean girls had a double name with Maria being the first followed by a Saint's name, or some other religious application of the name "Mary." Examples are "Mary of the Angels," "Mary of the Conception," "Mary of the Resurrection." In many cases, "Maria" was not used, but the second name was used. Example: "dos Anjos," or "Conceicao," or "Goreti."
It wouldn't be surprising that you wouldn't hear "Maria" within the family. You typically heard the second name. "Luisa" or "Evangelina" were my aunts, but all had the first name "Maria." Maria Moore (alias Maria Goreti). Linda Norton" <patli...@verizon.net> To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:30:48 PM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The name Ezaltina Same as my family from Sao Miguel, but my mother's aunt's name was Saltina. I just know if they had Mary or Maria as a name, it seems they were nicknamed like Marquinas or what they did for work. I know it was calling them Tia or Madringha (Godmother) or Prima or Vavao. I never even heard Maria within the family. My immediate cousins had different names, none were Mary or Maria so I think they did start using other names; Dulce, Guiomar, Lubelia, Annabella, Grace, Louisa, etc. Linda Borges Furtado Norton From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Denise Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 11:33 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The name Ezaltina My grandmother had a cousin named Cizaltina, that's along the same lines as Ezaltina. She would have been born in the early 1900s as well. I don't know the origins of the name, but they were also from Sao Miguel. My grandmothers family also had the tradition of naming all the girls Maria something or other. My grandmother did not get named Maria because she was born in Massachusetts and her sisters had problems at school with the similar names. As far as I know, her cousin Cizaltina did not have Maria attached to it. The use of Maria before any name is pure choice of the parents. Denise D'Antona -----Original Message----- From: mnk <kamis...@comcast.net> To: Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 10:33 am Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The name Ezaltina Well, Ezaltina was my mother's middle name and she was born on Sao Miguel in the 1920's. (my grandparents did have very creative names for their girls.) Supposedly my grandfather had seen my mother's name, Ligia in a book he read, not sure where he came up with Ezaltina or what the origin of the name is. Maria Natalia . On Sep 10, 7:38 am, Jesse Pacheco < pacheco.jess...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows what the name "Ezaltina" > means, and how far it dates back. I'm really just curious. > > Just in case, I'm not 100% sure this is actually a Portuguese name. I > recently found a previously unknown child who died at one month of my > great great grandparents, Manuel J Medeiros Quarenta and Filomena Gloria > Rego. The baby was Ezaltina. The baby was born in 1909 after the parents > had been in America for three years, so maybe they heard the name over > here? I searched the group and only found one mention of an Ezaltina > born on one of the islands. > > Ironically, she was the first and only (so far) girl they had not named > Maria. > > I was wondering, if anyone is familiar with this name, is it usually a > stand alone, or does it follow Maria i.e. Maria Ezaltina. Obviously, > anything is possible, but I just found it funny that this family with > their eight daughters named Maria would change their minds. -- 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." -- 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." -- 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." -- 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."
