I am so happy to read this discussion about naming practices. It appears to be prevelant on S. Jorge too. I have been researching my grandfather, known in the US as Joe L. Ayres, but whose Azorean name is Jose Teixeira Luiz. Apparently there is an uncle and some cousins with the same name, so I am now realizing that they must have added his father's first name as an identifier (Aires or Ayres, I've found it spelled both ways in church records) and that's where it came from. All his other relatives who immigrated to the US have a surname of Lewis.
Thanks for helping me make sense of this. Karen Silva Hillman researching S. Jorge, Sousa, Teixeira, Luiz On Oct 11, 8:55 am, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > There is no real pattern. What people did one generation didn't necessarily > happen the next. If it happened for a couple of generations that will make > your research easier. But it won't necessarily last the further back you > go. > > Kathy Cardoza and I co-wrote a short article on naming practices. It can be > found on the Azores GenWeb > here:http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/naming.html > > Doug da Rocha Holmes also wrote a series (4 of them, I think) of article for > the Portuguese Cultural and Historical Society, based out of Sacramento. He > sells these articles. I don't know where the info is on his web site, but > you can poke around yourself here:www.dholmes.com > > Cheri Mello > Who really thinks this is her last name and is quite content with the 2 Ls. > (If it followed the pattern of taking the father's surname, it would be > Jacome) -- 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."
