There may be tradtions in some families, but the general rule is that there are no rules in naming patterns.
Eric Edgar On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Joan Jurancich <joa...@surewest.net> wrote: > At 07:23 PM 8/9/2013, you wrote: > > I had read that the first son had the father's last name and the second > son had the mother's last name. That's what I think happened in my > family. They were Jewish if that makes any difference, and ended up in > Terceira before coming to Boston. > - Shirl - > > > *From:* "themom8...@aol.com" <themom8...@aol.com> > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Another names question > > Hoping that someone can clarify for me this naming question. On NEPS site > when a family is listed with male children, typically the male will be > listed for instance as "Jose" and when you go to that person as the primary > page he will be listed as "*Jose* *Vieira*", Vieira being the same last > name as the father. Another male child in the family may be named for > instance "Joao Francisco Gomes" and when you make that person the primary > person on the page his name will appear as "*Joao Francisco* *Gomes*". > In that instance, is that child's "last name" Gomes rather than Vieira? It > would appear so to me but hoping someone can clarify. > Thanks. > > > > In my mother's family, the first-born son was named after his father and > took his mother's maiden name as a middle name. E.g., my grandfather was > Augustus Perry Monteiro, his mother was Olivia Perry; my greatgrandfather > was Augustus Garcia Monteiro (I don't know his mother's name). He was from > Fayal. > > ** > > ** Joan Jurancich > joa...@surewest.net > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
