It does not necessarily have to be someone in the family with that name. the males got to pick what surname they wanted to use. Especially if his name was Francisco da Costa there were probably too many.
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jesse: > > I also have *Françisco da Costa Castelo* born 1738 October 8; & *Joanna > Andrade* b. 1739 Feb. 7, in my family tree, twice. > > Their children (what I found so far): > > * José 1762* > > Ignacio 1965 > > Ign *Francisco 1768 * > > *F *Ignacia 1770 > > MaM Manuel 1773 > > Ma Manuel 1775 > Joao 1780 > > I believe *Francisco da Costa Castelo*'s father is *Dioniz Teixeira*married > to *Maria > da Costa*. > > *Joanna da Conceiçao Andrada*'s parents are: *Martinho de Andrade* and > *Barbara > de Sousa*. > > Sometimes, a child is given their mother's maiden surname. > > My own grandmother has CASTELO as her maiden surname. The further back I > go, I seem to loose the name CASTELO in the registrations. > > I have yet to find the original ancestor with the surname CASTELO. > > My father, talked about my grandmother's family as the family CASTELOs. > > The name CASTELO, I believe orginated in northern Europe, ie: northern > Spain, France. CASTELO, as well is known as, CASTLE. > > Sincerely, > > Maria. : ) > > > > > > > On Sunday, December 26, 2010 3:18:18 PM UTC-6, Jesse wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. >> >> I was wondering if anyone here also has the Castelo surname in their >> Azorean trees? I have traced mine to a Francisco da Costa Castelo >> (1737-1793) who married Joanna Andrade. They were from Rosario, Lagoa, >> Sao Miguel. >> >> I believe that Castelo was Francisco's alcunha, and that it was then >> passed down. I am looking for anyone else who has this name in their >> tree. I haven't been able to find the casamento for Francisco's parents, >> Antonio da Costa and Maria Fernandes, so I don't know if it came from a >> grandparent or not. >> >> Has this name appeared anywhere else? This was one of the first families >> I researched, and as a result I feel compelled to follow the origin of >> the name. : ) >> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
