They basically could pick any name they choosed. Father, mothers grandparents or whichever.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Joseph Costa <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Pam. I suppose it's possible that he is one of my great > grandfathers, Matheus da Costa, which is how the name appears on the > marriage record of his son Joam da Costa. Was it common for a boy to take > a surname given by his mother? Matheus' wife was Josefa Pacheco (in some > records it's Pachequa or Pacheca). She was born in 1714. I'm trying to > find their marriage record so that I can verify the names of Matheus' > parents. > > Matheus' death record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780_item1/P152.html > > Josefa's birth record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718_item1/P70.html > > Josefa's death record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806_item1/P84.html > > Their son, Joao's (Joam's) marriage record: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812_item1/P185.html > > > On Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:23:48 AM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: > >> Marcos Ferreira and Barbara da Costa >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Joseph Costa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all. I need some help deciphering the names on this birth record >>> from 1705. It's the "Mathias" in the middle of the left hand page. Can >>> anyone make out the names of the parents? >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >>> VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710_item1/P158.html >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> >>> 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]. > 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
