Hi Lee. Your cousin's great grandfather's name was simply Ventura. I am the one that gave you the name Boaventura some time ago, but now that we have the benefit of his baptismal record we know that Ventura was his given name.
As I understand it, Boaventura is a more common given name because it is the name of a saint, and those with this name often go by Ventura. My wife's mother and grandmother knew him as Ventura, but I believe they mistakenly thought it was short for Boaventura so that is why I was told it was Boaventura. Finding his baptism proved otherwise. She said they used to joke that my great grandparents, Ventura and Felicidade de Mello were named good fortune and happiness (boa ventura e felicidade) even though they never quite found either. My wife's family knew my great grandparents because my wife's grandmother was my great grandmother's niece. Bill On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 9:11:45 AM UTC-8, Lee wrote: > My cousins great grandfather was Boaventura but always used just Ventura > as his 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
