Alcunha is a nickname, as Margaret stated. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote:
> What does Alcunha mean > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 22, 2015, at 1:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Lee, > > I would think it's an alcunha, possibly to differentiate him from his > father who had the same name. Google translates it (chapdao) as stoned, as > in paved with stone, or plated. > Bill > > On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 12:45:06 PM UTC-7, Lee wrote: > >> This the marriage record of Francisco Gomez Xapado? and Barbara do >> Sacremento (right page) >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-C-1759-1780/SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-C-1759-1780_item1/P104.html >> >> I am having trouble with the third name/word at the end of the grooms >> name - is it indeed a name? Or an alcunha? >> >> It is also on the marriage record of their daughter Antonia Tavares >> (below) clearly written as Xapado although her mother's name is given as >> Barbara Maxado? (Machado/Sacramento??) >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital//SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-C-1780-1801/SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-C-1780-1801_item1/P174.html >> >> ANY help/suggestions would be really appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Lee >> Oak Hill WV >> > -- > 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. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
